After the excitement on Monday of seeing us put 6 past Iran, last night was a reminder of what it's really like supporting England under Gareth Southgate.

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To quote my Iran summary...

Things started as I'd expected and England kept possession without looking dangerous.

...and this time, they didn't change. John Stones and Harry Maguire controlled the pace of the game like the kings of boredom (👑) that they truly are - getting the ball, taking a couple of touches and passing it sideways, mostly to each other but not forgetting to include Luke Shaw and Kieran Trippier in the fun. Occasionally, the likes of Declan Rice and Harry Kane would drop back to join in the fun too, always ensuring that the ball would swiftly return to one of our central defenders. It comes as no surprise then, to see that our defenders had more touches than any other player last night.

Rank	Player	Team	Touches
1	Stones 👑	England	89
2	Shaw	England	84
3	Maguire 👑	England	81
4	Trippier	England	74

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Thinking that the American team had fallen asleep, we'd occasionally up the tempo and attack with Kane having a decent early chance which he didn't make the most of.

That was about it for English threat in the 1st half - the only other chance that I remember was a Mason Mount shot from the edge of the box which Matt Turner (Arsenal's reserve keeper) got down well to tip around the post.

USA had by far the better chances. Weston McKennie missing the best chance of the match, blazing his shot well over the crossbar from less than 10 yards before Christian Pulisic found a yard of space to hit the bar.

0-0 at Half Time and England fans were feeling bored, frustrated and somewhat lucky.

Surely Southgate would make changes and the 2nd half would be better.

But once again, a line from my Iran match summary...

Southgate likes to make substitutions at least 30 minutes after everybody else thinks he should

So the 2nd half was more of the same. Literally nothing happened and on 68 minutes, Southgate finally made his move. Grealish on for Sterling (yay!) and Jordan Fucking Henderson replaced Jude Bellingham. "Fuck this", I thought, so I closed my eyes and went to sleep, waking up to hear Roy Keane describe England as "awful".

More worryingly though, Gareth Southgate once again praised the dog shit that his team had served up. Praising how well we controlled possession from defence when the rest of us saw a lack of ideas and movement with the ball.

Is Qualification Guaranteed?

Thanks to the great result against Iran, qualification is almost certainly guaranteed - a heavy defeat to a terrible Wales side our only route out at this stage of the tournament. We need to lose by a margin of 3 to 4 goals and Wales aren't renowned for their goal scoring prowess.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
England	2	1	1	0	6	2	4
Iran	2	1	0	1	4	6	3
USA	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
Wales	2	0	1	1	1	3	1

USA v. Iran should be a decent game and with it being played at the same time as England's match, it's a difficult decision as to which I'll have on.

Match "Highlights"

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