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Matt Verri

Three things we learned from worrying England defeat as Phil Foden experiment fails

Tough night: Phil Foden did not impress playing up front for England against Japan - (Bradley Collyer/PA Wire)

Good news for anyone suffering from an early onset of World Cup fever. For the second time in four days, England served up the perfect cure for any premature excitement or over-optimistic predictions.

This Wembley clash with Japan was supposed to be the chance for Thomas Tuchel to effectively go full strength and therefore get his players producing something like the football he wants this summer.

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