Article by Daniel Grigore – published Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 08:19 / Updated Wednesday, June 11, 2025 08:20
England suffered the first defeat of the era Thomas Tuchel, 1-3 in a friendly match against Senegal, on City Ground in Nottingham.
After 3 victories at zero at the beginning of the mandate, all in official parties in the World Championship preliminaries, England lost for the first time under the command of Thomas Tuchel.
Fortunately for the Albion national team, the failure came in a training match, 1-3 with Senegal.
Harry Kane He opened the score early, in the 7th minute, pushing into the empty gate, the small box, the ball rejected by Edouard Mendy.
England lost the first time against an African team!
With an experimental team, the English have left their opponents too many times in dangerous situations. In the 40th minute, Ismaila Sarr He punished him, marking near the gate after taking Kyle Walker's face. It was the first goal received by the national of England in the Tuchel era.
For 1-2 scored Habib Diarrain the 62nd minute. Served with a pass over the English defense, the Diarra advanced to the opponent's gate and “executed” on Dean Henderson.
The British shook, Eze and Gibbs-White combined well in two separate phases, but Mendy was fasting every time. Introduced during the second part, Jude Bellingham scored for 2-2 in the 84th minute, but the success was later canceled on the henity.
In the extensions, the 90+3 minute, the Senegalese closed the table on the counterattack. Cheikh Sabaly completed a counterattack worn by Lamine Camara.
1-3 final and written history, because It had never happened for an African team to defeat the national of England in the previous such matches!
Thomas Tuchel: “The World Cup is not next week”
“I am not sure that we were not worth more than a result. I felt the little frozen team, it was not active enough in long periods. But it was a training match, we have no reason to panic.
We played 3 matches in the preliminaries, we have 9 points and I did not get a goal. In September we will be competitive and target two other victories.
Now we have more information, we are smarter. It is difficult, I am the first to dislike, to hate the defeats. But it won't be next week. We don't go next week to the World Cup but over a year”, The Neamț coach reacted.
