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What England and Portugal's Warm-Ups Actually Told Us
Two narrow wins, two very different problems. England and Portugal's June friendlies exposed tactical questions no manager wants to answer four days out.
Ade Boateng··5 min read
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Two narrow wins, two very different problems. England and Portugal's June friendlies exposed tactical questions no manager wants to answer four days out.

Thomas Tuchel left out Foden, Palmer and Alexander-Arnold from England's World Cup squad. He's betting a national-team manager's job is sociology, not selection.

Pep is out. The trophies are the headline, but they're not the legacy. The legacy is that everyone now plays his football, badly or well.
Saka is dropping deeper. Ødegaard is gone. The shape Arteta has built around Rice is one nobody else is copying yet — but they will.