'Goals galore & flying wingers - plenty to fear for England'

There is tons to for illustration - aliases fearfulness - astir this Spain team, but it is nan measurement they onslaught that has impressed maine nan most.

Under Luis de la Fuente they person kept a small spot of nan personality that was nan hallmark of their awesome teams of nan past - those short, crisp passes successful tight spaces - but they person been measurement much direct, measurement much often.

That is in installments to De la Fuente, because he has intelligibly looked astatine his squad to activity retired wherever they are strongest, and past thought astir really he tin knit that together truthful they transportation nan biggest imaginable threat.

He has done it by utilizing an attacking set-up almost for illustration an upside-down triangle pinch Rodri heavy successful cardinal midfield, and past Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal stretched retired astatine nan different points connected nan near and right.

Alvaro Morata gives them equilibrium by playing a very unselfish domiciled successful nan middle, wherever he is utilized to fastener successful nan centre-backs and extremity them going retired wide to forestall one-on-ones, pinch Dani Olmo linking play and besides looking to get successful nan container to decorativeness chances.

It works. Spain person scored much goals, 13, than immoderate different squad astatine these Euros - almost double nan 7 England person mustered successful their six matches - and person had 9 different goalscorers.

It is their wingers, successful particular, who will beryllium particularly vulnerable successful Sunday's last because they return nan shot successful immoderate area of nan transportation and nan squad is group up to provender them arsenic quickly arsenic possible.

With nan Spanish sides that won 3 awesome finals successful 4 years betwixt 2008 and 2012, their build-up play was based connected getting numbers astir nan shot pinch comparatively fewer guardant passes.

Now, however, this Spain squad are committed to accelerated guardant passes, pinch ample gaps successful between, because they are truthful assured that Williams and Yamal are capable to clasp nan ball, spell one-on-one, travel wrong and combine.

They are relentless whenever they triumph nan ball, truthful they will conscionable support connected doing it - Fabian Ruiz successful peculiar looks for Williams connected nan near a batch pinch his line-breaking passes - but I deliberation England will beryllium ready.

The Three Lions person been beardown successful protect wide areas truthful far, and a batch of that is down to really disciplined they are astatine search back.

Everyone has noticed nan threat Bukayo Saka has posed erstwhile we person nan shot but his positioning erstwhile we are retired of possession isn’t really talked about.

Saka has been fantabulous astatine doubling up pinch his full-back aliases nearest cardinal defender, whichever broadside he has ended up being on, and that has nullified nan spot of immoderate wide players we person faced.

If he is connected nan correct again connected Sunday past holding up that Ruiz-Williams operation and supporting Kyle Walker will beryllium a large portion of his job.

Spain will not extremity trying to isolate England's defenders, truthful it is captious they support connected giving them help.

The 1 clip England person really been exposed during this tourney was against nan Netherlands, and it came from america trying to property them successful their ain half.

Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden had gone precocious and difficult connected nan property but nan Dutch played immoderate bully shot to get astir that, and past opened america up.

It was an illustration of really thing that galore England fans and pundits want and person been crying retired for, which is that benignant of precocious pressing, tin really beryllium counter-productive.

We will person to beryllium particularly observant not to perpetrate excessively galore group guardant for illustration that against Spain because their players will emotion to beryllium put nether pressure.

The quicker we spell successful to effort to triumph nan shot backmost from them, nan easier it is to beryllium beaten pinch a bully first touch aliases fast, precise passing.

So, I really would not beryllium amazed if we spot England driblet into a benignant of mediate to debased artifact connected Sunday, alternatively than spell aft Spain.

Our fans mightiness get disappointment astir that but I deliberation they request to understand that it is happening for a reason, because Spain are truthful bully astatine playing accelerated passes guardant nether pressure.

There are going to beryllium moments successful nan crippled wherever England are going to person to beryllium brave and spell for it, but we decidedly cannot property for 90 minutes anyhow and we person sewage to beryllium observant we do not tally retired of state excessively soon.

Whatever nan approach, it is going to beryllium a crippled wherever power from nan chair is going to person a monolithic impact.

In my opinion, Gareth Southgate has really delivered truthful acold successful position of nan timings erstwhile he has done that.

There has been a large telephone for him to bring connected his substitutes sooner, but I work together pinch what he has done, and when. He has shown he has a existent consciousness of really each crippled is going, and what is needed to make a difference.

Again, fans should not beryllium disappointment if Southgate is diligent earlier making his changes. He will beryllium waiting for a reason.

You cannot talk astir Spain without mentioning Rodri. He is astatine nan guidelines of everything they do, arsenic nan astir competent and complete holding midfielder successful nan world.

His shape alongside Ruiz successful nan bosom of their midfield has helped them triumph each crippled they person played successful Germany.

That is hardly astonishing considering nan play he conscionable had astatine Manchester City, erstwhile they mislaid only erstwhile pinch him connected nan pitch, but England are still tin of opening Spain up nan measurement nan did successful nan first half against nan Netherlands.

I would emotion to spot Foden get connected nan shot nan measurement he did against nan Dutch, because he was exceptional successful those pockets of abstraction successful beforehand of their defence. He shifted from correct to near and nan measurement he went hunting for nan shot was for illustration he had been fixed licence to do that.

England had created a container successful midfield pinch Foden, Bellingham, Declan Rice and Kobbie Mainoo, and Bellingham drifted near which created that abstraction for Foden. It was for illustration he had a City garment connected again.

What is absorbing astir Sunday's crippled is that Rodri plays pinch him each week truthful he has sewage a really bully knowing of wherever Foden will want to operate. Because of that, I would not beryllium amazed if he nullifies him.

That is going to displacement a batch of our attacking attraction connected to Saka, who is apt to beryllium connected nan right, and inquire him to return connected his defender one-on-one again for illustration he did against Switzerland's Michael Aebischer, but this clip against Marc Cucurella.

I americium not judge really that will go, but it is an illustration of really England are going to person to beryllium very precise astatine identifying immoderate imaginable weaknesses Spain have, and spell perfectly each retired to make nan astir of them.

For me, nan weakness involving Cucurella is not erstwhile group tally astatine him, but erstwhile he is defending nan back-post area.

We saw that early connected against France. When Randal Kolo Muani scored pinch a header from Kylian Mbappe's cross, he won a header against Cucurella, who had not locked down nan backmost stick.

If England are going to expose that too, we are going to request a left-footer astatine near wing-back, to put those balls successful from that broadside of nan transportation and target those areas for Bellingham and possibly Kane to attack, pinch our different forwards distracting nan defence.

From an attacking sense, though, location are tons of different ways we tin transportation a threat. Foden and Saka's productivity are astir apt up location arsenic being nan astir apt measurement we tin do thing and of people if Bellingham performs nan measurement he can, he will person an effect arsenic well.

To win, we are going to person to extremity Spain from performing and, astatine nan aforesaid time, lucifer nan levels we reached astatine our champion against nan Netherlands, but I deliberation we are successful a bully spot to do that.

If it does travel down to who we tin bring disconnected nan chair again, past we person truthful galore bully options there.

Southgate has sewage truthful overmuch retired of everyone who has travel connected arsenic a substitute astatine this tourney that he is capable to look astatine really each crippled is going and respond alternatively than saying "we request a definite subordinate now".

Ollie Watkins was nan cleanable illustration of that successful nan semi-final, but who knows who Southgate will move to this clip if we request a goal.

Spain will not cognize either, and hopefully that unpredictability will make nan quality again.

Izzy Christiansen was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan successful Berlin