Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 4:46:47 GMT
Tunisia's weakness in the aerial game and Harry Kane's opportunism gave England an agonizing and long-suffering victory in the last minute on Monday against a very serious team in defense but with little impact in attack.
The game began with the expected script. Gareth Southgate opted for Sterling as Kane's partner in the vanguard and England came out very plugged under the leadership of Henderson and a tough and mobile Alli.
The Liverpool midfielder dominated the center of the field against a Sliti and a Skhiri with hardly any presence, and his was the start of the first warning. An opening on the right wing that ended in a point-blank shot by Lingard that Hassen saved with a changed leg.
However, bad luck was doubly allied Binance App Users Data with the French Chateauroux goalkeeper in the next play. Hassen went out to block a filtered pass from Alli and collided with Young, who accidentally hit him on the shoulder.
In the subsequent corner kick he flew from stick to stick to take out a powerful header from Stones with the palm of his hand, but his clearance fell on the hook of Kane, who without letting it bounce pushed it into the net.
The goal settled England and knocked out Tunisia for a few minutes, who also saw how their goalkeeper did not recover from the collision and had to be replaced by Ben Mustapha.
So much so that a frozen image on television discovered, while he was pulling up his socks, that on the top of his shin guards he had the shield of the European champion.
The English stepped on the accelerator with a very distant shot from Henderson that found the hands of Ben Mustapha and a succession of opportunities in the boots of Sterling, who failed until he was replaced in the second half by Rashford.
And Southgate's men had found a corridor on Tunisia's left wing, poorly defended by Ali Maaloul, who hesitated until the last minute due to some muscle discomfort.
The side suffered with the additions of Trippier and Lingard, but England was not able to express its superiority with goals and Tunisia, little by little, began to catch its breath with a more in tune Sliti and Sassi.
The game began with the expected script. Gareth Southgate opted for Sterling as Kane's partner in the vanguard and England came out very plugged under the leadership of Henderson and a tough and mobile Alli.
The Liverpool midfielder dominated the center of the field against a Sliti and a Skhiri with hardly any presence, and his was the start of the first warning. An opening on the right wing that ended in a point-blank shot by Lingard that Hassen saved with a changed leg.
However, bad luck was doubly allied Binance App Users Data with the French Chateauroux goalkeeper in the next play. Hassen went out to block a filtered pass from Alli and collided with Young, who accidentally hit him on the shoulder.
In the subsequent corner kick he flew from stick to stick to take out a powerful header from Stones with the palm of his hand, but his clearance fell on the hook of Kane, who without letting it bounce pushed it into the net.
The goal settled England and knocked out Tunisia for a few minutes, who also saw how their goalkeeper did not recover from the collision and had to be replaced by Ben Mustapha.
So much so that a frozen image on television discovered, while he was pulling up his socks, that on the top of his shin guards he had the shield of the European champion.
The English stepped on the accelerator with a very distant shot from Henderson that found the hands of Ben Mustapha and a succession of opportunities in the boots of Sterling, who failed until he was replaced in the second half by Rashford.
And Southgate's men had found a corridor on Tunisia's left wing, poorly defended by Ali Maaloul, who hesitated until the last minute due to some muscle discomfort.
The side suffered with the additions of Trippier and Lingard, but England was not able to express its superiority with goals and Tunisia, little by little, began to catch its breath with a more in tune Sliti and Sassi.