If the aim, ultimately, is for Gareth Southgate and his players to see whether their Euro 2020 adventure can finish in this stadium – 12 July, 2020, to be precise – this will certainly count as a decent way to begin that process. Five goals, a clean sheet and, perhaps most encouragingly of all, hard evidence that Raheem Sterling is transferring his Manchester City form on to the international stage.
OK, this is still too early to start imagining the possibilities that might open up in a tournament in which the semi-finals and final are all played at the stadium England call home. These are the kind of performances, however, that allow England’s followers to think positively, in particular when the team is suddenly filled with so much attacking variety.
Written by Daniel Taylor at Wembley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/22/england-czech-republic-euro-2020-qualifier under the title “Raheem Sterling hits hat-trick in England demolition of Czech Republic”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
