{"id":288213,"date":"2023-09-10T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288213"},"modified":"2023-09-10T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:35:08","slug":"gareth-southgate-starts-three-overseas-based-players-in-england-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/gareth-southgate-starts-three-overseas-based-players-in-england-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Southgate starts three overseas-based players in England draw"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gareth Southgate\u2019s team selection in Wroclaw on Saturday evening made him the first England manager since Graham Taylor 30 years ago to start with three overseas-based players.<\/p>\n
England drew 1-1 with Ukraine in their Euro 2024 qualifier, with defenders Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kyle Walker scoring for their respective nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
England dominated possession but lacked creativity, and it was a moment of brilliance from captain Harry Kane that unlocked the Ukranian defence.<\/p>\n
Kane dropped deep to the half way line before raking a through ball to the onrushing Walker, who showed great composure to net his first goal for England.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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England drew 1-1 with Ukraine in their Euro’s 2024 qualifier, courtesy of a Kyle Walker goal<\/p>\n
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Gareth Southgate became the first England manager in 30 years to pick three overseas players<\/p>\n
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England’s draw ends their winning run in Euro 2024 qualifiers in a group containing Italy, Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Southgate lined up with Kane (Bayern Munich), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) and Jordan Henderson (Al-Ettifaq) against Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The England boss replicated Taylor\u2019s team for a World Cup qualifier against Norway in June 1993 when Serie A was the dominant force in Europe and the Premier League was only 12 months old.<\/p>\n
Taylor\u2019s Italian-based trio of Des Walker (Sampdoria), David Platt (Juventus) and Paul Gascoigne (Lazio) didn\u2019t bring the manager much luck though \u2013 England were beaten 2-0 in Oslo and failed to qualify for the following year\u2019s finals in America.<\/p>\n
Since then, a few isolated Three Lions have played abroad \u2013 David Beckham, Steve McManaman and Jadon Sancho among them – but they\u2019ve not made up such a sizeable contingent in the England team, until now.<\/p>\n
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Jude Bellingham has taken La Liga by storm since his transfer to Real Madrid, scoring five goals<\/p>\n
It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n Gareth Southgate becomes the first England manager in 30 years to start THREE overseas-based players – after Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Jordan Henderson lined […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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