Slovakia no pushovers for misfiring England in last-16 clash

Gareth Southgate’s hesitant England team will need to finally make their presence felt in Euro 2024 against Slovakia in the last-16, or the underdog Slovaks will fancy their chances of upending their opponent.

Southgate’s richly talented squad arrived in Germany as a tournament favourite but optimism around the 2020 runners-up fizzled with three drab group games mired in uncertainty over the best line-up, with the coach conceding an “experiment” in the early matches had failed.

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