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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

England 0-1 Japan: men’s international football friendly – as it happened

Japan players celebrate victory over England at Wembley Stadium in London
Japan beat England for the first time in their history. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

And here’s David Hytner’s report from Wembley, with which I bid you farewell. Bye!

It is not a question that Thomas Tuchel wants to entertain at the World Cup this summer but one he had a run at here in what was supposed to be England’s grand Wembley send-off. Can the team thrive against good opposition without Harry Kane? The answer was played out across an increasingly frustrating 90 minutes. It was no.

Much more here:

Some match reports! Nick Ames was at Fadil Vokrri Stadium to see Turkey beat Kosovo:

While Jonathan Wilson was at the Strawberry Arena to witness Sweden seal a World Cup spot thanks to a late Viktor Gyokeres goal (and, er, everything else that happened in the match) against Poland.

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