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Why did England struggle against DR Congo - and what can they learn?
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- Tuchel's England needed two late Harry Kane goals to overcome DR Congo
- Football tactics correspondent Published25 minutes ago It should not have been so hard for England against the 46th ranked team in the world.
- But Sebastien Desabre's remarkably brave DR Congo side caught England manager Thomas Tuchel's team off-guard with a formation shift which preyed on some of their vulnerabilities.
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Tuchel's England needed two late Harry Kane goals to overcome DR Congo
Football tactics correspondent Published25 minutes ago It should not have been so hard for England against the 46th ranked team in the world.
But Sebastien Desabre's remarkably brave DR Congo side caught England manager Thomas Tuchel's team off-guard with a formation shift which preyed on some of their vulnerabilities.
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