It definitely turned into a memorable Tuesday evening for England fans, but Aston Villa supporters had more than one reason to be smiling as we secured an eventual 2-0 victory over Joachim Low’s Germany.
Making things happen. โญ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/xnRVVb6OSm
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) June 29, 2021
Neutrals would’ve mostly seen a turgid, defensive and less than inspiring 70 minutes from England, but although Germany arguably had the slightly better chances, they were hardly that inspiring themselves and when they did get through, it was nothing Jordan Pickford couldn’t cope with.
The game inevitably changed with the introduction of Jack Grealish in the 69th minute – and after plenty of criticism, Gareth Southgate gets the praise here as it was the right substitution at the right time – and in turning the game our way with Jack’s natural ability to carry the ball and link play up, six minutes later he fed the ball to Luke Shaw who fired it to Raheem Sterling for the easiest of tap ins.
Outstanding, @JackGrealish! ๐ฏ#EURO2020 https://t.co/qCLLuFMwL0
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) June 29, 2021
Not content with that, Jack found himself on the left eleven minutes later and having opted not to shoot, he pinged in a perfect little for cross for Harry Kane to head home and take our first competitive victory over ze Germans at Wembley Stadium for the first time since the immortal 1966 World Cup Final.
That wasn’t the only top stat to come out of the game, but this is all about Jack – three Euro appearances, and two assists!
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England 2-0 Germany! What a day โฝ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Fans were UNBELIEVABLE โฅ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ pic.twitter.com/nbWPZ8Dsmc
— Jack Grealish (@JackGrealish) June 29, 2021
Iโm having that as a pre assist
— Simon Webb (@SimonWebb7070) June 29, 2021
the best player in the world
— catrin๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ (@catrinedwards18) June 29, 2021
soon as he comes on we score, coincidence? i think not
— Oscar (@oscarj_avfc) June 29, 2021
Completely changes the game, should start 100%
— Mason Woodford (@woodford_mason) June 29, 2021
OMG @JackGrealish ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
— Matty Cash (@mattycash622) June 29, 2021
Super @JackGrealish!! Game changer ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐#eng
— Matt Targett (@Mattytargett) June 29, 2021
Congratulations brothers! @OfficialTM_3 @JackGrealish ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ผ
— Anwar El Ghazi (@elghazi1995) June 29, 2021
Never in doubt ๐ฅ
— Michelle Owen (@MichelleOwen7) June 29, 2021
Roll on to Saturday, and does Gareth reward Jack with the start against Ukraine?
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