Tuesday 23rd June 2026 9pm to 11pm
In just a few days time tonight’s score of 0 – 0 will be assumed to be from a match in which no team was that interested in being there rather than that one side attacked and attacked while the other defended and defended as England and Ghana did here.
England had 80% of the ball and kicked it sufficiently in the vicinity of Ghana’s goal to be counted as “off target” in the teens number of times and actually at their goal for 3 efforts, with 2 of those happening within 2 seconds in the dying minutes of the second half. O’Reilly headed onto the bar in the 86th minute, the rebound fell at Mr H Kane’s feet and the ball went on a journey into the crowd. O’Reilly lambasted the sky and Kane sunk to his knees, both players with hands clasped behind their heads, incredulous at their respective misfortunes.
So England are the top team in their group due to a better goal difference with Panama next on Saturday, the team in 4th position having lost both their matches without scoring a goal. The big question is “which version of England will be on the pitch – the one itching for another multi-goal victory or the one happy to go away with a goalless draw?”.
Match highlights in this quickie Fifa video, no ads, Ghana in yellow & England in white (opens in new tab):