In the friendly match at the City Football Stadium, England took the lead thanks to a goal from Kane, but they kept losing the ball and eventually lost to Senegal 1-3. Tuchel said in an interview that his team was a little stiff and lacked initiative for a long time in the game.

Gordon took a low shot from Gallagher in the 7th minute, but it was blocked by Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. Kane then made a supplementary shot to help England take the lead 1-0. In the 40th minute, Jackson passed the ball back from the penalty area, and Ismaila Sarr pushed forward and scored, helping Senegal to tie the score 1-1.

In the 62nd minute of the second half, Diarra received the ball and shot low from the penalty area, helping Senegal to overtake 2 to 1. In the 84th minute, Madouk took a corner kick and Bellingham scored, but after the intervention of VAR, it was shown that Colville's hand touched the ball, so the goal was ruled invalid.

In the second half stoppage time, Lamine Kamara got the ball and made a diagonal pass into the penalty area, and Sabali fell to the ground and shot into the goal. In the end, England lost to Senegal 1-3.

England coach Tuchel said, "I'm not sure if we deserved more in terms of results, but we looked a bit stiff throughout the game and lacked initiative for a long time. We defended well for a long time in the first half, but our best performance was when we were 1-2 behind."

"I think the first two goals we conceded were easy to resolve and we had to defend better. But I think the team responded well after falling behind. I could feel that the team suddenly became more proactive, freer and more fluent, and aggressive in front of the opponent's goal."

Tuchel pointed out, "We keep creating chances with Gibbs-White, Eze, Morgan Rogers and Bellingham, and Ivan Toni can play the biggest role if we have a lot of crosses in the penalty area. That was the situation at the time, so we had him ready in the 80th minute."

"Then we scored a goal which was disallowed and it took a little longer than we wanted. But that's what he can help with, with his threat in the box and his ability to score late on."