Bond between team and stadium is complex but Gareth Southgate’s side can change the narrative against Denmark
“You play at Wembley. These are your Euros.” It is two weeks since Jürgen Klinsmann spoke these words, sounding, as ever, like a kindly, sad Californian
Robot replicant boy and in the process pulling the rug from a comfortingly angst-ridden discussion around the
BBC punditry table about England’s chances at Euro 2020.
At the time
England had yet to qualify from Group D. They had yet to face down whichever Group of Death escapee would land in their lap. There were personnel uncertainties, formation muddles and the prospect of at least one trip away from the lighted arch before Wembley would begin to feel like a fortress, a friend and a home straight.