AF EURO 2020 Man of the Day: RAHEEM STERLING, RKID!

July 7th's AF Euro 2020 Man of the Day goes to Raheem Sterling!

Utterly, utterly, magnificently stupidly brilliant. Involved in everything England did yet again. Almost got on the end of an early Kane cross. Should have done better than scuff straight at Schmeichel having cut inside after another Kane pass. And that was just the first 15 minutes. Denied by a fine Schmeichel save having again been found by Kane but then scared the magnificent Kjaer into scoring England’s equalizer. 

His rapport with Harry Kane is incredible, but there was no doubt who was the star of the show tonight. And that was with Kane having one of his best nights in an England shirt. Whatever chats there may be about the softness of the decisive penalty he won, the fact is he was there still full of running, still full of verve and menace deep into the extra period. Sterling completed 10 (ten) dribbles in that game; the next highest was two.

On a night full of heroes, one stood tallest. Just don’t expect to see that fact reflected on tomorrow’s back pages.