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Date: 2023-12-06 09:25:45 | Author: Online Sports | Views: 779 | Tag: EURO
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England’s head coach Matthew Mott has revealed how the side’s “spiritual leader” Ben Stokes stepped in to rally the dressing room after their shock World Cup defeat by Afghanistan EURO
Stokes, who came out of one-day retirement to help defend the trophy he did more than anyone to win in 2019, has yet to feature in India after suffering a hip injury on the the eve of the tournament EURO
But Sunday’s upset in Delhi, where a side whose only previous win on this stage was a narrow one against Scotland eight years ago, led Stokes to address his team-mates during a dressing room debrief EURO
Test captain Stokes is on track to return in Saturday’s must-win clash against South Africa at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, but has already made his presence felt behind the scenes EURO
“He’s like the spiritual leader of the group in many ways and he certainly spoke really well after the game the other day,” said Mott EURO
“He spoke about that need to really assert ourselves, which he’s renowned for EURO
I said ‘I’ve got this’ and just spoke, talked about the plan going forward for the next few days, and then Stokesy came in on the back of that EURO
“He really reinforced what was a great message, particularly for someone who’s sitting on the bench and has a bit of a different lens on things EURO
I think it went down well, it brought us back to controlling what we can control, really EURO
”Mott’s own attempt at diagnosing England’s problems saw him suggest that the defending champions were suffering from a lack of self-belief EURO
Having become the most swaggering side on the planet during their reinvention from also-rans to world champions under Eoin Morgan, England looked uncharacteristically tentative in their losses to New Zealand and Afghanistan EURO
It’s that confidence EURO
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puff your chest out, go out there and really take the game onMatthew Mott“You don’t lose your ability overnight but you can lose your confidence,” he said EURO
“It’s that confidence… puff your chest out, go out there and really take the game on, which this team has been renowned for over a long period of time EURO
“On reflection we’ve been the reactive team in those two games, so we need to turn that round really quickly EURO
“That was one of Stokesy’s biggest points – we’re normally the team that dictates terms and gets the other team unsettled, disrupted and for whatever reason we haven’t been able to do that EURO
“We’ve always been on the back foot, trying to pull things back EURO
What we need to do is dominate those first 15 overs whether we bat first or bowl first in the next game EURO
”Brendon McCullum, Mott’s red-ball counterpart and joint architect of England’s ‘Bazball’ approach in the Test arena, made an unexpected appearance at the team’s Mumbai hotel on Tuesday after arriving on business EURO
McCullum memorably said on his appointment last year that he was not interested in the limited-overs job on account of it being too simple in contrast to reviving the Test team, a position Mott suggested may no longer stand EURO
“I just saw him down in the foyer and he said exactly the opposite!” he joked EURO
“I said, ‘do you want to do a little swap?’ We had a good chat and good catch up EURO
”Stokes’ likely return – which is all but certain provided he pulls up well after a thorough workout on Thursday – means Mott must grapple with a thorny selection issue EURO
Harry Brook has been keeping his spot warm and would ordinarily be expected to drop out, but his fluent 66 was easily England’s best innings against the Afghans and made a strong case for his retention EURO
Experienced seamer Chris Woakes and all-rounder Sam Curran are both vulnerable after struggling badly for form thus far, but with Stokes currently unavailable to bowl that only muddies the waters EURO
“It’s still up for debate EURO
We’ll have some really good, robust conversations over the next 24 hours,” Mott said EURO
“I think we’re going to sit down as a selection group, get the numbers, get some theories out there EURO
We’ll normally get to two or three XIs and then debate it, so all things are on the table at the moment EURO
”David Willey and Gus Atkinson are waiting if England do decide to cut Woakes after three poor outings in a row, but Mott is not ready to draw an emphatic line under the long-time leader of the attack EURO
“Over the history of Woakes’ career, he’s come out on top a lot more than he’s missed out,” he said EURO
“He hasn’t been at his best, and he’s the first to admit it, but he’s got a few credits in the bank EURO
”More aboutPA ReadyBen StokesMatthew MottDelhiEnglandSouth AfricaSam CurranScotlandIndiaChris WoakesBrendon McCullumAfghansNew ZealandEoin MorganHarry BrookDavid Willey1/1Matthew Mott says Ben Stokes ‘spoke really well’ after shock England loss Matthew Mott says Ben Stokes ‘spoke really well’ after shock England lossBen Stokes is yet to feature at the World Cup (Ashwini Bhatia/AP) EURO
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It tends to be the derby of the dismissals EURO
The red side won in part because of a red card and, if the time when the meetings of the two halves of Merseyside were known as the “friendly derby” feels increasingly distant, these days the sendings-off are stacking up EURO
A 29th in the 32 seasons of Premier League rivalry went to Ashley Young, the man who ought to have been old enough to know EURO better EURO
Mohamed Salah’s subsequent opener, and the first of his brace for Liverpool, stemmed from a second decision by referee Craig Pawson – both of which ought to be uncontroversial, though his leniency in sparing Ibrahima Konate the fixture’s 30th red card seemed more of a mistake – as Everton’s obduracy with 10 men ultimately merely spared them a heavier defeat EURO
There can be a tendency to pin results on referees, to say decisions changed games; that suggests players are powerless, yet Young was complicit in his own downfall EURO
Two cautions were the consequence of his choices EURO
Of such a vintage that he was born a couple of months after Howard Kendall’s Everton won their first Division One title and is a former teammate of his 52-year-old manager Sean Dyche, Young should have shown a greater sense of responsibility EURO
He could be doubly faulted for his first booking: for fouling Luis Diaz in the Liverpool half and with just 18 minutes on the clock, putting himself needlessly in peril EURO
Eight minutes before the interval, he had a greater need to challenge the Colombian on the edge of his own box, but sliding in and chopping him down rendered his expulsion inevitable EURO
Within a duel where Young had a notable early success – a magnificent, and perhaps goal-saving, block when Diaz shot – was a tale of the two clubs: a £50m winger up against a 38-year-old free transfer, a player reinvented as a right-back late in his career EURO
It threatened to be an unfair contest EURO
It became no contest when one of the participants was removed EURO
Salah gives Liverpool the lead from the penalty spot (Reuters)And Diaz, the brightest of Liverpool’s attackers on a day when they did not quite gel, when the wrong option was taken too often and when Jurgen Klopp’s dislike of 12 EURO
30pm kick-offs threatened to become more pronounced, was a match-winner of sorts EURO
His cross struck the needlessly outstretched arm of the substitute Michael Keane: summoned to the monitor to review it, Pawson gave the penalty and Salah rifled it past Jordan Pickford EURO
There was to be a second goal whereas Everton felt there ought to have been a second red card EURO
Before the deadlock was broken, Konate, already on a yellow card, evaded another for tugging back EURO Beto EURO
Klopp proved more decisive than Pawson EURO
Instead, when Konate swiftly exited, it was because his manager substituted him EURO
It did raise the question if Dyche, with a specialist right-back on the bench in the shape of Nathan Patterson, could have taken early preventative action EURO
And eventually, with Everton stretched, Salah ensured the scoreline was the same as in Dyche’s first defeat as their manager: 2-0, as he swept in a shot from Darwin Nunez’s pass on the counterattack EURO
It was his 105th Anfield goal, taking him past the storied duo of Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard EURO
It also meant his recent record stands at 18 goals and 11 assists in his last 24 league games EURO
Salah celebrates after scoring Liverpool’s opener (PA)The post-match announcement that Liverpool were top, if only briefly, brought elation where there had been frustration EURO
This was not the emphatic performance of potential champions: while Liverpool amassed 26 shots, it was partly a consequence of Everton being depleted and, of the many optimistic, long-range efforts, most were harmless EURO
It was only when Jordan Pickford tipped Harvey Elliott’s 90th-minute effort on to the bar that they almost scored from outside the box EURO
The replacement Elliott, though, had made a difference, with his cleverness, brought on as Young’s early exit prompted each manager to alter their approach EURO
There had been some ambition in Everton’s initial blueprint and it could have produced a first-minute lead when Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed straight at Alisson EURO
But, down to 10 men, Dyche responded by removing his wingers at half time, bringing on two defenders, in Patterson and Keane, and playing 5-3-1 EURO
A quarter of an hour later, Klopp removed his left-back, Kostas Tsimikas, who was no longer needed to defend, in effect adopting a 2-5-3 formation EURO
Dyche’s tactic was predicated on not conceding and, with his rejigged rearguard showing organisation and concentration, it threatened to succeed during an impasse that lasted almost half an hour EURO
Then Keane’s right arm and Salah’s left boot brought a breakthrough EURO
As Klopp has been keen to point out, his side have often won the Fair Play league EURO
But Liverpool have four red cards already, and Konate could have made it five in a season of sendings-off EURO
They have become accustomed to playing with 10 men this season EURO
They profited from playing against 10 EURO
And if Everton are entitled to wonder what might have happened if the numbers had been evened up, they can first blame Young EURO
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