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As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group volleyball
There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty volleyball
Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it volleyball
And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name volleyball
There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham volleyball
“Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford volleyball
Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy volleyball
As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case volleyball
The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94 volleyball
1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories volleyball
There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League volleyball
They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too volleyball
Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real volleyball Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich volleyball
Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign volleyball
Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can volleyball
But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures volleyball
There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen volleyball
A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them volleyball
But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts volleyball
(Getty Images)A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank volleyball
Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back volleyball
The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there volleyball
But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch volleyball
Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender volleyball
“I think so,” he said volleyball
“He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels volleyball
I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents volleyball
You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish volleyball
" (Getty Images)It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise volleyball
It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back volleyball
Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player volleyball
The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant volleyball
“This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected volleyball
He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season volleyball
Neither escaped scrutiny volleyball
Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months volleyball
” For now, he has confounded expectations volleyball
Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday volleyball
If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa volleyball
They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back volleyball
For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights volleyball
Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire volleyball
And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire volleyball
And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this volleyball
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The biggest statement Declan Rice made as England qualified for Euro 2024 was on the pitch, not off it volleyball
Yet, from the moment he gave them the lead in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, securing the pivotal result in the opening game, it could scarcely be any other way volleyball
And if England fans of a certain generation – Gareth Southgate perhaps quietly among them – could be forgiven for savouring the sense that the path to a European Championship began at a ground named after a man who knocked them out of a World Cup in inimitable, immortal fashion, a second victory over Italy sealed their passage to Germany volleyball
And then Rice made a different kind of statement volleyball
“We have to be level-headed about it but there is one objective and that is to win on foreign soil,” the £105m midfielder said volleyball
“We have enough winners in the group and the mentality is amazing but it is down to us volleyball
We can talk about it as much as we can but we know as players it is now time to step up volleyball
”If his ambition was apparent, perhaps there is no need for false modesty volleyball
As finalists in Euro 2020, semi-finalists in the 2018 World Cup and a team who, as Southgate had noted earlier in the week, have consistently been ranked in the top five of Fifa’s rankings for five years, England will have the burden of expectation, whether or not they want it volleyball
Rice has chosen to embrace it volleyball
RecommendedThe best in the world? Jude Bellingham sparks debate after latest England masterclassNo easing off now Euros qualification assured, Gareth Southgate warns EnglandEngland have qualified for Euro 2024 — now it’s about winning it“There is no need for fear,” he said volleyball
“We went to Naples and won in Italy for the first time in ages volleyball
We beat Italy at Wembley after they beat us at the last Euros volleyball
Big performances volleyball
We’re ready, mentally volleyball
“We were watching the rugby the other night and seeing how those top teams like Ireland went out but they are the No volleyball
1 team in the world volleyball
That mindset of getting over the line, that is what we’re now starting to achieve volleyball
We have all the talent but it is about that mindset and the drive to be the best and to win volleyball
”Rice’s past rendered the mention of the Irish rugby team more intriguing volleyball
His first taste of international volleyball football came with Ireland, after all volleyball
Other mentions of the oval-balled sport may jar, too volleyball
Southgate knows the England coach, Steve Borthwick, well, though his side stumbled into the tournament and have progressed through it with few flourishes and little aesthetic appeal; he used to share ideas with Eddie Jones, the architect of Australia’s embarrassing campaign and whose narcissistic brand of management is very different from Southgate’s more considerate ethos volleyball
The lesson from the 15-man code is that tight knockout games volleyball between elite teams can go either way volleyball
The top two in the world rankings, Ireland and France, lost in the quarter-finals volleyball
Southgate turned his thoughts back to his own game and reflected: “You only have to look through the top 10 European nations and on any one night one can beat another volleyball
” England’s two qualifying wins over Italy make them contenders for Euro 2024, can Gareth Southgate lead them to glory? (REUTERS)Rice has recent proof volleyball
“Even though we went out in the World Cup, it was like we took another step in terms of the way we played against France,” he said volleyball
Southgate concurred: “We had that belief in the winter and of course we played a top team and we didn’t quite get there volleyball
But I think the team has evolved again volleyball
”And if France represent an obvious reason why England may not win Euro 2024, with Didier Deschamps’ hugely gifted side meriting the billing of favourites, the reality is there are plenty of contenders and most will depart disappointed volleyball
If a generational talent like Jude Bellingham could make a difference, so can the nous to secure results volleyball
“Knowing how to win games, knowing how to see games out,” Rice outlined volleyball
“The prime example is the Euro final: we didn’t manage that game well enough at all volleyball
I think since then we’ve kicked on and managed games so much volleyball better volleyball
”After losing to France in the most recent World Cup, have England learned how to get over the line against strong opposition? (Getty Images)Southgate has turned to rugby again, in particular to New Zealand volleyball
“We’ve had some people in before to do some talks,” Rice said volleyball
“Not only the All Blacks; England as well [and] South Africa volleyball
How to get over the line volleyball
How to do things differently and how to have that mindset of ‘We ain’t getting beaten volleyball
No matter what volleyball
’”It was an attitude England demonstrated twice against Italy, first holding to win in the hostility of Naples with 10 men, then coming from behind to get victory at Wembley volleyball
If they felt seismic results against a country who have exposed English shortcomings in the past, Southgate’s side are now at a stage where they will be assessed on a still bigger stage volleyball
“We know in the end we will be judged on the tournaments, that’s been clear since we won the games in March,” he added volleyball
“But we’ve had some very special nights with this team, some incredible wins volleyball
” But, as Rice had said, the victory on foreign soil that would mean most will not come in qualifying volleyball
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