Who do england play in next round?

I think this theory around finishing 2nd applied more before the tournament because people assumed Spain would win Group E.

Anyway as it stands...

If we win the Group we play the team who finishes 2nd in the France/Germany/Portugal group.

It could be any of those 3. It could technically be Hungary but they'd have to beat Germany whilst France beat Portugal.

So people have been thinking we'd be better off not winning the group for that reason.

If we finish 2nd in the group we play the team who finishes 2nd in Group E - Spain/Poland/Sweden/Slovakia. That group is wide open and there is now a good chance Spain will finish 2nd and so we'd be against a tough team anyway.

I think best case scenario people hope for is we finish 2nd and if Spain and Slovakia draw and Sweden beat Poland we'd be facing Slovakia.

If we finish 3rd it could be Italy or Holland.

Another benefit of finishing top of the group is the next game would still be at Wembley. If we finish 2nd we have to move around for the next 2 rounds to Copenhagen and St Petersburg.

My sentiments too! This England side needs a boost to its confidence by a good performance tonight, and then we can worry about our next opponents!!

Your marks out of ten seem fair to me! I thought Henderson made some good passes but otherwise was not more than a 6, although it would have been good for him to have been awarded that offside goal 9to avoid him taking any more penalties at least). Mings carried on as before. Better all round performance, probably sparked by Grealish & Saka! 
Still not known who will play us next, but will we see any teams manipulating their sides to avoid playing England next.....? (Somehow I think not!)

If France beat Portugal and Hungary beat Germany we play Hungary.

That's the best, but unlikely, scenario.

It is Germany.

They didn't look great against Hungary. And the positive is that we are in the much weaker half of the draw if we can make it past Germany. Sweden or Ukraine in the Quarters, Netherland/Czech/Wales/Denmark in the semi.

If we'd have come 2nd we'd have been playing Spain anyway and would been in the other half of the draw with Italy, Belgium, Portugal and France! So I actually think it's worked out well!

Unfortunately I remember thinking the same thing at the World Cup "...only the Croats to get passed..." !!!

No side (even my dark horses the Eyeties) has performed well in all their games, but now it is a question of 'must-win games' and that will bring out both the best and the worst of teams - good attacking play and ugly defending.... I will venture a 0-0 prediction against Germany at the 90 minute mark, with England winning 1-0 in extra time.