Football Daily | Cohesion, energy and a gameplan: Senegal show England what they are lacking

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!England’s Brave Thomas Tuchel might be starting to understand why they call it “The Impossible Job”. On a balmy evening by the River Trent, it took Harry Kane just eight minutes to score against Senegal, and surely leave the edgy disquiet of Saturday’s 1-0 win over Andorra behind. The fun summertime vibes didn’t last long: three Senegal goals later, the final whistle was met with a volley of boos and jeers, England coming up distinctly second best to their opponents. England’s men’s side had never lost to an African nation before, but a record that probably should have fallen at Italia ‘90 was finally claimed in June 2025 – and deservedly so. Senegal may have benefited from funky interpretations of both the handball rule and VAR intervention when Jude Bellingham’s equaliser was chalked off, but this was their night. “I want to congratulate my players for the tremendous performance and mindset they showed out on the pitch today,” manager Pape Thiaw said afterwards. “From the very beginning, they showed they wanted to win.”We, as players, have little to say about [Ange Postecoglou’s sacking]. Of course, he is the first coach in a long time who has won a trophy, has had success at Spurs. So if you look at it that way, it is of course a strange choice. I think many of the players got along with [Postecoglou] well. And of course, what I say, he is the first coach who has brought success to Spurs in a long time. That also shows that he has a certain quality. That also means that he has a winning mentality – 100%” – Micky van de Ven has a bit more to say about Tottenham’s decision to give their Big Vase-winning manager the boot than he first hinted at.Re: Spurs (yesterday’s Football Daily). Yes, the club have no idea what or who they want as manager. But that narrative excludes the fans. And they have a very clear idea of what they want. No more Daniel Levy … please!” – Christophe Brown.I didn’t mind when Spurs hired José Mourinho. I didn’t mind when they hired Antonio Conte. And, despite firing Big Ange, I don’t think the club broke him. But I fear what the Tottenham Sadness Machine will do to Thomas Frank. I fear it” – Mike Wilner.We’re just a few days out from the latest shiny new distraction generator from the people who bring you All The Football™, and it strikes me that it’s time for the Football Daily hive-mind to come up with an appropriate name. Given the heated discussion that led to Tin Pot being named, well, Tin Pot, the general lack of enthusiasm for this one leads to an obvious suggestion. Big Deal, anyone? No? Perfect” – Mike Slattery.Does the social media disgrace spat between Landon Donovan and Mark Pulisic really rise to the level of ‘drama’ (yesterday’s Still Want More, full email edition)? Surely this is just a bunch of nonsense between a has-been and a never-was. I will leave it to the reader to decide which is which. I believe that it isn’t a true drama until the squawking Maga hat that is Alexei Lalas gets involved” – Pat Condreay.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

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