article_snippet: An important few months,' said the England boss, and that was before a frustrating night spent all-too-easily shackled by three Italian centre-halves.
article_snippet: but it was heavy going.
article_snippet: England improved as an attacking threat after Michael Carrick's introduction towards the end of the first-half and pulled level as the game became disrupted by substitutions.
article_snippet: England were flat in the first-half, and less effective on the turnover than England have been.