When the tournament kicked off proper, after a solid start on the wings (swapping interchangeably with Darren Anderton) where McManaman created "all kinds of problems on the left" against the Swiss, McManaman and Sheringham (and later Gascoigne) were then substituted by Venables while England were leading 1-0 with 15 minutes remaining (to save them for the next game) to a chorus of jeers from the Wembley crowd (at the decision). England then switched to a defensive 4-5-1 formation which saw them concede a late penalty and end up drawing the game 1-1.