England’s EURO 2016 started exactly as you would expect England’s EURO 2016 to start.
The Three Lions failed to win their opening match, and now face a bit of an uphill battle in qualifying from the group.
The night started with a flurry of corners from England, which, for some unknown reason, Harry Kane was in charge of taking.
We can only assume that this was how Harry Kane was chosen for that role…
"And taking corners is…….. pic.twitter.com/795nmOgjEc
— Ian Stirling (@Stirling061) June 11, 2016
Kane on corners is Hodgson's legacy.
— James Dall (@JamesDall_) June 11, 2016
Generally, everything started pretty well.
Rooney really is running the show, Raheem looks a level above these, and the Spurs Fullbacks look better than their famous club mates up top
— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) June 11, 2016
But it became apparent England were going to… well, be English about the whole thing by not scoring their chances.
https://twitter.com/frankieboyle/status/741720761266769920
It all started to fall apart.
kane takes every dead ball – apparently because of his superior ball-striking – then england get a scoreable free kick and rooney pulls rank
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) June 11, 2016
And the anger of a nation soon became focused upon Raheem Sterling.
https://twitter.com/arseblog/status/741724904236670978
ffs get Sterling off!
— Bunny (@DUCKmagstoke) June 11, 2016
Sterling is dire
Pace and trickery nullified— James Tyler (still) (@JamesTylerESPN) June 11, 2016
It got so bad that a guy with the Twitter handle @Woy started to get abuse from England fans.
Apparently an English soccer coach is doing something bad because Twitter is blaming me for it.
— Mike Woycheck (@woy) June 11, 2016
Surely it wasn’t *this* bad though…
It's like watching Manchester United
— BeautifullyRed (@BeautifullyRed) June 11, 2016
Oh God… it was pretty bad.
Kane has stopped moving, Sterling is playing like Theo Walcott, and Rooney is playing like a man waiting on his pension cheque.
— The Liverpool Offside (@LFCOffside) June 11, 2016
Until, all of a sudden, Eric Dier decided to tell Harry Kane to get back in his fucking lane and let somebody else take set pieces.
https://twitter.com/Moraband106/status/741728851861110784
Oh my good god 😱
— Lauren 🐝 (@fateiskind) June 11, 2016
Goooooaaaallll #eng pic.twitter.com/U9Zz6O0kLO
— Dave – Playbook (@playbook_studio) June 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/JackGrealish1/status/741729054043299840
https://twitter.com/gunnerblog/status/741729126114045954
https://twitter.com/gstobart/status/741730175335989248
12 years ago, a 10-year-old Dier was getting Beckham's autograph at #eng training at Euro 2004. Now he's scoring free-kicks….1-0 #eng
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) June 11, 2016
But then… obviously, England conceded a goal in injury time and the whole thing ended in a thoroughly predictable 1-1 draw.
oh england
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) June 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/RWhittall/status/741733450525356032
Peak England!
— Tim Brannigan (@tim_brannigan) June 11, 2016
1-1. The England curse of never winning an opening game continues.
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) June 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/BeechardRich/status/741733528849809408
