England’s creaky defence is a World Cup worry and they need Rice back firing | Jacob Steinberg

Win over Panama failed to disguise deficiencies at the back and Tuchel’s men will not survive against a top side by going gung-ho Does anyone know what happened to the low block? After all the talk about the challenges of breaking down a grim back seven, the bigger worry for Thomas Tuchel in New Jersey was Panama’s lack of fear. There was no sign of the underdogs borrowing from the Carlos Queiroz playbook against an anxious England, who are starting to give off the distinct whiff of a team whose World Cup is destined to end in a calamity of some sort in the knockouts. Make no mistake: England

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