He started the games Southgate played 433 which was the best the national team has played under Southgate, and scored
He generally doesn't start or hadn't been starting because Southgate was playing 343 or 4231 and bizarrely rated Rice and Phillips as the best possible DM pairing among all England players
He barely featured at the Euros because he wasn't fit, having got injured in the Derby v Everton, picking up a lengthy abdominal injury through Kavanagh letting Docoure hold and drag him back for fully 15 yards until finally and long overdue blowing up when Hendo pulled up injured
Playing 343 or 4231 with Kane as the 1
with the group of players at his disposal shows that Southgate is a fucking amateur anyway
Also I don't base Casemiro's ability as greater on international football, he's a miles better player than Fab ever has been or ever will be, you can see that in abundance watching them in games, it was Casemiro Fab completely lost to let him feed Valverde to assist Vinicius' winner in the Champions League final
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