When England players woke on Thursday morning, back at their secluded countryside training base St George’s Park, they no doubt felt the afterglow of the wild celebrations of their Euro 2020 semifinal win over Denmark at Wembley.
But while across the nation debris was being cleared from parties into the early hours, England will have faced their own more sober reality check...
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