A perfect illustration of how England Under 21s have attacked the European Championship — a tournament they could win on Saturday — came at the Adjarabet Arena earlier this week.
Cole Palmer scored their second in easing beyond Israel to set up a final against Spain. The beauty of that came not with the finish, as controlled as it was, but the 23 passes preceding it.
The whole team went to celebrate with Palmer after a lengthy VAR check for offside and that was symbolic: this was a goal that involved pretty much all of them.