You can win all the qualifying games you like but this is where it matters.
Nobody gave Roy Hodgson any sympathy after Brazil in 2014 because of how they got to the World Cup in the first place.
Cruising through the qualification bouts never amounted to any more slack for Fabio Capello.
It’s tournament time and it’s win or bust time. This is where England managers are judged.
And Roy Hodgson has gone with this line-up as his first team of Euro 2016 to face off with Russia at 8pm (GMT).
England's line up for tonight is confirmed:
Hart; Walker, Smalling, Cahill, Rose; Dier, Alli, Rooney; Sterling, Lallana, Kane
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) June 11, 2016
It looks like Lallana and Sterling playing off Kane with Rooney, Dier, Alli just behind.
#ENG v #RUS team sheet pic.twitter.com/eWKLn5jTtk
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) June 11, 2016
