#2 Poor set pieces and lack of creativity up front
England was uncharacteristically wasteful with the set pieces throughout the 90 minutes. Harry Kane’s free kicks in particular, were awful. In a match where Iceland threw bodies in front of the ball and protecting their lead like soldiers would do for their country; the three lions should have at least made the keeper work with their set pieces.
Apart from the long ball which earned them a penalty, they were lacklustre throughout the match and lacked the aggression and the creativity to create goals scoring chances. Too many misplaced passes didn’t help their course either with Rooney surprisingly the culprit on many occasions. The three lions resorted to long balls and long range shot with neither of them troubling the solid Icelandic defence.
