Kalvin Phillips ends nineteen-year Leeds United wait as midfielder starts England's Euros opener versus Croatia
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Whites midfielder Phillips lines up in midfield as the Three Lions face Croatia in Sunday afternoon's Euro 2020 Group D opener at Wembley (kick-off 2pm).
In doing so, Phillips becomes the first Whites player to start a Three Lions game at a major international tournament since Danny Mills and Rio Ferdinand lined up for Sven Goran-Erikkson's side in the quarter-finals defeat to Brazil of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
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Hide AdThe Whites midfielder had already become the club's first England international since 2004.
Phillips lines up alongside West Ham's Declan Rice in the middle of the park as part of a 4-2-3-1 system as Chelsea's Mason Mount starts in a central attacking midfield role.