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.