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Evening all and welcome to Tunisia v England!

World Cup / Group Stage
Volgograd Arena / 18.06.2018
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Marcus Foley

Updated 18/06/2018 at 20:57 GMT+1


55'
Poor clearance from Bronn, whose warging isn't quite working, and Maguire accepts possession then bursts down the left wing ... seriously. He then looks up and cuts back for Sterling, but the pass is behind him.
53'
England are back in the ascendancy, but Alli isn't lanking about with the same intensity. I'm not sure Delph is the man to replace him - he was warming up in the first half - but Loftus-Cheek would be a decent change.
53'
A long ball down the side of Maguire sees Khazri stealing a march. The flag goes up, but that wasn't offside.
51'
Trippier flights over another decent cross and this time it's Meriah grabbing Kane by the neck. Again, the ref isn't arsed and again Maguire is there, heading over the top.
50'
Tunisia are getting closer to each other in midfield now, which is why they're keeping possession so much more effectively. But then Sterling breaks, puts the ball into space, and though Skhiri blicks him off, Meriah smashes his backpass at Ben Mustapha and England have a corner.
49'
Jordan Pickford, Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson and Harry Kane all took the role of Lennie in the school play.
48'
Sassi scythes down Henderson, which gives England a chance to build for the first time this half.
47'
Tunisia are moving the ball around much more confidently than at any stage of the first half, and England are allowing them to - previously, they were pressing high and hard.
46'
46'
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Techno techno techno techno!
20:05
The players are back with us, and Dele Alli is among them.
20:05
20:04
19:50
That was excellent. England played with fire and intelligence - more than any other team so far aside from, perhaps, Mexico - but Tunisia hung in there well and with a bit of help from the referee, finagled themselves an equaliser. They played with much more confidence from then onwards, and the second half should be a jazzer.
19:49
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Half-time: Tunisia 1-1 England
45+3'
Trippier rams a clearance into Maaloul's midriff, so he has a chill on the grass while time elapses.
45+2
Back to Lingard, this performance has been the height of him. Lithe, clever and fast, his movement elevating those playing alongside him, but his finishing ruining some great approach-work.
45'
There'll be three added minutes, which seems somewhat miserly given the stoppages for Hassen to be treated.
45'
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Tunisia just cannot cope with Lingard's movement, and this time he appears down the right, stretching onto a through-pass from Trippier and touching around Ben Mustapha only for the ball to bobble agonisingly wide of the near post. He could've had three already.
43'
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Another decent free-kick from Trippier sees Maguire head back across the box, and the ball breaks for Lingard who lines everything up beautifully, only to ram a shot into Meriah's back. The ball goes behind for a corner, which comes to nothing.
42'
VAR, then. I've no idea why anyone over the age of 6 gets so disturbed by the result of a football match that they can't abide refereeing errors. And anyway, it's so rare that decisions made are a matter of fact, rather we exchange one opinion for another. Basically, we al need to grow up. It's a football match!