England's warm-up was tighter and quieter by contrast, moving through passing drills and dynamic stretching with efficiency rather than flair, and the difference in approach was deliberate because Carsley's teams never tried to match opposition intensity during warm-ups, they saved their energy for the ninety minutes that actually mattered.
Demien completed his sprints along the touchline and felt his muscles activate properly while the cool Munich evening air filled his lungs, and when he finished he glanced once toward the pitch taking in the sight of the stadium filling rapidly with supporters still streaming through the entrances, and then he turned back toward the bench area and sat down beside Owen Blake and Daniel Huxley.
