Six matches into its Euro 2020 run, we’ve finally seen what happens when England wakes up. The results were not pretty, but they might never need to be for this England team.
Prior to Wednesday’s semifinal against Denmark, only Finland and Hungary had taken fewer shots per 90 minutes than England. Turkey peppered the goal more in its three group-stage losses than England did in its four wins and one draw up to that point. Despite putting four past Ukraine in its quarterfinal victory, only three teams that advanced out of the group stages (Croatia, Wales, and Austria) had generated fewer expected goals than England. Meanwhile, before the semifinals, only offensive juggernauts Spain and Italy had outshot Denmark. The Danes had more than doubled England’s shot total going into Wednesday.
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