We wanted to base our England – Spain combined XI on WhoScored ratings at Euro 2024, however, it was embarrassing for the Three Lions, who had two inclusions in Harry Kane (those three goals are doing a lot of heavy lifting) and Declan Rice, who has had a superior tournament to none other than Rodri, according to the algorithm. We have taken into account said ratings but added a large helping of our extremely valued opinion to give you a more evenly matched England – Spain combined XI, looking at performances in Germany as well as for their clubs this year. Don’t get too upset by the results, will you? Euro 2024 final: England v Spain combined XI GK: Jordan Pickford (England) Is our profound English bias shining through already? Spain’s Unai Simon has been fairly untested at Euro 2024 and was even granted a rest for his side’s third group-stage match! He was great against Croatia and kept a second clean sheet in a row when La Roja edged past holders Italy.
We feel that Pickford is better and has as many clean sheets at Euro 2024. The Everton goalkeeper’s average match rating might be 6.50 in comparison to Simon’s 7.
16 but we quite clearly do not care. RB: Dani Carvajal (Spain) English bias? What English bias? You definitely expected to see Kyle Walker here but no, we have gone with Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal, who got sent off for assaulting Jamal Musiala in the quarter-final win vs hosts Germany. Walker has been far from convincing at the European Championshi.