Should England try to finish second in their group?
Lets start with an apology if youre an England fan. The following words will feature a not-insignificant amount of fate-tempting, hubris and getting ahead of ourselves. It is a piece based on the frankly arrogant assumption that England will definitely qualify for the second round of Euro 2020 This, evidently, is unwise. Its cocky. It encapsulates one of the key reasons that plenty of people around the world justifiably arent keen on the English. Nevertheless, we shall persist.In most properly-balanced tournaments, the winners of the groups in the first round are rewarded for their gleaming excellence with a theoretically more straightforward opponent in the knockouts.