The Senegal team achieved a historic victory over England, and was caused by the first defeat by a competitor from Africa in 22 games, by winning it 3-1 today, Tuesday, in a friendly football match against City Grawnd, thanks to the goals of Ismailia Sara, Habib Diar and Sheikh Saabali.
Senegal extended its free defeats series to 24 games, while the loss of England, which included a controversial goal, was late late in the match, scored by Jude Blengham due to a hand touch during the construction of the attack, is her first defeat in four games under the leadership of the new coach Thomas Tuchel.
Commander Harry Kane told ITV TV channel, “Our performance was not good enough. We had some opportunities, but with the ball and without it, things were not going well. We did not find the appropriate rhythm. We lost that offensive spirit that we had,” Commander Harry Kane told ITV.
🚨🏴 HARRY KANE OPENS THE SCORING FOR ENGLAND!
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England, which made 10 changes to her squad that won 1-0 over Andorra in a faded match in the World Cup qualifiers last Saturday, when Kane scored in the seventh minute after Senegal goalkeeper Edwar Mandy tackled Anthony Gordon’s shot to go by mistake on the Kane road.
🚨🇸🇳 ISMAILA SARR HAS EQUALIZED FOR SENEGAL!
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The net of the landowners received a goal for the first time under the leadership of Tuchel when his rival surprised Kyle Walker, who was in a defensive nap, to turn a cross pass from Nicolas Jackson towards the net in the 40th minute.
🚨🇸🇳 HABIB DIARRA GIVES SENEGAL THE LEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The guests doubled their progress in the 62nd minute when Diarra fired a ball between goalkeeper Dean Henderson. Sabali scored a goal in stoppage time, which caused crises from the fans of England after the end of the end.
🚨🇸🇳 CHEIKH SABALY MAKES IT THREE FOR SENEGAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“I will not panic, but we know that we need to be better. New ideas and new players join the team without international experience. It is a set of factors together, but there are no excuses. We have to prepare quickly, the World Cup is coming very quickly, so every training camp is now very important.”
Senegal launched nine shots against Henderson’s goal for four for England, including an early header from a wallet that Hendson kept out of the goal.
Gordon missed a golden opportunity to give England two goals in the first half when he made a mistake in dealing with the Walker’s cross pass from a distance.
Mandi tackled a wonderful shot in the last moments of the match, depriving England of the equalizer by Bocao Saka.
🚨🏴 JUDE BELLINGHAM HAS EQUALIZED IN THE 84TH MINUTE FOR ENGLAND !!!!!!!!!!!!
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“The result of disappointing, I am not sure if the team deserves a better result. But I felt again some stalemate, and I was not active enough for a long period of the match,” Tuchel said.
“We received the first two goals, and they are very easy. We needed to defend better. Our reaction was good after we retreated, as we suddenly became more active, freedom, flexibility and offensive towards the opponent’s goal,” he added.