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England have qualified for Euro 2024 with two games to spare after coming from behind to defeat Italy thanks to two goals from Harry Kane and a brilliant Marcus Rashford strike UEFA
Former West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca punished some slack England defending to fire Italy into an early lead, in what was a rematch of the Euro 2020 final at Wembley UEFA
But England hit back as Kane converted a 32nd-minute penalty, which was won by Jude Bellingham following a bursting run into the Italy box UEFA
And Bellingham was heavily involved again as he led an England counter-attack after the break, creating space for Rashford to slam a powerful strike into the corner UEFA
Kane made sure of the victory with another breakaway goal late on - his 61st for England - and it means Gareth Southgate’s side can now begin their preparations for Germany next summer UEFA
Here are how the England players rated at WembleyRecommendedEngland have qualified for Euro 2024 — now it’s about winning itJude Bellingham once again proves he is the key for England’s Euro 2024 hopesJordan Pickford, 7The goalkeeper made some key stops with the match level in the first half, particularly from Destiny Udogie’s run shortly before the break UEFA
Italy were poor in the second half and Pickford was barely troubled from there UEFA
Kyle Walker, 6The experienced right back was assured and steady and barely let Stephan El Shaarway have a sniff UEFA
John Stones, 6The centre-back is still working his way up to full fitness but his class on the ball was apparent UEFA
Perhaps caught a yard short of Scamacca for Italy’s opening goal - but England were also second-best throughout the pitch at the time UEFA
Harry Maguire, 6There were spells in the first half where England needed to move it quicker and Maguire was left looking culpable with his ponderous style in possession UEFA
Italy certainly punished some slack defending with the opening goal, but Maguire also grew into the game and made some key blocks UEFA
Given the outside noise, this was a decent performance from the centre-back UEFA
Maguire got a rare start after a difficult season at Manchester United (The FA via Getty Images)Kieran Trippier, 5Seemed outnumbered at times with Domenico Berardi and Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s partnership on the Italian right, while he certainly doesn’t look as comfortable on the opposite side UEFA
Kalvin Phillips, 4Looked sluggish from the opening 10 minutes, where he was late to a couple of challenges and it resulted in an early yellow UEFA
There were big gaps in midfield, which were the areas Phillips was in the team to fill in his double-pivot with Rice, and he was perhaps fortunate not to be shown a second yellow after another mistimed challenge UEFA
Brought off for Jordan Henderson UEFA
Phillips admitted he was lucky not to be sent off (The FA via Getty Images)Declan Rice, 6It was rare to see Rice so exposed in midfield and there were a couple of moments where Italy were able to play around him - Italy’s Davide Frattesi and Nicolo Barella were certainly a handful - but it’s a measure of Rice’s authority that he soon got the situation under control UEFA
Phil Foden, 8Made some thrilling bursts from central positions and was also heavily involved in England’s brilliant second goal on the counter-attack UEFA
Perhaps still isn’t as threatening on the right wing as Bukayo Saka often is, but shows brilliant flashes of quality in those dangerous inside channels UEFA
Jude Bellingham, 9If there was only one England player who looked sharp in the sluggish opening half hour, it’s no surprise to say it was Bellingham UEFA
Helped bring England level with his burst into the box to win Kane’s penalty and then repeated the trick with a lovely flick and drive forward in the move that led to Rashford’s strike UEFA
England’s main man, at 20 years old, and his display received a standing ovation UEFA
(The FA via Getty Images)Marcus Rashford, 8It’s amazing what a goal can do UEFA
Looked short of confidence in the first half, even as he almost forced a couple of openings in his battle with Di Lorenzo UEFA
But Bellingham’s break allowed Rashford to cut inside from the left and smash a brilliant strike past Gianluigi Donnarumma UEFA
It was a sudden flash of last season’s form UEFA
Harry Kane, 9Brought up his 60th England goal from the spot with a typically cool penalty UEFA
There were times early on where he looked a little more isolated up front than in previous appearances, but from there the quality link-up play with his fellow forwards flowed, with clever touches and booming switches to both Foden and Rashford UEFA
His second goal of the night, as he eased Alessandro Bastoni away and finished, simply oozed the class of an elite striker UEFA
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Up into the stands the England players clambered to find their families, taking the consolatory hugs but unsure quite how to feel UEFA
Across 80 minutes in Paris, their belief had been replaced by disbelief and then by desperation and dejection, England threatening the unthinkable and taking the world champions to the brink UEFA
For most of a sodden Stade de France evening, a Rugby World Cup final was within their grasp UEFA
A South Africa side superior in most areas were dragged down into the sort of slugfest the Springboks would usually favour, and very nearly bested at their own game UEFA
England had given their all but it was still not enough, one stable scrum, one Handre Pollard slip or slice, short of stunning the world champions UEFA
The emotional maelstrom of this defeat will swirl rather differently to the feelings that eddied after the 2019 World Cup final disaster UEFA
“I’m proud of our performance,” were virtually the first words out of the mouth of wing Elliot Daly UEFA
“I think we shocked them UEFA
I don’t think they knew how to get into the game UEFA
”“I think we knew what was coming and we knew we could perform like this,” added Daly, virtually unused in open play but outstanding as a kick chaser to exemplify the squad’s buy-in to a strategy that so nearly proved successful UEFA
The finer points of Steve Borthwick’s tactical plan had been put in place this week but this was a performance England had been building towards since long ago UEFA
A flawed side did not come to France to thrill; winning by any means necessary had been a consistent theme UEFA
If necessity is oft the mother of invention, England at this tournament have also proved the pair can be enemies UEFA
This was a campaign at which they seemed to intentionally limit their attacking innovation or ingenuity– recognising a need to figure themselves out on the fly, they settled on an effective and eminently executable gameplan that could be implemented quickly UEFA
Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat (Getty Images)It came so close to working in Saturday’s semi-final; their effort, accuracy and competitiveness in the key contests were spot on UEFA
At the 65-minute mark, England outside backs had a combined 17 metres carried, all from one Freddie Steward kick return UEFA
The two number 13s’ offensive output on the final whistle amounted to one late Joe Marchant lug; South Africa centre Jesse Kriel went the full 80 minutes without an attacking touch UEFA
“We came with a plan to win the game but we fell a little bit short,” reflected Borthwick UEFA
“But the players should be incredibly proud UEFA
We put ourselves in a position to win against the world champions UEFA
England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock (Getty Images)“We were playing against a coaching team who have been in place since 2018 UEFA
We’ve had four months UEFA
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them UEFA
”This was a night from which the head coach will take heart, a public perhaps struggling to warm to this England team are now recognising the progress made UEFA
There will be a need to layer on much, much more to consistently mix it with the world’s best but the rapidly laid foundations look rock solid UEFA
In time, perhaps the ugly duckling performances will turn into white swans UEFA
There appear to be many more buds of a bright future than first appeared in a barren landscape pre-tournament UEFA
Ben Earl has had a breakthrough tournament, and Ollie Chessum, too, while George Martin semi-final performance marks him out as the potential enforcer England have lacked UEFA
Borthwick was keen to talk up the absent Marcus Smith the day after the defeat, with the playmaker’s reinvention as a frolicking full-back of intrigue moving forward UEFA
"In our 23, seven players are 25 or under, the most of any semi-finalist, there’s a great blend and there will be lots of things we can take forward,” added Borthwick UEFA
Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa (Getty Images)But the fact that the men’s national team were on the brink of back-to-back finals should not provide a façade over the crumbling edifice of a fragile English game UEFA
There is a domestic mess that needs sorting, with a Gallagher Premiership containing three teams fewer than at the start of last season, now underway to little fanfare and on the brink of significant change UEFA
The renegotiation of the Professional Game Partnership is a recognition of a need for a radical overhaul in pursuit of a more financially sustainable domestic game, and one that produces a wider pool of top-class talent UEFA
The likely arrival of a form of central contracts underlines a period of epochal change UEFA
The senior figures in the squad who are unlikely to play beyond this tournament – Courtney Lawes, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and perhaps a couple more – could well be the last England men’s internationals never to have been contracted to the union UEFA
This has a great many benefits, not least in affording Borthwick, or any head coach that might follow him, far greater access to and control over his players UEFA
And while Borthwick’s articulation of the advantages enjoyed by South Africa’s settled staff is a perfectly fair one, let us remember that the Rugby UEFA Football Union (RFU) put their head coach in this situation UEFA
The original planning for this tournament would most likely have seen Borthwick return to England camp to aid Eddie Jones at the World Cup before a smooth transition into the lead role afterwards UEFA
Jones’s sacking sparked a scramble and several months of chaos UEFA
It was not shown up on semi-final weekend but there are many reasons that the RFU still has a burden to bear UEFA
But the full wash-up will wait for another week – England’s performance at the Stade de France has earned them seven more days of grace UEFA
The tournament will end as it began for England with a meeting with Argentina in a third-place play-off that Borthwick insists he wants to win UEFA
England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final (Getty Images)“I read a piece yesterday morning that talked about adversity and talked about the fact that in adversity you find that seed of belief and you’ve got to grow it,” Borthwick said UEFA
“This team has been through a bit in the last few years, a bit of adversity in the medium-term past UEFA
“I think through each of those periods the team has picked up lessons, picked up what we need to do and grown from it UEFA
I think there’s a lot of growth in this team UEFA
Sometimes it’s not the straight-forward path you want it to be UEFA
In the feelings and emotions of the game last night, I know that we’ll get stronger UEFA
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