England 0-0 Slovenia LIVE RESULT – Euro 2024: Three Lions top Group despite underwhelming draw & could face Netherlands
ENGLAND topped Group C despite their underwhelming 0-0 draw with Slovenia.
Southgate's side had already qualified before the match but could now face the Netherlands in the last 16.
England had a goal disallowed with Phil Foden well offside before Bukayo Saka scored but the Three Lions came chances difficult to come by.
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Match stats
Here's the final numbers behind that underwhelming 90 minutes of football.
Just four shots on target across the 90 minutes against the 57th best side in international football.
74% of the ball too and nothing really done with it until the subs came on late.
Not happy
Some unhappy punters inside the RheinEnergieStadion.
Reports from inside the ground claiming two plastic beer pint cups were hurled in the direction of Gareth Southgate at full time.
It's believed it happened as the England manager went to clap the fans at full time.
Some were clapping back at the Three Lions players and staff but there was more than a few who were clearly very frustrated.
How it finishes
The Group C table ends up like this.
Not much quality at all in the group and that's shown in the goal tallies.
But England won't care too much having finished on top.
Slovenia set to be through in third too.
Immediate reaction
Harry Kane reckons it was a much improved performance tonight, believing England played with more tempo and energy.
He told ITV: “That was the aim, to top the group.
“We played a lot better than the other two games, better on the ball with more aggression and energy.
“We couldn’t find the final pass, the final finish.
“We look forward to the next one.”
Full time there
And England DO win the group!
They've avoided plenty of the big nations in doing so and it's a kinder path forward from now.
But in truth, these nations will be quite happy to be paired with England at this rate.
Still ongoing..
In the other game. A Denmark goal would see them win the group....
FULL TIME
Slovenia's players celebrate wildly with their supporters. They think they've done enough to qualify!
Boos from the England fans and rightly so. If anything they weren't loud enough.
Another painful 90 minutes from the Three Lions.
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93. Trent Alexander-Arnold shoots from 30 yards and sends it a few yards over the bar.
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WHAT A CHANCE!!
92. It's taken 92 minutes for a quick move to be put together and England should've won it.
Mainoo finds Kane with a great touch and he lays it into Palmer's path just inside the box on the right who has a clear shot at goal.
He doesn't catch it right and it's low and hard at goal where Oblak saves comfortably.
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Four minutes added on.
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The clock strikes 88:52 and Gareth Southgate sends Anthony Gordon on.
Baffling why that change has been left so late.
- OFF: Phil Foden
- ON: Anthony Gordon
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88. Great ball from Foden which is headed away from his six-yard box by Bijol.
Slovenia scramble it away and win a free kick midway inside their own half.
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87. Walker's pinpoint switch of play finds Palmer who takes a great first touch.
Janza stands his ground and blocks the Chelsea man and sends him to ground.
A free kick is awarded to England on the touchline, 16 yards from the byline on the right.
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85. Two changes for Slovenia now, too:
- OFF: Sporar & Mlakar
- ON: Stankovic & Celar
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84. England's third change of the night. Kyle Walker has been moved to left back....
- OFF: Kieran Trippier
- ON: Trent Alexander-Arnold
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82. Rice sends a terrific forward ball into the box with Kane latches onto.
Better hold-up play from him and he picks out Foden 20 yards from goal but his stinging shot hits a defender and bounces to safety.
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81. Janza goes down having been caught by Bellingham but England are allowed to play on.
With Walker set to go on a free run down the left, the whistle frustrates England's players and fans as they mounted another attack.
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79. The corner comes to nothing as the referee's whistle goes for a foul as the ball was floated in.
Heading into the final 10 minutes.
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78. Quality from Palmer, chipping a delicate ball down the channel for Kane.
He smashes a low cross which fizzes through the six-yard box and there's no takers but Karnicnik forced to knock it behind for a corner.
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77. Phil Foden is booked for shouting at the referee after Declan Rice conceded a free kick in midfield.
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76. Change for Serbia.
- OFF: Benjamin Seko
- ON: Josip Ilicic
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CLOSE!
74. Rice and Foden combine really well and the latter runs on to a laid off ball from 20 yards out and fizzes a shot at goal.
It ends up wide in the end by some way as it curled away from goal but it was good play to get into that position.
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73. Trippier's cross is absolutely terrible and misses virtually everyone inside the box.
It's kept from going for a goal kick and England manage to win a throw.
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72. Bijol makes a mess of defending Kane who turns his man 25 yards from goal.
The defender brings the skipper down and gets a yellow card for his troubles and it's a great chance for England here.
It's right of centre and a huge chance to test Oblak.
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70. A HUGE roar from the England fans as Gareth Southgate finally goes to his bench to switch up the attack.
- OFF: Bukayo Saka
- ON: Cole Palmer