{"id":18248,"date":"2024-06-16T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18248"},"modified":"2024-06-16T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T21:02:11","slug":"sport-englands-euro-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18248","title":{"rendered":"SPORT: England\u2019s Euro Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4389-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18247\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4389-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4389-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4389-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4389.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teresa\u2019s got the fireplace area looking nice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gulp\u2026 I\u2019ve watched and enjoyed three or four Euros matches, so far. The opening Germany vs Scotland match was a great start. But now it\u2019s England vs Poland\u2026 dare I watch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s approaching half-time, as I type this. And England are 1-0 up, after a Saka-supplied Bellingham headed goal. But that\u2019s a slim lead! And since then Serbia have had numerous shooting opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4390-1024x622.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4390-1024x622.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4390-300x182.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4390-768x466.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4390-1536x932.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4390.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bellingham aerial, as he heads it home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>May the best team win. Of course. Do I have <em>any<\/em> National feeling? I grudgingly suppose I do have a <em>little<\/em>. But, as commentator Guy Mowbray just said, \u2018England have gone off a bit.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4391-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4391-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4391-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4391-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4391-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4391.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The BBC crew, the Brandenburg Gate behind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, phew\u2026 they\u2019ve kept their lead till half-time. What\u2019s the next 45 minutes got in store? More England goals, I hope. I\u2019d love to see Kane put one or two away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Later\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hmmm!? England, eh? We won, one-nil. But the second half was excruciating. Serbia were all over us. Kane could\u2019ve scored. He had a header on target. But, Rajkovic, the Serbian goalkeeper, made an excellent save. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4392.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-18256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4392.jpg 770w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4392-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4392-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">So nearly 2-0\u2026 gaah!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching England play international football is a form of torture!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulp\u2026 I\u2019ve watched and enjoyed three or four Euros matches, so far. The opening Germany vs Scotland match was a great start. But now it\u2019s England vs Poland\u2026 dare I watch? It\u2019s approaching half-time, as I type this. And England are 1-0 up, after a Saka-supplied Bellingham headed goal. But that\u2019s a slim lead! And &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18248\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SPORT: England\u2019s Euro Debut&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-4Kk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18248"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18257,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions\/18257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}