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Japan?s goal wasn?t Palmer?s fault and Mainoo couldn?t track back, but Tuchel will now see the scale of what faces him
To see a world in a grain of meaningless friendly. It has become a habit to say you don?t learn anything from these games. This isn?t strictly true. You just don?t learn anything new. But it?s all still there, ready to be decoded like a set of sporting tea leaves.
On a strangely empty night at Wembley Stadium ? also known as ?a night at Wembley Stadium? ? the opening half-hour of this 1-0 England defeat against Japan was fluffy, formless and free from any real edge. But that half-hour was also hugely telling, packed with echoes, ghosts and patterns. Another March friendly: another note in the never-ending story of England footballdom, an epic poem in 1,080 parts.
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To see a world in a grain of meaningless friendly. It has become a habit to say you don?t learn anything from these games. This isn?t strictly true. You just don?t learn anything new. But it?s all still there, ready to be decoded like a set of sporting tea leaves.
On a strangely empty night at Wembley Stadium ? also known as ?a night at Wembley Stadium? ? the opening half-hour of this 1-0 England defeat against Japan was fluffy, formless and free from any real edge. But that half-hour was also hugely telling, packed with echoes, ghosts and patterns. Another March friendly: another note in the never-ending story of England footballdom, an epic poem in 1,080 parts.
Continue reading...
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