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Officials
from France |
England
Squad |
Type |
Slovenia Squad |
Referee
(yellow)
Clément Turpin 42 (16 May
1982), Oullins, FIFA-listed 2010 |
12 |
Goal Attempts |
4 |
3 |
Attempts on Target |
1 |
Assistant Referees |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
0 |
Nicolas Danos 43 (27
September 1980) |
Benjamin Pagès 37 (18
September 1986) |
6 |
Corner Kicks Won |
0 |
Fourth official Halil Umut Meler
37 (1 August 1986) Turkey, FIFA listed 2017 |
2 |
Offside Calls Against |
0 |
Video
Assistant Officials |
11 |
Fouls Conceded |
9 |
Jérôme Brisard 38
(24 March 1986) Willy Delajod & Rob Dieperink
Netherlands |
71% |
Possession |
29% |
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England
Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (20th
June 2024) 5th
EFO ranking
Group Two ELO rating
9th to 8th |
Colours |
The Nike 2024 home
uniform -
White shadow pinstriped jerseys
with navy blue v-necked polo-collars/underarm side panel and white/navy blue/maroon
trimmed cuffs, white shorts with navy blue side
stripe/hem,
white socks with navy blue trim. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 53 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016. |
⁵⁵
most goals as captain |
67th of 75, W 40 - D 15 - L 12 - F 150 - A 53. |
P 98th of 102, W 59 - D 23 - L 16 - F 207 - A
67. |
England
Lineup |
|
one change on the previous match
(Gallagher for Alexander-Arnold) |
league position (FINAL POSITIONS) |
|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
30 110 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL 15th) |
64 |
46ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Walker, Kyle
A. |
34 28 days |
28 May 1990 |
RB /LB |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
86 |
1 |
5 |
Stones, John |
30 28 days |
28 May 1994 |
RCD |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
75 |
3 |
the most appearanced England player
at City |
6 |
Guéhi,
A.K. Marc-Israel |
23 348 days |
13 July 2000 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
LCD |
Crystal Palace FC
(PL 10th) |
14 |
0 |
|
68th min. for pulling back Šporar after he pulled away from in his
own half |
12 |
Trippier, Kieran J.,
off 84th min. |
33 280 days |
19 September 1990 |
LB |
Newcastle United FC
(PL 7th) |
51 |
1 |
|
17th min. for a rash challange on Žan Karničnik on the touchline |
|
|
|
|
16 |
Gallagher, Conor J., off
halftime |
24 140 days |
6 February 2000 |
RDM |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
16 |
0 |
4 |
Rice, Declan |
25
163 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM /LM |
Arsenal FC
(PL RU) |
54 |
3 |
7 |
Saka, Bukayo A.T., off
71st min. |
22
294 days |
5 September 2001 |
RAM |
Arsenal FC
(PL RU) |
36 |
11 |
10 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W. |
20 362 days |
29 June 2003 |
CAM |
Real Madrid CF, Spain
(LL CHAMPIONS) |
32 |
4 |
11 |
Foden, Philip W., off
89th min. |
24 28 days |
28 May 2000 |
LAM/ LF |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
37 |
4 |
|
77th min. for arguing with the referee after Declan Rice committed a foul |
9 |
Kane, Harry E |
30 333 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
FC Bayern München, Germany
(BL RU) |
94 |
64 |
England
Substitutes |
26 |
Mainoo, Kobbie B., on
halftime for Gallagher |
19 67 days |
19 April 2005 |
RM |
Manchester United FC
(PL 8th) |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
Palmer, Cole J., on 71st min.
(70:04) for Saka |
22 50 days |
6 May 2002 |
RF |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
5 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.,
on 84th min. (83:47) for Trippier |
25 262 days |
7 October 1998 |
RB |
Liverpool FC
(PL 3rd) |
28 |
22 |
3 |
6 |
18 |
Gordon, Anthony M., on 89th min.
(88:50) for Foden |
23 122 days |
24 February 2001 |
LF |
Newcastle United FC
(PL 7th) |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
result:
England 0 Slovenia 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
3-Luke Shaw, 13-Aaron Ramsdale, 14-Ezri Konsa, 15-Lewis Dunk,
17-Ivan Toney, 19-Ollie
Watkins, 20-Jarrod
Bowen, 21-Eberechi
Eze, 22-Joe Gomez, 23-Dean Henderson, 25-Adam Wharton. |
stadium notes: |
England return to the RheinEnergie for the first time since the
2006 World Cup Finals against Sweden. |
team notes: |
Declan Rice becomes the youngest England player to make ten ECF appearances, beating Raheem Sterling
(26yrs 15dys). Jordan Pickford and John Stones are also making their tenth appearances.
No other goalkeeper as kept as many clean sheets in Major Tournament
Finals as Jordan Pickford (11). This is England's first scoreless
draw in ECF since
against
Scotland in 2021, it means that this is the tenth ECF match
in which they have failed to score. 21st European Championship
match unbeaten (W 15 D
6), having not lost since
October 2019 against Czech Republic, although still four behind
the record. Ninetieth European Championship (Finals and
Qualification) clean sheet, it is also the
200th
competive clean sheet, but also the
seventieth competitive match in which they have failed to score. |
youth notes: |
England and Slovenia have met several times in
youth level matches
featuring the participating players. Marc Guéhi
and Phil Foden played for the under-17 side against Slovenia in March
2017, Guéhi was captain. Both Kieran Tripper and Kyle
Walker opposed Slovenia in the under-19 Finals in Ukraine, July 2009.
Harry Kane played in the May 2012 under-19 fixture. Guéhi
and Foden also played for the under-21 side against Slovenia, in October
2019, where Conor Gallagher was also a substitute. Guéhi again featured again in October 2021ᶜ, in which Conor Gallagher and Cole Palmer started. |
manager notes: |
Southgate's record tenth ECF match, two more than Hodgson - still
unbeaten.
Already a record
22nd Finals match - seven more than Bobby Robson.
It is an extending-record 75th competitive match
managed...(32 more than Robson).
In his 98th match as manager, it is the twentieth time his team have
failed to score, but it is his 53rd clean sheet (just one behind Bobby
Robson's record). Southgate is the first manager to oppose Slovenia
for a third match. |
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4-2-3-1 4-3-3 after 71
minutes |
Pickford - Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier
(Alexander-Arnold)
-
Gallagher (Mainoo), Rice
- Saka (Palmer), Bellingham, Foden
(Gordon) - Kane |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27
years 127 days |
Appearances/Goals |
45.0 |
8.3 |
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Slovenia Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (20th
June 2024) 57th
EFO ranking
n/a ELO rating
=33rd to 31st |
Colours |
made by nike - blue crew-necked jerseys with navy blue side
panels/neck trim/torso single stripe, blue shorts with navy
side trim and
blue socks. |
Captain |
Jan Oblak |
Head Coach |
Matjaž Kek, 62 (9 September 1961), appointed 27 November 2018
for a second time, previously 5 January 2007-24 October 2011. |
this tenure, 58th match, W 27 - D 19 - L 12 - F x - A x. total,
107th match, W 47 - D 28 - L 32 - F x - A x. |
Slovenia Lineup |
1 |
Oblak, Jan |
31
171 days |
7 January 1993 |
G |
Club Atlético de Madrid, Spain |
68 |
0 |
2 |
Karničnik, Žan |
29
281 days |
18 September 1994 |
RB |
Nk Celje |
31 |
2 |
21 |
Drkušić, Vanja |
24
239 days |
30 October 1999 |
RCD |
FC Sochi, Russia |
10 |
0 |
6 |
Bijol, Jaka |
25
141 days |
5 February 1999 |
LCD |
Udinese Calcio, Italy |
52 |
1 |
|
72nd min. for a foul on Harry Kane 20 yards away from the goal |
13
|
Janža, Erik, off
90th+1 min. |
21
4 days |
21 June 1993 |
LB |
Górnik Zabrze SA, Poland |
13 |
3 |
|
22nd min. for holding back Saka as he attempted to sprint away
SUSPENDED |
|
|
20 |
Stojanović, Petar |
28
262 days |
7 October 1995 |
RM |
Empoli FC, Italy |
56 |
2 |
22 |
Gnezda Čerin, Adam |
24
345 days |
16 July 1999 |
RCM |
Panathinaïkós AÓ, Greece |
34 |
4 |
10 |
Elšnik, Timi Max |
26
57 days |
29 April 1998 |
LCM |
Nk Olimpija Ljubljana |
18 |
1 |
17 |
Mlakar, Jan, off
86th min. |
25
246 days |
23 October 1998 |
LM |
Pisa SC, Italy |
20 |
3 |
9 |
Šporar, Andraž, off
86th min. |
30
119 days |
27 February 1994 |
RF |
Panathinaïkós AÓ, Greece |
56 |
12 |
11 |
Šeško, Benjamin, off
75th min. |
21
25 days |
31 May 2003 |
LF |
RB Leipzig, Germany |
32 |
11 |
Slovenia
Substitutes |
26 |
Iličić, Josip,
on 75th min. (74:56) for Šeško |
36
148 days |
29 January 1988 in
Prijedor, Yugoslavia |
LF |
NK Maribor |
82 |
17 |
5 |
Stanković, Jon Gorenc,
on 86th min. (85:12) for Mlakar |
28
163 days |
14 January 1996 |
LM |
Sk Sturm Graz, Austria |
27 |
1 |
19 |
Celar, Žan,
on 86th min. (85:28) for Šporar |
25 103 days |
14 March 1999 |
RF |
FC Lugano, Switzerland |
10 |
0 |
3 |
Balkovec, Jure, on 90th+1 min (90:17) for Janža |
29 290 days |
9 September 1994 |
LB |
Alanyaspor Kb, Turkey |
34 |
0 |
result:
England 0 Slovenia 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
4-Miha Blažić, 7-Benjamin
Verbič, 8-Sandi Lovrić, 12-Vid Belec, 14-Jasmin Kurtić, 15-Tomi
Horvat, 16-Igor Vekić, 18-Žan Vipotnik, 23-David
Brekalo, 24-Nino Žugelj, 25-Adrian Zeljković. |
team
notes: |
Slovenia have scored in twenty of their last 22 matches. A 2-1 defeat
in Denmark in November 2023 marks their only defeat in their last 14 matches (W8 D5). |
|
4-4-2 |
Oblak - Karničnik, Drkušić, Bijol, Janža
(Balkovec)
-
Stojanović, Gnezda Čerin, Elšnik, Mlakar
(Stanković)
- Šporar
(Celar), Šeško
(Iličić) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27
years 74 days |
Appearances/Goals |
35.5 |
3.5 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
So, another day,
and another indifferent performance by our team that frustrates all who
were watching.
Okay, I accept that in the end it was better, but
only after changes were made and players chomping at the bit to get on the
field of play, were finally released from their shackles.
And changing to 4-3-3 was also a better move.
When the first half started we were told to
expect a fierce pressing game from England, but that never transpired for
a long and tedious half.
In fact, the early stages were littered
with poor passes from the back line, it did not auger well.
After five minutes the first effort
came from Benjamin Sesko, the Slovenian danger man.
His header was easily saved though, the
hardest work that Jordan Pickford had to do all match!
England, meanwhile, resumed the pattern
that we have seen so often lately, not the most auspicious of starts, just
more of the same.
Kieran Trippier was booked for a late
challenge to add to the misery, but the free-kick passed harmlessly wide.
On 20 minutes a glimmer of hope as a long ball found Phil
Foden and from his early cross Bukayo Saka had an easy tap-in finish to
put the ball into the net.
The cheers soon subsided though as a linesman's flag
was spotted raised on the far side for offside against Foden.
Kyle Walker was the next to be pulled up for a foul
and on the whole the England players looked bewildered and frustrated as
they tried to gain control of the game.
Some of the passes went straight to a blue shirt
from England, they were playing in white by the way.
On 27 minutes a typical Manchester City type burst from
Foden ended with his pass towards Kane, but Kane was unable to reach the
pass.
Some fierce battling by Jude Bellingham and Foden
then won a corner, and gradually, just gradually, England were starting to
gain the upper hand.
A minute later Kane shoots after Declan Rice won a
tackle, but goalkeeper Jan Oblak made a comfortable save.
Foden saw a good shot well saved and on 40 minutes
Trippier's cross just missed the desperate lunge of Kane.
The referee, a lookalike for Belgium's Leandro
Trossard, was ultra fussy at times and he gave several unnecessary
free-kicks to both sides as the half petered out, to booing from some of
the England fans.
The
experiment of starting with Conor Gallagher had not worked and after the
break Kobbie Mainoo came on to inject a bit of flair that was so
desperately needed.
The half started well for England and there was a
definite improvement in the pace of the passing and Foden's volley on 51
minutes went just wide.
For the next ten minutes there was a sustained spell
of attacking from England and the Slovenian defence was at full stretch at
times, but the final ball was never quite there.
On 57 minutes it looked certain that England would
score as, following a corner, there was a bout of head-tennis, as the ball
bobbed around the Slovenian goalline.
Alas, the final killer touch wasn't there.
After an hour's play, I wrote in my notes that now was the
time to bring on the game changers from the bench, but that didn't happen
for another ten minutes, when Gareth Southgate relented and brought on
Cole Palmer.
Immediately you saw a difference as the Chelsea man
started to create danger from the right.
Saka hadn't played well, and rarely tries to go past
his man whereas straight away Palmer was determined to do just that.
Kane was then flattened by Jaka Bijol, but as with
all the other free-kicks taken by Trippier, nothing came from the
resultant kick.
Then, on 74 minutes Rice had his best moment with a
great shot that flew inches wide after he combined with Foden.
Three minutes later Palmer and Mainoo combined and
Mainoo's pull back was begging to be fired home, but there was no England
player there to do it.
More frustration.
On 88 minutes, as an afterthought by Southgate, Anthony
Gordon was sent on, and immediately again we saw a different and exciting
approach from the Newcastle player.
Only four minutes were added on at the end by the
referee, which seemed preposterous to me after all the time that was
wasted.
But in the second minute of that added time, a great
pass from Gordon was flicked into the path of Palmer by Kane and this was
without doubt the best chance of the match.
Palmer hit the ball hard but Oblak was down well at
his near post to save.
On reflection, Palmer might have done better as
instead of passing the shot he maybe should have blasted it just like the
Italian did at the end of the previous day's game.
The referee blew the final whistle and the Slovenia side
danced with delight at finally making it to the knock-out stage.
As for England, their heads were down and several
were stood motionless.
However, we won the group, and everyone says that we
always improve as the tournaments we are in progress.
That remains to be seen, but all the fans want to
see is just a little more of what we saw in that final ten minutes.
Some exciting movement and flair shown by the subs
who came on.
Generally, it was better by England after the interval, but
that vital spark is still missing when the ball is in the final third, and
contrary to the belief of some, possession doesn't win matches, it's goals
that are the key.
The good news is, we are through to the next round.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport Slovenia FA |
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UEFA.com Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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