
A flat night at Wembley burst into life in the final ten minutes but still left England without a win, as Marcelo Bielsa’s physical and defensively-minded Uruguay side stole a late 1-1 draw.
World Cup fever is beginning to ramp up now, but Thomas Tuchel’s side had plenty of gears left to find in a turgid friendly that offered a void of attacking action and where the absence of 11 senior stars rested and watching on from the stands was keenly felt by a sell-out crowd.