AFTER 95 minutes of excruciating shambles, England were heading home from these Euros in disgrace.
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Jude Bellingham’s extraordinary bicycle-kick equaliser forced extra-time before Harry Kane’s header seized the lead just 53 seconds after the restart.
Here was an exercise in snatching victory from the jaws of utter disaster.
Because England were terrible for 95 minutes. Truly awful.
There were so many shocking performances that it is incomprehensible he didn’t want to severely shuffle his pack.
He had watched 11 elite footballers seemingly forget how to play football, without resorting to his bench – the England manager’s long-doubted in-game management as bad as ever in his 99th match in charge.
If England do not raise their game significantly when he reaches his century next weekend, they will be sent packing by a very useful Swiss side.