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Netherlands v England: Memphis hell for Three Lions
Premier League flop Memphis Depay looks a big price lớn hurt England's Nations League chances in Thursday's second semi-final, says Andy Schooler… You can refer lớn the tips free soccer share with us!
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Both England and the Netherlands deserve great credit for reaching the inaugural Nations League Finals, even if both needed late goals in their final group match lớn qualify.
The pair highlighted their resurgence under popular managers by qualifying ahead of, in England's case, Spain and Croatia, while the Dutch edged out France and Germany.
Now they go head-to-head in the second semi-final of the new competition in Guimaraes with the winner soccer betting tips lớn face Portugal or Switzerland on Sunday.
England developingWorld Cup semi-finalists England have continued to develop under Gareth Southgate this season.
Their campaign in Russia foundered when their midfield was overrun by Croatia and they headed home with critics happy lớn point out they had only won matches against Tunisia, Panama and Sweden to reach the last four.
Southgate immediately set about making the required changes, however, using the Nations League group stage lớn switch away from a 3-5-2 formation lớn a 4-3-3 line-up.
With Spain and Croatia both beaten, it has been declared a success, while the Three Lions have also started their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign impressively, scoring 10 goals in winning their opening two games.
The new formation is designed to stop better sides dominating them in midfield and while it has worked well, that is an area which, in general, still looks something of a weakness. In the here and now, it certainly is.
Dele Alli has long been a member of Southgate's first-choice XI but his form has dropped significantly in the second half of the season, something which also applies to his Spurs' team-mate Eric Dier and Jesse Lingard.
In contrast, Jordan Henderson has just led Liverpool to Champions League glory but that was just a few days ago and it would be no surprise were that buzz be turning lớn physical and mental fatigue after virtually no sleep on Saturday night, a parade on Sunday, trip to St George's Park on Monday and now a flight to Portugal.
Leading scorer Harry Kane finds himself in a similar boat, although his situation looks worse. Not only is he nursing the disappointment of losing in Madrid, the fact is he's short of match fitness after an ankle injury, something which shone through against Liverpool.
Essentially, Southgate seems unlikely to be able lớn field the team he'd like lớn and against opponents with some serious quality, that could well be a problem.
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