We pick Neville’s best England team
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
With three wins from three England have qualified for the knockout stages in style – but who will Phil Neville pick next?
Natalie Sawyer is joined by former England, Chelsea and West Ham defender Claire Rafferty and from The Times and Sunday Times journalists Molly Hudson and Rebecca Myers to analyse England’s best XI.
Neville has made 12 changes since the opening win over Scotland and says he will continue to rotate – but who should he be picking and does chopping and changing help or hinder motivation?
Elsewhere, Scotland crashed out after throwing away a three-goal lead and suffering one of the cruellest refereeing decisions of the tournament – we debate whether VAR has gone too far?
And as interest in the World Cup increases, why are so few people buy tickets for matches? Our guests explain what the atmosphere is really like in France.
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| 0:51.8 | England have progressed as winners of group D with a |
| 0:54.5 | perfect record after beating Japan last night. Here to analyze the performance of |
| 0:59.0 | Phil Neville's side we're joined by former England, West Ham and Chelsea |
| 1:02.1 | defender Claire Rafferty and down the line from France. |
| 1:05.0 | From the Times and the Sunday Times we have Molly Hudson and Rebecca Myers. |
| 1:09.5 | Later on, we'll be discussing the controversial new VAR trend that knocked out Scotland and be asked. will be |
| 1:14.0 | the controversial new VAR trend that knocked out Scotland and be asking why so few people are |
| 1:16.2 | watching the games in Nice. But first we start with England who beat Japan |
| 1:20.9 | 2-0 last night after Phil Neville made 8 changes to his team. |
| 1:24.9 | The England coaches made 12 changes in all to his team since the opening game of the tournament. |
| 1:29.4 | That's more than any other nation. |
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