‘England scent ROTTEN’: Foreign press blast Three Lions
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England have been slammed by foreign newspapers in the wake of their dismal 1-1 draw with Denmark, with one Spanish outlet claiming that the Three Lions ‘smell rotten’.
Gareth Southgate‘s side, who sit at the summit of Group C with four points heading into Tuesday’s match with Slovenia, have looked flat, listless and unconvincing at Euro 2024 so far, despite travelling to Germany as one of the tournament favourites.
England, who were negative and rigid in their approach against Denmark, took the lead in the 18th minute through Harry Kane before conceding a superb long-range effort from Morten Hjulmand to head in level at half-time.
In an effort to fix England’s stodgy and lacklustre performance, Southgate substituted Kane, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden during the second half but ultimately failed to discover the right attacking formula, watching on as his side struggled to create chances ahead of the full-time whistle.
Spanish newspaper Marca blasted the Three Lions’ woeful performance on Friday morning, leading with the headline: ‘England smell rotten’.
England have been slammed by foreign newspapers in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Denmark
England were largely outplayed by Denmark and were fortunate to earn a point in Germany
Italian media described the English performance as chaos and offered a list of people to blame
Danish press delighted in the performance of their team and splashed a quote from one player about how they had ‘made England afraid’
Jude Bellingham was given a 4/10 rating by L’Equipe after England’s 1-1 draw with Denmark
Gareth Southgate and Trent Alexander-Arnold also picked up damning 4/10 scores by L’Equipe
The outlet also wrote a separate piece ridiculing a prediction that England would win the European Championship, which was made ahead of the tournament by a psychic who claims to be related to Nostradamus.
‘Nostradamus’s prediction about the Euro Cup that at the moment sounds laughable,’ the mocking headline read.
Danish press delighted in the result, with national news outlet DR splashing a quote from defender Joakim Mæhle across the website that read: ‘We made one of the world’s best teams afraid of us’.
Meanwhile, French media laid into the Three Lions in typical fashion, with newspaper L’Equipe slamming England’s players in their post-match ratings.
It handed Jude Bellingham and Alexander-Arnold 4/10 after the pair struggled to impress in midfield.
Southgate was also slapped with a 4/10 for struggling tactically throughout the match.
Alexander-Arnold and captain Kane, who received a 5/10 rating, were labelled England’s flops of the game by L’Equipe, who claimed the Liverpool star ‘lacked defensive rigour’.
The French newspaper said: ‘Rather convincing against Serbia in his new midfield role, the Liverpool full-back frankly struggled this time.
‘He lost a lot of balls (7) and recovered few (1), but above all he contributed, through his lack of defensive rigour, to his team’s big slump in the first period. Alexander-Arnold nevertheless delivered some wonderful long passes for Bukayo Saka.’
Their assessment of Kane’s performance was similarly critical.
‘Despite his numerous dropouts, Harry Kane ultimately had little impact on his team’s offensive play, which led to his replacement in the 69th minute by Ollie Watkins.’
Le Figaro said that England ‘were suffering against Denmark’ and wrote how they managed to ‘snatch a draw’.
And Le Parisien took delight in writing about how England stumbled into trouble against Denmark, telling how the Three Lions ‘were kept in check by the Scandinavians’.
Southgate needs to find answers quickly after two faltering performances in Group C so far
Mocking a prediction made by a psychic claiming to be related to Nostradamus (top), Spanish outlet Marca said England ‘smell rotten’ (bottom) and are nowhere near winning the Euros
Le Figaro wrote that England ‘suffered’ against Denmark and were lucky to ‘snatch a draw’
BILD criticised Harry Kane for ‘never really getting involved’ in the match despite scoring
Liverpool star Alexander-Arnold was slammed by the foreign press after struggling in midfield
Serbian newspaper Danas described England as ‘disappointing’ against the Danes on Thursday
German newspaper BILD, meanwhile, ran the caption, ‘England must fear for round of 16’, on their highlights package of the match.
The outlet also claimed Southgate has a ‘Kane crisis’, labelling the Bayern Munich superstar England’s ‘supposed leader’ and claiming he ‘never really got involved’ in the game.
The opening to their damning article read: ‘Tame lions! England seems to be miles away from becoming potential European champions.’
Serbian newspaper Danas described England as ‘disappointing’, despite Aleksandar Mitrovic and Co failing to get anything against the Three Lions in their opening Euro 2024 match.
‘The English also disappointed against Denmark, but reached the round of 16,’ their headline read.
