Rashford injured Brazil thank Cunha Scotland stumble

Rashford injury scare, Scotland's bubble burst, Brazil bag first win, Zlatan Airao. This is proper football daily. Sean Dean, excellent start to the World Cup for England. First bit of worrying news broken out of the England camp. It's on the back page of today's Sun, broken by our man Charlie Wyatt who's in there with the England camp. Marcus Rashford injury scare, felt his hamstring after the Croatia game. Worrying times Dino. But we have got Anthony Gordon of course if he's not available. Yeah but I think it's one of those things we talked about with Bakaya Saka isn't it earlier in the tournament. You want everyone fit and firing because it then drives everybody else on. So fingers crossed he's okay. We've got a couple of days more training until they go into the Ghana game so hopefully he'll be okay and it's not anything major because obviously they now can't replace any players. Good get by Charlie, Sean what do you think? Yeah yeah it was good get and I think it's a disappointment for Rashford because I think he'd made his pitch to be starting. Quite. I don't think there was a lot of us who hadn't been convinced of him particularly in the last few years who thought you know what he's starting to look the business and a bit of a setback for him and a bit of a setback for England I think. Can you give us any insight Sean having covered eight World Cups now what's it like being in and around the camp when you're trying to get stories and whispers and stuff like that what's it like? Challenging, it's always challenging but you know you're trying to talk to agents, you're trying to talk to peak friends of players and they're all being told oh don't tell people anything and you have to really work it and so Charlie's done well there because it's hard work. Do we think then Dino with obviously Gordon being waiting in the wings we spoke about it on Tactics Exposed Team Talk which you will be able to watch pretty much now if you're watching this video as good as live Sunsports YouTube channel and of course the new Tactics Exposed YouTube channel which we've launched as well you can get the latest episode of Team Talk there. Dino, Anthony Gordon waiting in the wings do you think Rashford starts if he's fit? I think if Rashford is a hundred percent fit in this game I would start Rashford. Dino on the other wing still doubts over Bakayosaka. Sorry one second like I said this in Tactics can you take those glasses off I can't I can't take you seriously in those glasses. Well they were recording a behind the scenes video but I'll take your point The Achilles problem of course didn't start the first game against Croatia Thomas Huggles has been saying for a while that he doesn't feel he's ready. Saka doesn't agree with him based on his previous quotes but is that a worry or is it fine during the group stage? Again fine during the group stage I think don't risk him unless he's a hundred percent and Noni Madueke played well in that first game was quick direct and will be a handful against Ghana because they leave a bit of space around the outside so if Saka's a hundred percent fine but if not cotton wool. The whole narrative about England has been we've got great strength in depth and it's up there with France so we can't be deciding it's a disaster if we've got Marcus Rashford and Bakayosaka. We've got the players who can take their place. We do like a disaster don't we? Well not us necessarily but just generally English people around World Cups love a disaster. Yeah and we shouldn't consider this to be one the only disaster would be if Harry Kane was injured. Is this more or less of a disaster than the great trainer robbery when all the kit went missing? That's the new yardstick against which all disasters shall be measured from now on. Patrick Vieira one of the greatest midfielders of all time has described Elliott Anderson as the complete midfielder. Vieira with his Man City links of course. Man City like the look of Anderson very much indeed hope to take him from Nottingham Forest this summer. Quite the high compliment. Yeah I mean it's a bit of a Manchester tug of war between United and City for Anderson and I just think he's class. Absolutely class. We've looked at him all year on Tactics Exposed. He plays in different positions. He picks the ball up in different positions and he sort of quietly had 77 touches I think it was in that England-Croatia game and again quietly sort of had a very very good game whilst we were talking about everybody else. But that's right I mean Kyle Walker was saying to us wasn't he how impressed he was with him. He particularly picked him out and I'm gonna be honest passed me by. I was concentrating on how good we were going forward but clearly everybody's got so much faith in him he's going to be one of the mainstays of this team. David Beckham left Harry Kane a voice note to congratulate him on matching Beckham's 115 England cap haul. Is that the sort of thing that sort of it's easy PR obviously we've discussed that a couple of times on Proper Football Daily already but actually Beck still cares a lot about the England team wants it to do well. Is that just a nice little message or a bit gimmicky? Well no I think it's great you know old England captain sends new England captain a nice message with a voice note to say well done on levelling his caps and good luck and whatever and we've been watching the TV over here in the States and you cannot move for David Beckham out. I'm surprised he had time to drop Harry Kane a voice note quite frankly with the amount he's the amount he's doing but no it's great and golden calls as he's on the back page of the Sun. I think it's become the thing now for revered former players of any country now to pass messages on to the team it's the thing in fact if you don't do it people want to know why yeah yeah yeah why didn't we hear from you? No genuinely they do. You're allowed to send an old mate a message. Social media and everything everybody's got to send a message to everybody. Call me a cynic. Well what's worried about this uh this format so far I think or this show is that Dino you've been dubbed a sentimentalist by Sean. Sean's labelled himself a cynic there. He doesn't need to label himself a cynic I don't think. Perhaps not but the worrying thing for me is the more I listen to the two of you the more I find myself agreeing with Sean. Why is that worrying? Well just for me I didn't realise I had such a cynical outlook on the world. Scotland played again today lads it turns out beating Haiti 1-0 isn't quite the sign of an all-conquering team as we thought because they then played Morocco who you guys watched against Brazil at the MetLife in game week one or game round one. Morocco beat them 1-0 they were largely the better team. Scotland didn't have too much to offer. Ismail Saibiri scored his second goal of the tournament after that excellent chip over Alisson. Smashed it in within two minutes of the game. Scotland you think still on course to qualify what did you make of it? Yeah 70 seconds the goal like unreal great strike and I think it was Grant Hanley who tried to play an offside line when he shouldn't have and just let Saibiri run in and it was a really really good goal. I'm gonna have to be quite critical of Steve Clarke. They didn't play very well in the first half Scotland and it was almost like they were too cautious. They got there winning the first game they pick here in Tierney and so it was Tierney and Robertson trying to rotate on that left-hand side it was very 5-4-1 or 4-5-1 it was a bit negative and it took them till the second half to really get going and wake up when they're then chasing the game and then obviously Morocco had some chances as well but Tomane looked really good but in large parts of the game he was picking the ball up on the halfway line deep like no that that's not his game for Napoli and for Scotland he's been the one getting in the box so yeah it was a bit disappointing for me for Scotland and they came too late. And they had they had a couple of great silver penalty calls and the feeling that the opposition should have had a red card as well but I think they're clutching at straws a little bit. I do feel Morocco were the better team but Scotland put themselves in a position to still make history by getting in the knockouts by the fact they beat Haiti in the first game it's a tough or tough task the next game Brazil but they could still sneak through even if they lost that game. In case you missed it Sean hates the phrase make history and so Scotland will make history when they qualify from the group next week. Well I've spoken to the editor-in-chief of the US Sun Jill Smith who was a proud Scottish person who was at the game today after the game and after the initial I just said look thinking of you after the final whistle after the expletive laden reply that I got in the first instance she went on to insist that well it doesn't matter because after the Brazil game when we qualify I'll be crying happy tears and I'll be coming on proper football daily to stick it up all of you English lot that's what she said yeah. Brazil played Haiti they won as suspected that was in Philadelphia 1.30am UK time Matthias Cunha Manchester United star bagged two goals on his World Cup debut pulled out his signature celebration yeah but fairly resolute performance as you'd expect getting on the score sheet for Cunha is obviously a positive thing good for the whole Brazil team because he wasn't a guaranteed starter what'd you make of it? Yeah it was his first World Cup start a couple of goals absolutely fantastic and they yeah they played slightly differently today Brazil different shape and Igor Thiago left out and Cunha up front and it made their front line a little bit more flexible and look we know how dangerous Rafinha Vinicius Jr and he is going to be if they're just floating around the place the problem for Brazil is behind that but later in the tournament they were far too good for Haiti. But also there's a worry about Rafinha now how she came off quite possible hamstring injury so that would be constant concern for Brazil because he's been one of their key players I thought Brazil played pretty well might have expected a few more goals second half but they're probably getting into the groove now. Absolutely let's also hear Paul move on from our man Josh Jones who was at the game. Well in the city of independence here in Philadelphia Matthias Cunha has shown that Carlo Ancelotti can very much depend on him as Brazil's number nine starting in the World Cup for the very first time he scored twice in the 3-0 adding the third before halftime the only blip on the evening for Brazil with Rafinha limping off injuries it's unclear whether that was a precaution or if that's a serious injury which we'll be sure hear more on in the coming days Neymar of course still out with that calf injury that he's only going to return from in the knockout stages. Good to hear from JJ there gents and it's time for our first hydration break of the show and what do we do on our hydration breaks? Have a beer. We have a beer and what sort of beer do we have? A Hawkston. We have a Hawkston of course. Proper Football Daily is brought to you in partnership with Hawkston and we've teamed up for an incredible tournament prize check the description of this video to find out more and enter it's 18 plus only terms and conditions apply always drink responsibly. Dean Sean, Troy Deeney, Sunsport columnist is coming on tomorrow's Proper Football Daily he's New York based we went out for a drink with him the other night and had a chat. Troy's somewhat of a big fish over this side of the pond these days he's on CBS very often and on CBS ahead of this tournament he said that there's every chance that Team USA finish bottom of their group we will no doubt put that to him tomorrow on Proper Football Daily but 2-0 against Australia in Seattle for the state today absolutely brilliant game they qualify for the knockout stages from Group D that Cameron Burgess own goal 11 minutes in he plays for Swansea by the way in case you didn't know that and Alex Freeman on the 43rd minute making it 2-0 to the States Alex Freeman by the way who Pochettino dubbed afterwards perhaps the best player in his position in the world. Wow! That sounds like a bit of a statement you'd expect to come out of an actual American's mouth rather than just the American manager. He's getting the hang of it Potts. Exactly before we go into exactly what happened in the game these were the scenes in the Wall Street bar where we watched it together earlier on. Not sure about some of the camera work on that. Was that filmed on your glasses? And do you know I catch you joining in with USA. No I wouldn't. He was. I did yeah I did in the spirit they're quite enjoying it over here you know you know. They are now. Don't be a cynic. Now they've got the Knicks out of the way and whatever else they did enjoy it a bit today but they do get excited when the goal goes in then they go back to having a chat and then they wait because it's true it's how they watch their sport we don't just it's the same with the baseball oh there's a home run all right that's our hot dog. They did only when we were watching it in the bar we'd all sort of seen that the game had kicked off it was only about two and a half minutes in when they turned the commentary on that all of the Americans around us went and there's lots of chatter going on around in the bar and you know and it's certainly not about no absolutely no no it's a bit like watching tennis isn't it exactly yeah with the utmost respect of course to our American producers over there who we're very grateful for your work and we love your country thank you for welcoming us uh talking of American staff Dave Scott team U.S. correspondent for the U.S. Sun spoke to us after the game. USA 2 Australia 0 a great result for the United States men's national team some of y'all behind the desk were telling me that the U.S. might not make it out of the group well guess what they're clinched now thanks to a great result against Paraguay and then today's result against Australia really great stuff all around Christian Pulisic not on the pitch to that calf injury but the offense really didn't skip a beat Mauricio Pochettino's system proving to be useful against different types of opponents and Australia just could not get anything going I mean the Americans had control of this game pretty much the entire time really great games from Fuller and Balgan up at the striker position again he's your man in the match for the second game in a row he did not score but it was his effort that got that early own goal that put the United States on top at the beginning of the game and then defender Alex Freeman young defender really making his rises through the ranks he gets a goal in a header that had a very lengthy VAR check but what ended up being upheld a lot a lot a lot of pride in Alex Freeman Mauricio Pochettino says he can be the best player at his position in the world and the more I watch him the more I think he might be right but for now the celebrations are the United States is out of the group going to the round of 32 they got one more match in this group against Turkey but it's pretty much formality at this point probably just going to be for seeding in the group I think we're being done by association with Deeney there I don't think we said they wouldn't get out of the group I actually I absolutely said they would as I say in response to Deeney but it's all right because tomorrow you've got Troy Deeney America won't get on the group and Sean Custis Lionel Messi shouldn't be at the World Cup so it'd be a great chance German referee Felix Zweier went down with cramp at the end of the game and then had a shot of pickle juice game's gone utter woke nonsense surely referees going down with cramp what is the world coming to just needs to be a bit fitter it's nothing to do with woke it's just he's got to be fitter I mean it was hot to be fair but if players get cramp why can't refs get cramp they do run a long way yeah they're not running as far as the players though are they not no absolutely not because you have to stay within a square grid in the middle of the field between penalty area to penalty area they do run a long way though there must be that you give us some tactical analysis for us to death on refs we're talking to one of Kent's finest referees here aren't we I can't believe you revealed that on air um but it's uh uh yeah you between seven and eight k right pickle juice as well talk me through that you've had a pickle juice shot before I have yeah and uh I've not had it like producer Luke um with with major celebrities after a after a shot of alcohol but um I have had it um as in marathon training and it is uh and it meant to be an immediate cure for cramp it is absolutely revolting and I can confirm it didn't cure anything in my running um by the way Luke uh had a shot of pickle juice and a bourbon I believe with Selena Gomez are you gonna say who it is well I think I mean we can always cut it out after so that is the sort of company he keeps he likes tennis as well and rather than us chaps up there he just liked football and don't hang out with celebrities there's some exciting games coming up later on lads Holland and Germany back in action Holland v Sweden is a 6 p.m kickoff UK time in Houston their third in that group behind Sweden obviously I think it's only alphabetically uh that leaves Sean says that Virgil van Dijk is turning like a Boeing 747 he did score in the opening game against Japan it was obviously two all an excellent encounter um a little bit harsh on Virgil yes seemed a bit harsh to me didn't seem like you played that bad Will I don't think it's harsh I think he's been pretty poor second half of the Premier League season in that particular game I didn't think he was that bad but I don't I I think he's starting to creak a little bit this is one of those tournaments though isn't it where we're kind of seeing the changing of the guard lots of the old veteran legends of kind of handing the baton on you imagine it'd be Bobby well unless he got a hat trick he's hardly handing the baton on I mean last world cup as in is it the last one was his last world cup I've just said I think you go on the next world cup the guy's so good what a u-turn that was by the way Germany played the Cote d'Ivoire um at 9 p.m UK time Germany have got the joint highest goal difference of anyone in this world cup at the moment particularly of the teams who've only played one game uh Cote d'Ivoire of course beat Ecuador in the opener after that late and I'd go on an excellent piece in the sun today the Amanda who plays in Germany at the moment will be coming up against lots of his Bundesliga counterparts about the death of his sister and how that's affected him ahead of this world cup but he is really the star in their ranks isn't he Dean he is yeah and it's a remarkable story about his whole background and upbringing I urge you to read it not just about the tragedy that he's had and you know everything all to do with his mum and moving he was playing college football level in America less than two years ago and it's just an unbelievable fairy story to get to the world cup and yes Liverpool are very very close to signing him and he is some player I tell you he is electric unbelievably quick and uh yeah he's the main man for sure Sean we've got thing of the day thing of the day yes back again what we got today well last week we saw the Boston police showing off their skills and they were pretty impressive but they were not half as impressive as these two they call that techers these days Sean yeah there you go let's have a go no I think I'll just leave it there and the AI row you were referring to about that is what well suggestions in the office earlier wasn't it not by me well there was there was a discussion wasn't there about whether it was AI or not I'll be honest I initially did think it was AI because well just because of the well maybe you can't do that Thierry Henry in particular there was a bounce I was like that looks an AI bounce I've seen Thierry Henry do that sort of thing before not just for Arsenal but when he's been on he was on an advertising ship with us once he used to be a son columnist flicking the ball up he can do everything with it but I wasn't surprised to see honestly that's phenomenal brilliant absolutely brilliant yeah can you so now are you going to do it yeah yeah come on no I'm I would but I don't want to embarrass the two of you and I think the light and sound technicians will get a bit nervous to be fair and all the hawks that's it for this episode of proper football daily another absolute belter tomorrow we'll be joined by Troy Deeney sunsport columnist and former footballer of course and we will put it to him about his pre-tournament thoughts that team USA would finish bottom of their group but Troy loves robust debate doesn't he so I'm sure he'll have something to come back at us with thank you for watching this episode of proper football daily don't forget to like this video give it a hype subscribe to the channel and let us know what you think and what we've had to say in the comments and don't forget you can watch every single episode of proper football daily through to the end of the world cup at the sun.co.uk we'll see you tomorrow