
England 1-0 Senegal
12 mins: Decent run from Anthony Gordon leads to a corner, which is thumped away by Senegal.
It comes after Henderson was forced into a save down the other end.
Lively start so far – very different to Andorra, I’ll tell you that.
Will Castle10 June 2025 20:04
GOAL! England 1-0 Senegal (Kane, 7′)
Against the run of play it may be, but England have the breakthrough!
Eze dances through midfield and plays it to Gordon in the box. The winger forces a save out of Mendy, but Kane is there to gobble up on the loose ball and fire home!
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:59
England 0-0 Senegal
5 mins: SAVE! Senegal have started really well and it’s once again the visitors who are creating the early chances.
Ndiaye cuts inside and slips through Jackson, who fires towards the near post – Henderson is equal to it and sticks out a leg to save.
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:57
England 0-0 Senegal
2 mins: First shot of the night goes the way of Senegal, and already, alarm bells will be ringing for Tuchel.
One ball completely cuts open Rice and Gallagher in midfield and allows Gueye to get a shot away, which rolls through to Henderson.
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:53
KICK-OFF! England 0-0 Senegal
We are (finally) underway at the City Ground!
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:51
Garibaldi fan group hold up special tifo
The Garibaldi fan group have held up a huge tifo celebrating Viv Anderson, Nottingham Forest’s European Cup-winning right-back and the man recognised as England’s first black player.
Richard Jolly at the City Ground10 June 2025 19:49
The teams are out
Four and a half minutes behind schedule, the teams finally take to the City Ground.
Here come the national anthems…
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:45
Senegal making England wait
Referee Frappart has poked her head around the door to try and coax the Senegal team out of their dressing room while the England team wait in the tunnel.
Kick-off will be a couple minutes delayed because of this bizarre hold up.
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:44
T-minus five minutes until kick-off!
Just five minutes to go until things kick off at the City Ground!
Can England produce a more acceptable performance after the inadequacies of Andorra? Or will Senegal inflict more woe to Thomas Tuchel’s side?
Stay tuned for minute-by-minute updates from the friendly, next.
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:40
Thomas Tuchel won’t pull punches when criticising England
Thomas Tuchel says England cannot shy away from criticism if they are to make the improvements required to win the World Cup.
Asked if it was a risk being so publicly critical of the team, Tuchel responded: “What risk? You were in the stadium. What should I tell you? That we played a good match and are happy.
“The risk is only that you exaggerate it and make something of it that was not there. Everything I said I said already to the team. There is no harm done.
“We were not happy and no single player will be happy with what we showed today. Why would the coach be? And why would we be shy of saying so?
“If we want to get better, we first need to address that we were not happy with the end of both halves.”
Will Castle10 June 2025 19:30