Longing for more
halfway line in control of the ball.
“But it’s just as effective to go to the centre-forward and be in control of the ball and to play from there. The variety is important against top opposition.”
Southgate insists there can be no moping around from his axed stars.
The Three Lions boss dropped Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho from his squad altogether.
But Southgate admits he will have to continue to be a heartbreaker.
He said: “We don’t win the Croatia game without the way players prepared for the friendlies, without the way the players who didn’t make the final squad of 26 contributed.
“That’s a team – that’s what it’s about. We’ve got to continue that right the way through this tournament.”
Southgate has also ordered his stars to keep their feet on the ground, adding: “We haven’t achieved our first objective yet. We have to move to the next challenge.”