Rio Ferdinand made a claim about Phil Foden after his sparkling showing for England in their 2-1 win against the Netherlands in the semi-final of the European Championship.
Jamie Carragher sang the Stockport-born midfielder’s praises after his latest outing in a Three Lions shirt.
Manchester City ‘s number 47’s statistics, as per Football on TNT Sports told a story about his brilliant performance — as he completed 100% of his 40 passes and long balls, won 100% of his tackles as well as three duels and struck the woodwork.
The City attacker put in a lively display that would leave him in perfect stead ahead of Sunday night — with Gareth Southgate’s side set to face Spain in the final of Euro 2024.
Rio Ferdinand makes fresh claim about Phil Foden and Kobbie Mainoo as a duo
In the first-half, England arguably put in their finest performance under Southgate’s tenure at a major tournament — especially considering the quality of opposition they had gone up against.
The Three Lions were on top and some of their players stood out in particular.
Two of them were Foden and Kobbie Mainoo, as their partnership in midfield for England was praised by Rio Ferdinand on X during the first 45 against the Netherlands.
“Kobbie plus Foden…pure silk.”
On FIVE’s official YouTube channel, Rio Ferdinand continued to praise the displays of Foden and Mainoo after England beat the Netherlands.
“Kobbie Mainoo and Phil Foden in the first-half were unreal. Unreal.”
Foden and Mainoo struck up a brilliant partnership for England against the Netherlands
As Rio Ferdinand pointed out, Foden and Mainoo looked completely in sync and perhaps the two best players on the pitch for England against the Netherlands.
It seemed like the Stockport-born duo fully understood each other’s games — constantly looking for each other during the first-half.
The Dutch seemed to have no idea how to tame their partnership as the pair’s technical excellent and footballing intelligence was on full display at the Signal Iduna Park.
Gareth Southgate will certainly be looking at how to ensure that Foden and Mainoo can strike up their burgeoning partnership against Spain.