Cole Palmer scored his first England objective because the Chelsea ahead’s penalty impressed a 3-0 win in opposition to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Monday’s Euro 2024 warm-up. Palmer marked his maiden begin for the Three Lions with a scientific spot-kick within the second half at Newcastle’s St James’ Park. In solely his third England look, the 22-year-old maintained his sensible Chelsea type to underline his case to make Gareth Southgate’s Euro squad. Trent Alexander-Arnold was England’s different stand-out performer of their penultimate recreation earlier than the Euros get underway in Germany.
The Liverpool star — once more deployed in midfield slightly than at right-back by Southgate — scored England’s second objective to cap a energetic show.
Harry Kane, who got here off the bench within the second half on his return to health, bagged the third objective within the remaining seconds to place a flattering gloss on an inconsistent show from understrength England.
“The good factor is we have via the previous couple of days with no huge (damage) issues,” Southgate stated.
“We had an opponent that was dogged and decided, so bodily it was exercise.”
After drawing with North Macedonia of their final Euro qualifier earlier than dropping to Brazil and drawing with Belgium in March friendlies, England’s first win in 4 video games introduced extra questions than solutions for Southgate.
Palmer, Alexander-Arnold and Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze bolstered their probabilities of profitable a seat on the aircraft to Germany.
“I assumed Cole linked the sport properly for us. Pretty for him to get his first objective,” Southgate stated.
“Eze performed with that freedom and swagger. And we all know Trent’s qualities. It is an attractive end.”
However Ollie Watkins, Conor Gallagher and Jarrod Bowen may rue lacking their likelihood to impress.
Southgate remained upbeat, saying: “I might slightly we would had good performances that induced you to suppose than poor performances.
“There have been plenty of particular person issues I used to be actually happy with.”
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Southgate should minimize seven gamers from his provisional 33-man squad by Friday’s deadline, which comes as they play their final warm-up in opposition to Iceland at Wembley that night.
13 days earlier than England’s Group C opener in opposition to Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on June 16, Bosnia’s go to to Tyneside began the countdown to the Euros.
However of Southgate’s beginning line-up, six had fewer than 10 caps as Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Kyle Walker, Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire have been among the many absentees.
Palmer confirmed an early flash of sophistication with a deft go to Watkins, however the Aston Villa striker couldn’t discover the accuracy to steer his shot previous Bosnia keeper Nikola Vasilj.
Inflicting panic within the Bosnia defence together with his tempo and motion, Eze threatened to interrupt the impasse as he shimmied into the penalty space for a shot that Vasilj pushed away.
However England’s passing was ponderous and their motion too sluggish in a limp first half.
Southgate’s males have been rewarded for his or her second half enchancment with a sixtieth minute penalty after Benjamin Tahirovic’s shirt pull despatched Ezri Konsa sprawling.
Palmer scored 9 penalties for Chelsea this season and he emphatically drilled his newest spot-kick previous Vasilj.
Southgate revealed Kane had been eager to come back off the bench to take the penalty himself.
“He had the audacity to ask to come back on and to attain the penalty which was by no means going to occur!” he stated.
Urgent his case to begin on the Euros, Alexander-Arnold grabbed his third worldwide objective with an excellent volley from Jack Grealish‘s cross within the eighty fifth minute.
Kane had the final phrase, poking house from close-range within the ninetieth minute after James Maddison‘s go deflected to the England captain.
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