England's 急速な／放蕩な learners 近づく 最高の，を越す of the class but learn 厳しい lesson in Euro 2016 opener against Russia

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Roy Hodgson said this England team has been in the making for six months when the truth is probably nearer six days. It looked nothing like the team that started against Portugal last week and Hodgson had spent the entire build-up to that 遭遇（する） by 示唆するing he was 準備するing to 抑えるのをやめる his strongest possible 味方する.

So what the 開始 Group B contest 論証するd at the very least is how quickly these England players can learn, the 速度(を上げる） with which they have adapted to a new template for this tournament perhaps the most impressive 面 of their 陳列する，発揮する.

Only over the last days, in what 量d to just four or five training 開会／開廷／会期s, has Hodgson moulded a team never before selected, with a 前線 three of Harry Kane, Raheem 英貨の／純銀の and Adam Lallana having only once formed England’s attack 事前の to this 会合 with Russia.?

Eric Dier celebrates 得点する／非難する／２０ing England's goal against Russia as the Three Lions were unlucky to draw

Vasili Berezutski celebrates the late goal that broke English hearts in at the Stade Velodrome

England boss Roy Hodgson he lined up his 味方する in a surprising fashion with Adam Lallana in a 前線 three

But the fluency of England’s football, the sheer finesse of their passing game, was impressive, with some of the passing moves around the ロシアの 刑罰，罰則 area just terrific.

Wayne Rooney certainly 論証するd the 質 he 所有するs by slotting seamlessly into midfield but England’s captain was far from alone in deserving 賞賛する.??

England attacked with real width and that 借りがあるd much to the players on both 側面に位置するs, with 英貨の／純銀の and Lallana 連合させるing superbly with Kyle Walker and Danny Rose. Hodgson has remained ひどく loyal to Lallana, the England 経営者／支配人 明確に as much an admirer of the Liverpool midfielder’s 産業 as he is his 発明.

And here at the Stade Velodrome it was 平易な to see why, Lallana often a central 人物／姿／数字 in the football that 始める，決める pulses racing.??

Harry Kane rises for a header as he led the line in England's cruel 1-1 draw at Stade Velodrome

Against Portugal, England produced a stuttering, distinctly uninspiring 陳列する，発揮する. Here, when it 現実に 事柄d, they underwent a major 変形.

They played with pace but also with 信用／信任 and composure, the sight of Rooney spraying the ball around with 信用／信任 and 英貨の／純銀の and Lallana zipping past ロシアの defenders with wonderful one-touch passes a 原因（となる） for 本物の English 楽観主義 here in フラン.

Come the end of a hugely 約束ing first half and all that was 行方不明の was a goal and the need to get Kane more into the game. If one England player seemed a little 試験的な, nervous even, it was the Tottenham striker.??

Wayne Rooney was played in midfield と一緒に Dier as England showed the could 選ぶ up new systems 急速な／放蕩な

Even so, it must have been 公正に／かなり 満足させるing for Hodgson. Not to について言及する something of a 救済. He had stood in the bowel of this magnificent, remodelled stadium on Friday night and 認める England were starting this European 選手権 some way short of 存在 the finished article. He said you never arrive in football and argued that any coach with an ounce of honesty would agree.

Perhaps he thought it would take longer for this team to mould into an 効果的な 部隊 and would instead 発展させる over the course of three group games and become something 似ているing what he was hoping to create come the ノックアウト 行う／開催する／段階s.

There does, of course, remain work to be done, with Kane an 問題／発行する that still needs to be 演説（する）／住所d.??

Dele Alli impressed in midfield as part of the Three Lions' new-look 味方する against Russia in Marseille

There was also a 減少（する） in intensity after the break, which enabled Russia to enjoy more of the ball in what started to become a more anxious second 45 minutes for Hodgson. In the end it told.

The sight of Fedor Smolov sending a 発射 only インチs wide of Joe Hart’s left-手渡す 地位，任命する was certainly a 原因（となる） for 関心 and 証拠 if it were needed for Hodgson to make a change that would 注入する some fresh impetus.

England have no 不足 of 今後 選択s and, after 65 minutes, it felt like Hodgson needed to send someone on.??

England have had barely six days to 準備する their system for the Euro 2016 opener but it didn't look like it

But his 不本意 to use one of his 代用品，人s 示唆するd he was still happy with this starting line-up and that belief paid off.

A foul by Georgi Schennikov on the irrepressible Dele Alli and his の近くに friend and Tottenham 同僚 Eric Dier produced a 素晴らしい 解放する／自由な-kick.

Dier had already 証明するd himself versatile with the ability to play as a centre-half or an 効果的な 持つ／拘留するing midfielder. But here, again, was a player with the ability to step up to the occasion and, in this 事例／患者, step up and 得点する／非難する／２０ a 解放する／自由な-kick. Amazing really given how much of an 実験 this was.

But it was an 実験 which ended up 落ちるing short of a roaring success, with Russia 否定するing England victory with a goal late on.