Gareth Southgate has told his young England squad to shut out all criticism, as they held a specific meeting over excessive scrutiny before the second Euro 2024 fixture against Denmark.

England opened their campaign with a 1-0 win over Serbia, although the restrained nature of the performance did receive criticism. The aim is to ensure they are further focussed for the game in Frankfurt against Denmark.

That is something Southgate now insists on for every game, as “it’s an important part of psychologically preparing our team” for the “narrative” of any occasion, but it is more distinctive for this one. Denmark are fired up. Their squad are constantly talking about the penalty that was given for England’s 2-1 victory in the Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley, and want to right that “injustice”.

The scorer Harry Kane is of course still there, but the player who was criticised for apparently diving isn’t. Raheem Sterling is one of three of England’s front six from that game who won’t be playing in Frankfurt, as Southgate attempts to get a new chemistry to blend. It still seemed elusive, on the evidence of the 1-0 win over Serbia. The manager said his staff “have challenged everybody to take that next step” in terms of performance in this game.

Read Chief Football Writer Miguel Delaney’s full preview of today’s game:

Kieran Trippier believes England showed their mettle and Euro 2024 credentials by digging deep to start a major tournament with a win for the fourth time in row.

Gareth Southgate’s men are among the favourites to become kings of the continent three years on from going within a penalty shootout of winning the last edition.

England underlined their qualities as Jude Bellingham scored to reward a fantastic, free-flowing start, only for Serbia to wrest control and threaten to equalise in Sunday’s Group C clash.

Serbia have threatened to pull out of Euro 2024 if alleged offensive chanting from Albania and Croatia fans goes unpunished.

The Serbian Football Association released a statement in the aftermath, and the general secretary of the organisation, Jovan Surbatovic, said: “What happened is scandalous and we will ask Uefa for sanctions, even at the cost of not continuing the competition.

Kobbie Mainoo has had a whirlwind season that has seen him become a star in Man Utd’s midfield and earn a place in England’s squad for Euro 2024. And the teenager has credited Bukayo Saka for his influence on the Three Lions’s young squad members

After hundreds of qualifiers and lots of friendlies, Euro 2024 is finally underway. The tournament has kicked off in Germany, and after England beat Serbia in their first group game there could still be plenty of football for Three Lions fans to look forward to.

It might be now or never for Gareth Southgate’s England, who admitted earlier this week that he will probably leave his post if he doesn’t lead England to victory in Germany.

Expectations are high for the England squad, who just lost out to winning the trophy after a heartbreaking penalty shootout to Italy in the Euro 2020.

While many are still quibbling about Southgate’s selection or the alternative St George’s Cross, we’re ready to roar on The Three Lions this summer. Whether you’re interested in the classic home shirt or the lavender away shirt, here’s where you can buy the strips to show your support.

Crowds of German sports fans had gathered to watch their country’s victory against Hungary, and Lineker, despite being close to the crowd’s celebrations of two goals for Germany, was unable to see the action due to this screen.

Addressing this, Lineker said: “I wish they’d take that screen down ‘cause then we’d see all the punters, but if they took the screen down, they wouldn’t be able to watch the game, would they?”

Here, Lampard said: “They’d see the back of our heads. No one would turn up to that,” to which Lineker responded: “No one wants to see the back of your head these days, do they, Frank? That’s for sure.”

For Denmark, expect a similar line-up to the one that began the draw against Slovenia, with several players – including Andreas Christensen, Jannik Vestergaard, Christian Eriksen and Morten Hjulmand appearing undroppable.

If they are struggling in attack, we may see Mikkel Damsgaard or Kasper Dolberg off the bench, but the starting XI appears fairly rigid.

Predicted Denmark XI: Schmeichel; Andersen, Christensen, Vestergaard; Bah, Hjulmand, Hojbjerg, Kristiansen; Eriksen; Wind, Hojlund

England have no fresh injury concerns after their opening win against Serbia, although Luke Shaw trained away from the group as the left back continues an individualised programme after returning from injury. He is unlikely to feature, with Kieran Trippier set to continue at left-back.

It would make sense for Southgate to go with roughly the same starting line-up, as he appears to have consolidated his favoured eleven. Although there are still question marks about who plays next to Declan Rice in midfield, expect Trent Alexander-Arnold to start once more, given his encouraging performance in the opener.

Predicted England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Rice, Alexander-Arnold; Foden, Bellingham, Saka; Kane

Bukayo Saka insists England’s wealth of attacking options means the sky is the limit at Euro 2024.

“Everything is possible with that,” he told ITV Sport when asked what England can achieve with Saka, Bellingham, Phil Foden and Harry Kane playing together.

“He (Bellingham) since he was 17 he was always so mature, he always knew how to carry himself on and off the pitch.

“What he has done this season has been special so I was a bit taken aback, 20 years old going to Real Madrid and doing what he has done, it is unbelievable but it is no surprise when you know him as a person.”

Asked to describe Bellingham in one word, Saka replied: “Wow!”