Euro 2016: 5 mistakes made by England against Iceland

Raheem Sterling
Raheem Sterling didn’t have a great game despite drawing the penalty for England

#2 Poor set pieces and lack of creativity up front

Harry Kane
Harry Kane failed to deliver from the set-pieces

England was uncharacteristically wasteful with the set pieces throughout the 90 minutes. Harry Kane’s free kicks in particular, were awful. In a match where Iceland threw bodies in front of the ball and protecting their lead like soldiers would do for their country; the three lions should have at least made the keeper work with their set pieces.

Apart from the long ball which earned them a penalty, they were lacklustre throughout the match and lacked the aggression and the creativity to create goals scoring chances. Too many misplaced passes didn’t help their course either with Rooney surprisingly the culprit on many occasions. The three lions resorted to long balls and long range shot with neither of them troubling the solid Icelandic defence.

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