England embrace a new frontier but Tuchel must be wary of hope and glory | Barney Ronay

<p>Win against Wales is over before it began, yet unbridled expectations are the enemy of any manager in this job</p><p>Well, that was something new. On a sleepy, listless night of football-style product, Wales still managed to produce something daring and avant garde in the opening 20 minutes of this <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/09/england-wales-international-friendly-match-report">3-0 England friendly win</a>.</p><p>It is often said football has reached some kind of end point, that there are no new frontiers. But here Craig Bellamy’s team produced an experiment in un-defending. We are going to deconstruct this thing. Like a postmodern 1990s bangers and mash served on a gastropub house-brick, with no bangers, no mash just a spritz of gravy-absence, we are going to take it apart, to serve up a plate of non-defence. And also, in the same spirit, charge you 50 quid for the pleasure of coming.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/09/england-embrace-a-new-frontier-but-tuchel-must-be-wary-of-hope-and-glory">Continue reading...</a>