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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Taha Hashim

England navigate The Tunnel with ease in a Royal Rumble that never was

England players walk down the tunnel in Belgrade
England’s brave boys go for a long walk. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/The FA/Getty Images

GIMME FIVE

Well, that was rather straightforward. This was built up as a brutal, menacing encounter, England entering the furnace of the Rajko Mitic Stadium and forced to navigate The Tunnel, the venue’s 240-metre long quirk – labelled as “terrifying” by one of the tabloids; “not so agreeable” by the more reasonable Thomas Tuchel. Chuck in Tuchel’s readiness to embrace the enduring spirit of Rory Delap and you would have expected a Royal Rumble in Belgrade, the visitors unlikely to look all that pretty in pursuit of victory.

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