Cole Palmer Goal for England

Palmer goal for England. Palmer had a fantastic tournament for England coming off the bench. Here he whips in a shot to tie the game versus Spain. His calmness and coolness is well known at Chelsea, now the rest of the world knows about it.

Palmer wraps the inside of his favored left foot around the soccer ball – lining up a perfect almost pass shot. He bends the ball towards the corner with precision. The ball deflected a bit off of a Spanish player but still seemed destined to go in.

MADNESS 😱😱

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Cole Palmer is the youngest ever substitute to score in a men’s European Championship final. Stat via Squawka. Palmer is just 22 years and 69 days old.

Every time he got the ball he tried to create an attacking sequence for England all Euro tournament long.

Palmer expresses himself on the soccer pitch, playing with joy, in a similar way to the Spanish young players, Yamal and Williams. Certainly different styles but both play soccer without fear of making mistakes. They are having fun on the soccer pitch despite the high pressure situation of a final.

However, Palmer’s goal for England wouldn’t be enough. Spain scored late and won the game. Tough to say who deserved it more. The game went back and forth throughout. Perhaps the Spanish young players and Dani Olmo just showed a bit more than England could offer. Olmo even cleared the ball off the line with his head late in the game.

What is scary about Spain is they are only going to get better. With so much young talent in Yamal and Niko Williams. Moreover, they have Gavi and Pedri eager to win trophies for their country who are recovering from injuries.

So it seems like Garth Southgate should have started Palmer in this game. He earned it based on his previous play in the tournament.

But at least Southgate got him on the pitch in the 70th minute. Three minutes after coming on Palmer sores for England.

It is Palmer who starts the play too. Jude Bellingham digs the ball out and gets the pass off to Palmer, who then finds Bukayo Saka down the line. Both Bellingham and Palmer break forward. Saka slips the ball at the top of the box to a falling down Bellingham who lays the ball off perfectly for Palmer to strike first time.

An all around great team goal for England, really. A counter attacking example or template that other teams should follow since it is so well executed.

Overall, perhaps Southgate should have started not only Palmer but not Harry Kane. Go with more speed in the attack. Thankfully for England, Southgate did immediately start 19 year old Kobbie Mainoo when he saw how effective he was on the pitch.

Of course Palmer did his famous cool as you like goal celebration – folding his arms and brushing them like he’s freezing.