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Four truths (and one verdict) from England's win over Italy

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England booked their place at Euro 2024 with Tuesday night's 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley, a game in which they were down 1-0 before two Harry Kane goals and one from Marcus Rashford lifted the Three Lions to all three points. Gab Marcotti has a few things to point out from the heavyweight clash.

1. Experience matters

England manager Gareth Southgate reaffirmed this in his prematch conference, when he talked about how formative England's experiences were in the past three major tournaments, reaching the semifinals of Russia 2018, the final of Euro 2020 and the quarterfinal of Qatar 2022.