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Both Dejan Kulusevski and Mohammed Kudus have been left out of Tottenham's squad for their pre-season tour of New Zealand and Australia‚ as the duo's recovery continues to falter. Spurs are continuing their pre-season with three fixtures taking place across Auckland and Sydney‚ following a slender 1-0 win over League One side MK Dons at Hotspur Way on Wednesday. But Kulusevski and Kudus have both been omitted from Roberto De Zerbi's 35-man squad‚ as both struggle to recover from long-term injuries.
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Belgium were denied by a string of impressive saves by goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand and had defender Nathan Ngoy sent off in a disappointing outing. Rudi Garcia's men only have two points after they also drew with Egypt 1-1 in their opening game‚ and face a showdown with New Zealand next Saturday to salvage their campaign.
Roy Keane has insisted England boss Thomas Tuchel will not want Harry Kane to drift from his position during the World Cup‚ as he declared his tendency to drop too deep as 'madness.' Kane scored the only goal as England beat New Zealand 1-0 in Tampa in their first warm-up match ahead of the tournament. The England captain arrived in the box to flick in a header from a Djed Spence cross on the stroke of half-time.
CRAIG HOPE AT THE RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM: England played the first of two friendlies in preparation for the World Cup on Saturday night‚ beating New Zealand 1-0 in Tampa‚ Florida.
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MIKE KEEGAN AND CRAIG HOPE IN WEST PALM BEACH: Thomas Tuchel has admitted he is a 'little bit worried and concerned' after seeing Daily Mail Sport's picture of the surface England will kick off their World Cup preparations on Saturday. We obtained images of the pitch at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium - where the German and his charges will face New Zealand in their first tune-up tonight at 9pm.
Marcus Rashford has reported to England's World Cup camp with the clock ticking down on his dream of a permanent move to Barcelona. Rashford has been training at Inter Miami before joining up with his team-mates at England's pre-tournament base in Palm Beach ahead of the warm-up games against New Zealand in Tampa on Saturday and Costa Rica in Orlando a week on Wednesday. By the time Thomas Tuchel's side kick off their Group L campaign against Croatia in Arlington‚ Texas‚ the June 15 deadline will have expired for Barcelona to trigger an option in Rashford's loan deal at the Nou Camp this season allowing them to buy him for £26million.
England are flying out to the World Cup in the United States - with the hope they can stay for a full seven weeks and bring home the trophy to end 60 years of hurt. Captain Harry Kane was pictured preparing to board the plane to Miami from Birmingham Airport today. England head to the Florida coast for a pre-tournament training camp and warm-up matches against New Zealand on Saturday and Costa Rica next Wednesday. Team-mate Marcus Rashford is already in Miami‚ having flown out for some solo preparation at Lionel Messi's club‚ Inter Miami. He was pictured yesterday breaking a sweat in training and in the gym.
TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE CITY GROUND: Emery was raging at the lack of intervention from the men on VAR duty‚ Tiago Martins and Andre Narciso. In the second half‚ VAR did intervene when Omari Hutchinson's cross struck Lucas Digne's hand‚ allowing Chris Wood to score the only goal from the penalty spot late in the second half.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST ASTON VILLA - TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE CITY GROUND: Emiliano Martinez is a master at winding up opponents‚ supporters and maybe even his own coaches and team-mates. At times‚ he can be a right pain in the neck. He is also capable of making saves that take your breath away. True‚ Martinez could not keep out Chris Wood's nerveless second-half penalty that gives Nottingham Forest a narrow lead over Aston Villa heading into next week's second leg. But without his stunning stop from Igor Jesus in the first half‚ Forest would already be thinking about the Final against Braga or Freiburg in Istanbul.
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