Countdown to Euro 2020: Daily briefing
Follow all the action as England host Austria in their first Euro 2020 warm-up match at the Riverside Stadium tonight.
Gareth Southgate finalised his 26-man squad for the tournament yesterday, with Trent Alexander-Arnold included as a fourth right-back, while Jesse Lingard, Aaron Ramsdale, Ben Godfrey, Ben White, James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins were dropped. The six have continued to train with the England team, though, and will feature tonight. Mason Greenwood has returned to Manchester United due to an injury that rules him out of the tournament.
Harry Maguire is a doubt for England’s opener against Croatia and will be absent tonight, while the likes of Jordan Henderson and Jack Grealish will be hoping to prove their fitness after long-term injury lay-offs. The friendly should also offer chances to players currently outside of Southgate’s first XI after those involved in the Champions League final arrived late to the international camp. Austria will be relying on their talisman, David Alaba, who has joined Real Madrid from Bayern Munich this summer, however, the world No 23 ranked side should, in theory, not pose too many problems.
Follow all the action from Middlesbrough throughout the night live below:
ENGLAND 1-0 AUSTRIA
61 mins: FOUR CHANGES! Godfrey, Ward-Prowse, Calvert-Lewin and Watkins on for Rice, Lingard, Kane and Mings.
Baumgartner and Laimer have gone off for Schaub and Grillisch.
I may have misspelt that last one but a lot of subs just happened all at once.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:20
ENGLAND 1-0 AUSTRIA
60 mins: Austria try to reply instantly as Sabitzer fires an effort in from the edge of the box which is deflected behind for a corner.
Laimer then tries another speculative effort which is also blocked and England can clear.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:17
ENGLAND 1-0 AUSTRIA
Grealish and Kane with the creativity. Lingard with the assist. Saka with the finish.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:15
ENGLAND 1-0 AUSTRIA
56 mins: GOAL! Bukayo Saka has given England the lead shortly before the hour mark!
Grealish drives at the Austrian backline before laying it off to Kane. Kane slides the ball across to Lingard who catches the keeper out with a pass across the box for Saka to tap home at the far post.
Finally the Three Lions have the breakthrough.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:13
ENGLAND 0-0 AUSTRIA
55 mins: Bellingham has been impressive tonight. He has cut out numerous attacks when Austria look to break. Would definitely say the Dortmund man has had more of a standout match than Declan Rice beside him.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:13
ENGLAND 0-0 AUSTRIA
Grealish really is living up to his tag of the ‘most fouled player in the whole world ever’.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:11
ENGLAND 0-0 AUSTRIA
52 mins: YELLOW! Saka picks the pocket of Laimer after poor control and the Arsenal man sets off on the attack. He charges down the left and looks to be creating something dangerous but is then hacked down. Another awful challenge.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:09
ENGLAND 0-0 AUSTRIA
50 mins: Southgate needs to do something about the tempo. Aside from Grealish there’s no real impetus to go and make things happen at the moment.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:07
ENGLAND 0-0 AUSTRIA
47 mins: Grealish with another commanding charge through the middle of the Austrian midfield. He gets to the edge of the box and tries to feed Alexander-Arnold but it’s cut out. The Aston Villa man probably looks the most likely to create something.
Dylan Terry2 June 2021 21:04