England up and running at Euro 2020 as Raheem Sterling’s strike sinks Croatia

Football's coming home, according to the fans inside Wembley. We have heard that before and so the usual disclaimers must apply. But this was an encouraging start for England, at the very least; the first time they have won the opening match at a European Championship - at the 10th time of asking.

It was a deserved victory, too, against surely the strongest opposition that Gareth Southgate's team will face at the group stage. It was an occasion when revenge was in the air, with one or two of England's players having brought up the semi-final defeat by Croatia at the 2018 World Cup. It is hard to see that anything will ever compensate for that and certainly not a group phase win.