Although it’s a bit late, at least after the group stage, Kobbie Mainoo’s starting position has been confirmed. The fact that Conor Gallagher was replaced right after the end of the first half proved that Southgate admitted that he continued to make mistakes when using both Gallagher and previously Trent Alexander-Arnold to partner Declan Rice in the center. midfield.

In the first half yesterday, England pressed stronger and more effectively than in previous matches with Gallagher’s presence, but the Chelsea midfielder was not able to keep the ball well and constantly missed passes, which led to England being behind. Once you have the ball, you lose it very easily and create almost no pressure on the Slovenian defense. By the second half when Mainoo was used, the Manchester United midfielder had developed his ability to keep the ball and deploy it, so Bukayo Saka’s wing line could attack much smoother and if Saka and Kyle Walker handled the situation. In better cases, England can fully exploit situations of passing behind Harry Kane’s very sharp defense when he drops back.Gareth Southgate said after the match that he felt he was gradually reshaping England’s playing style and although it still sounded very forced, England’s ability to create chances was still too low (this was quite obvious with the foot stomping). between Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham along with the absence of Luke Shaw), but more or less in the first 30 minutes of the second half it was somewhat evident that England played faster, stronger and less rigid with the presence of Mainoo. and then Cole Palmer. Southgate still needs to be more decisive in eliminating one of the two between Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham when one of them will play worse when the other is on the field (it is not a coincidence that the first match Bellingham shined, the second match came to Foden ) because of the stomping position. Yesterday Southgate tried to pull Bellingham to number 8 and Foden played higher but the result was still the same. Although Luke Shaw may not be fit to play the entire match in the round of 16, it will partly solve the problem of maintaining depth at the back of the field for England, so it will also partly solve the problem, so I hope to get to the knockout round. He will get better with each match.