Big guns falter
Jul 08, 2022
3 minutes
NICK BIDWELL
A lack of motivation in a competition many regard as a set of glorified friendlies. Fatigue at the end of a gruelling season. Call-offs galore. Excessive experimentation. For a host of reasons, the four-round June window of the UEFA Nations League turned out to be a complicated process for a number of Europe’s elite teams.
In Group A3, Gareth Southgate’s England never left the starting blocks, picking up only two points from12 available and losing twice to Hungary (1-0
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