England; Take the cup from the enemy’s house to your own house!/ This is the last chance

England will start their work in Euro 2024 tonight at Schalke Stadium at 22:30. In a match of Group C, the Three Lions will face Serbia.

Serbia; volatile team

The Serbians are undoubtedly hungry for success, because they have not been in the Euros for many years and their performance has not been good by nature. A team that has prominent stars and played attractively in the World Cup even though it failed to advance. However, Dragan Stojkovic’s team has not performed well in the main part of football, which is getting results, in recent games, and this team cannot be counted on. However, the 24-team Euro gives everyone a chance to advance. In fact, in the group stage, only 8 teams leave, and Serbia hopes not to be one of them.

England; The new claim of the Three Lions

The English always claim before any tournament, be it global or European, that they will take home the trophy. But in the previous period, when they were very close to the cup, they finally bowed down against Italy and could not keep the cup at home. Gareth Southgate built an admirable team, but their performance was not enough to win the cup. The Englishmen still do not have a championship in the European Nations Cup and despite the fact that they did not have good conditions in friendly matches before Euro 2024, they say that they will be a different team in Germany. This is the claim of the stars of the team and even their head coach. We have to see how close the new claim of the Three Lions will be to reality. Once Germany won the cup in England, and now the British want to take home the cup from their old enemy.

The last argument
Ever since Serbia broke away from Montenegro, England have never faced the team.

Game statistics
1) England will face the Serbian national team for the first time. Of course, before this, the Three Lions have faced Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro 15 times.
0) Despite the fact that the English consider their country to be the home of football, they have never won a championship in the European continent. In the previous period, England became the finalists of the Euro for the first time, but they did not reach the cup due to the defeat of Italy.
1) Serbia joins the Euro for the first time since its independence. However, if we count the statistics of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, they have participated in 5 Euros, and they have been runners-up 2 times in the sixties.
4) This is the fourth tournament that Gareth Southgate will sit on the England bench. He led his team to the top 4 twice (in the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020).
61) Although expectations from the head coach of a team like England are very high, it cannot be said that Gareth Southgate’s performance was bad. He sat on the bench of the Three Lions in 95 games and his team won 58 games, tied 21 times and lost 16 games. The statistics of 61 percent of wins for this head coach have been recorded.
2) Serbian football legend Dragan Stojkovic sits on the Eagles’ bench for the second tournament. Under his leadership, Serbia has won 22 games in 39 games.
2) Serbia’s performance in friendly matches before Euro was not good. This team has 2 wins and 2 losses. In total, in the last 6 games, they have won only 2 wins in friendly games against Cyprus and Sweden.
1) England will enter Euro 2024 with a bad performance. They have only one win against Bosnia in the last 4 games and lost against Brazil and Iceland. They also drew against Belgium.

Injured and deprived
Luke Shaw did not make England’s first Euro game. John Stones and Bokaio Saka’s situation is not clear for the match against Serbia. The Serbs come to the field with all their strength.

Possible combination of two teams
Serbia: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Milinkovic, Velikovic, Pavlovic, Ziulovic, Goudi, Lukic, Kostic, Sergi Milinkovic-Savic, Tadic and Mitrovic
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier, Arnold, Rice, Saka, Bellingham, Foden and Kane.