27-06-2026 01:39 via theguardian.com

Thomas Tuchel searches for solutions to overcome Panama’s low block

England head coach has selection dilemmas, not helped by Rice and James being doubts, after a series of poor performances against deep defencesIn an ideal world, the only selection conundrum before England face Panama would be whether to rest Harry Kane or let the striker use a dead rubber against Group L’s fourth seeds as a chance to keep up with Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé and the other Golden Boot contenders.Yet any hope Tuchel had of giving the reserves a run out
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