England - time for mighty Albion?

England is no longer a national team full of talent and upcoming aces, but a team that has nothing to wait for in order to make a breakthrough in a major competition. In this case, the breakthrough would be a place in the Euro finals, after Albion finished fourth at the 2018 World Cup in Russia (defeated by Croatia in the semi-finals, then by Belgium in the duel for bronze).

If you look at England's playing staff compared to the period three years ago, there is no doubt that Gareth Southgate is in even sweeter pains - in the meantime, Mason Mount, Jadon Sancho, Phil Foden, Declan Rice, Rhys James, Jack Grealish "appeared" , Dominique Calvert-Luin...

The English have the role of favorites in group B, where there are also Croats, Scots and Czechs (they will meet all three rivals at "Wembley"), but the group stage is not a level in which the former world champion should fear. Fighting for the trophy is an obligation, and Southgate knows it, who in case of failure at the Euro would probably end the mission that has been going on since 2016.

England has been missing a good result at the European championships for a long time. She has not been in the semi-finals since 1996, after that her final reach was the quarter-finals. Now, led by Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and defensive leader Harry Maguire (provided the Manchester United stopper recovers from injury) he has a real chance to start writing new pages of history.

- We will wait for Harry until the last moment. Injuries are something you cannot influence, but the desire of all of us is to be part of the team at the Euros - said Southgate.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool's right back, will miss the Euros due to an injury, but he barely made it to the wider roster due to his poor form last season.

The competition in his position is hellish anyway - there is Kyle Walker (Manchester City), James from Chelsea, and Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid).

On the way to the Euros, Albion was relentless in the qualifiers - they won seven times in eight games and routinely passed the group that included Montenegro. Our selection received 12 goals from England in two matches - it was 5:1 in Podgorica and 7:0 in London...

Harry Kane scored four goals for Montenegro in two matches, and with a total of 12, he was the best scorer in the qualifiers. Can he continue his streak at the Euros?