You can argue that England stuttered here in Poland, as they took on Ukraine, that a step backwards was taken from the slick, stylish football played in Qatar and since. You could dissect this performance and ponder why a team comprised of some of the best young players in world football never hit their stride. And you could puncture all talk of winning the Euros and point out that playing like this, they definitely won’t.
But that would be almost to miss the point and not just because England’s qualification for Euro 2024 is more or less guaranteed by wins over Italy and Ukraine last season.