ARNOLD CALMER

Trent's learned to deal with highs and lows

- JEREMY CROSS

TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD admits he's on a roller coaster ride of resilience he hopes will finish with him becoming a European champion.

Alexander-Arnold has had more ups and downs than most in the past month at Euro 2024.

The England ace started the first two group games in an experimental midfield role alongside Declan Rice.

But when that experiment failed, he found himself dropped and facing the possibility of watching the rest of the tournament from the sidelines.

Even boss Gareth Southgate admitted Alexander-Arnold feared he was done.

But few things in life are as fickle as football and, after coming on at rightback in the final group game against Slovakia, the supersub went from zero to hero when he scored the winning penalty in Saturday's shoot-out victory over Switzerland in the last eight.