Fulltime England 2 – 1 That’s it! England wins and it’s deserved. Two goals from Harry Kane seal the three points in a hard-fought win over a tricky Tunisia side.
The corner is brilliant! Maguire heads it on and Kane is at the back post – unmarked! Nobody hauls him to the ground this time and he turns the header into the goal from a few yards. It’s a brilliant finish!
Tunisia England score from another corner. It’s Kane from close range again. Harry Macguire leaps and beats his marker to Young’s corner and Kane, lurking near the near post nods it into the net.
The substitution of Sterling and introducing Rashford proved to be a vital point. I hate to say it but Rashford has done more in the last five minutes than Sterling did for most of the game. He’s won a corner now.
OK. So. Here we have a thing. The goalkeeper has come to attack the corner and has literally punched John Stones in the head. The referee has given a free-kick to Tunisia.
The goalkeeper punches a defender in the head and wins a free-kick. Am I going mental? Is this… is this… what is this? How is that a free-kick to the goalkeeper? I’m confused. Things don’t look the same anymore. Am I through the looking glass? Inside the machine? Only time will tell my friends. And at the moment, Tunisia are wasting that time. Khazri walks off the pitch slowly to be replaced by Khalifa.
In the end, England do a France and leave it late to win their opening game. Tunisia will be gutted to leave without anything to show for their effort.
This is the 1st win in an opening game for the Three Lions since beating Paraguay 1-0 at the 2006 World Cup. Their record of never losing to an African side remains intact.
Source: News365coza
