Inggris mendapat tamparan keras dari Ghana yang gigih, membuat peluang mereka di grup ini semakin menipis.
Itu menjadi topik pembicaraan di ruang ganti Inggris sebelumnya, Harry Kane yang mengangkatnya; dan itu juga merupakan sebuah pesan. Di setiap tiga turnamen sebelumnya, tim selalu tampil buruk di pertandingan kedua. Daftar kekecewaan tersebut termasuk hasil imbang melawan Skotlandia dan Denmark di Kejuaraan Eropa – diapit oleh hasil imbang melawan Amerika Serikat di Piala Dunia terakhir. Harus tampil lebih baik kali ini…
It was a talking point beforehand in the England dressing room, Harry Kane bringing it up; a message with it, too. At each of the previous three tournaments, the team had spluttered in game two. The roll call of irritation took in the draws against Scotland and Denmark at the European Championship – either side of the draw against the United States at the last World Cup. Must do better this time, was the gist of what Kane said.
England did not do better. The idea was to maintain the momentum they had generated in the 4-2 win over Croatia in their opening Group L tie but there was no surge here. Only stodge. England laboured to create against an ultra-defensive Ghana team, their only pulse-quickening moments coming towards the very end.
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