The Card Cheat
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Have Southgate’s England played many games against top opposition and been successful?
I was thinking about this the other day. Considering the tournament runs we’ve had (which have been unbelievable)… which really top teams have we actually beaten?
Germany in the Euros and Colombia in the WC on pens.
Other than that, the draws have been so kind to us that we’ve won the games you’d expect us to win and got beat at the first time of asking by a serious team. Then there’s the Nations League, where we had a brilliant win against Spain, got schooled by Italy and Holland and disappointed against Germany.
I'd suggest just enjoying easily the best and most enjoyable period of watching England in our lifetimes, rather than trying to find ways to undermine what they have achieved.
Watching England at tournaments was extremely grim for a decade before the current set up, and usually for the 40 years before that.