England vs Ghana Highlights 🌎🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup

...on field crew. Let's take a look at England's lineup for their team number two. Two changes for Thomas Tuchel and both of those changes in the back line. Gahy comes in for Stones and Jed Spence comes in for O'Reilly at that left-back position. Jordan Pickford in the goal once again. He makes his 86th appearance for England and has played every minute of every match for them at the last two World Cups. No changes in that front six. Anderson Rice, what a game that midfield ad and Jude Bellingham with the goal that really started that second half off well for this English team. Carlos Quiroz on the other side making three changes to their opening day lineup. Semenyo maintains his place on the left-hand side. Remains to be seen if this will be five in the back or four. I think it's going to be more of a 4-5-1 with Jarenchi playing in the midfield where he did in that last one. He became the second youngest player in Ghanaian history to score in a World Cup in that late winter against Panama. They kept a clean sheet. That is important for them. And then the other big change. Down to the supporters. 65,000 full. We're underway. It's England wearing white. It's Ghana in yellow. And it was chaotic in the first half of Dallas last week. If you remember, twice Harry Kane scored, twice Croatia tied it up, but England hit a different gear in the second half to roll out four to two winners. And what everyone expects was the hardest game for them in the group stage. And it's interesting how subdued the England fans are and how much you can really hear the talk on the field. Nweke isolated with Mentsep. Nweke rolls it in. Rhys James to the ball. I cuts into the middle. Stabbed away. That was Partey. Last chance defending there. Harassing Rhys James there. Bellingham keeps it moving. Gordon tripped up from a high. Another set piece here in a decent area for England. An increasingly steady drizzle at Foxborough. It's getting set to defend this free kick for England. Rolled short. It's fired to the traffic and it's blasted over in the end. Declan Rhys said yesterday he's playing and went close. And you're trying to just roll this to shift it to get an angle for him around the wall. Goes for power. Just gets a touch on the bottom part of it. Declan Rhys looking for an opening. Wide to Nweke. Nweke cuts it in. Finds a support. It pings around. It falls for Jude Bellingham. It was blocked. James first to the loose ball. Jed Spence. Reset for Nweke. Pretty immense again. The primary defender of the cross is hooked in. It's going to be sent sideways. Sanai is sliding across. Good strength by Mentse to get in there on the ball. Looked like he was tripped up. No call. Three England players hunting him. Ghana went a free kick. And look at the way that Ghana subs. And their bench as well. And now just organizationally they were a mess. Not connected. Disciplined in different moments. Getting stretched out of positions. But this is a team right now that every player seems to understand their role and they're committed to that. Nweke to the byline. Got there. Crosses in. Back post. Header will loop over. Again Mano Nweke is creating a lot of it. That time Rice just left. But that time he was showing the line. He says you're going to send me down to my right. Fine. Goes to the end line. Chips a nice ball to the back post. And it's Declan Rice with the late run from the midfield. You saw that in the tactics. You saw that in the substitutions that England made. Yeah. I just think this game for them is calling from for a different profile of player that can combine and play quick combinations in the line. And even more 1v1 type of guys. But it means they're going to take a little bit more of a risk. But I don't think that's in jeopardy is. Ghana's bench is serious. It is going to get a yellow. Declan Rice this time. It's also important to note that while that might be Declan Rice's first foul, persistent infringement can carry across multiple different players. He just had it here too. And that was the end of a 60-yard sprint for Rice trying to hunt the ball back. And it's pretty clear. You touched on this earlier about just the confidence that Ghana will have going into the break. If they can keep this at 0-0. If. As it comes into Rice. And now Harry Kane. And now Harry Kane blocks three Ghanaian players between he and goal. It's out for a corner. And just there in the back. If was right. And that's the first time. A nice little one-touch pass to find that line. The sprint back he had made with Semenyo to be able to make that tackle. Jubelium was the driver for us in the second half. Especially against Croatia. He set the tone for this team with some of his running from midfield. I wonder if he's trying to set a little bit of an intensity. Sanaya is going to bring that down to the chest. Sanaya across the face of goal. Did it take a deflection? It was behind Semenyo who was on the back post. I look back at this one. Sanaya just sneaks in. Anthony Gordon. You've got to do better there because he sees the man to his right. But doesn't get his body across him and allows Sanaya just to sneak in behind. Then go back to Seattle in that incredible atmosphere from a few days ago for the round of 16. If they can win that it would be a quarterfinal. The second ever. That would be back in Los Angeles. It's knocked down awkwardly. Bellingham picks it up. Draws some contact. It's kept in play. Marte prevents the corner. Gotta get it clear. Anderson. Awkward collision there with Sebo. It's a free kick for England. Draw a yellow card much as anything else. Yeah not a penalty. Okoku doing a good job there getting his body in front and Drew Bellingham was trying to take that first touch with him. No saves made for either goalkeeper. This is the first game of this tournament so far. Which neither team had a shot on goal in the first half. Gordon great back heel. Jed Spence on the run. Cuts it in. Rice. Anthony Gordon into the middle. Jude Bellingham took two different deflections before it was popped in the air by Ajete. Great touch by Rice to hold it in. Gordon that's the first shot on target of the game. That's the first save of the game. A very comfortable save from Asari. Look at this first one. Look at that laying out. I mean it has been time after time and when they finally get a Bellingham crossing it. Ajete does enough to get rid of it. England though hold it in. Gordon to the byline. Gordon gets the cross away but he couldn't wrap his foot around it but he is fouled. It's a free kick coming. He ends up catching the left leg just of Gordon right there. He kind of rakes down the back of his for England. I'm interested to see where this angle actually gives him more of a chance to really if he wants to shoot towards that back post and put some pressure on Asari's goal. Instead it's a cross and a back post to a wide open man. The header was blocked. That was Anderson. Spence to drive it inside. She's shouting and saying it should be gone to throw but it is. Kane big tackle right in front of the referee. Kane is down in pain. England free kick. The wall there maybe trying to make himself available as well to peel away. Trying to get one of those guys on the two-man wall. Nice will hook it into the traffic. Anderson off the volley. It's knocked down. Gordon trying to get under control. Rolls to the far side. Chopped through traffic. Ends up well off. Not a way kick. And you got a little look there at a couple of subs that are getting ready. It looks like O'Reilly, Saka two of them. It's sort of been interesting to see if Drew Bellingham was offside on that initial shot they came in. So Gordon and Spence. England's left side will leave the field. It's a left winger and actually because of those changes Saka has gone to his familiar right wing position. Manueke has come to this near side now. So I think he'll play a little bit more inside O'Reilly with a little bit more freedom to overlap and make sure they stay connected in the way that you can see at the top of your screen they each have three remaining substitutions. Manfred Saka trying to get him involved immediately. It was well dealt with out of the air by Gideon Mensah. A lot of space for Quasi-Cibo to run into. Declan Rice closes down that space very quickly. Can't take him off the ball. Long run. Prince and who can he get there for the pick for the collide? Outside the box and the indication on the field from Zaid Martinez is a foul against Ghana and a free kick for England. And he's onside. Utter's running for this one. Oh wow. Does Pickford get any touch on the ball here? It's hard to see and he just cleans him out. It's going to be a really interesting decision on top of the box but they had the two English defenders covering but a really interesting and a nervy moment again for England in the back there. Caleb Urenshi just being allowed back on. Ghana's been playing with 10 for the last minute as Urenshi was looked at after taking a knock a moment ago. Anderson could read. Good step there but it's won quickly back by O'Reilly. Harry Kane saves second of the day. Benjamin Asare. Well took a little turnover. Ghana trying to step out with the ball and then they gave a real hush around the stadium isn't there? I had to take my headset off just to be sure. It's not a lot of chancing. English fans waiting trying to maybe get them going now. Matauake gets the cross and soccer rising up. Couldn't get over it. And interestingly rather than the last game where Bellingham stayed on when Rodgers took the field, Jude Bellingham comes off. This was the change I was potentially expecting to see which is bringing off one of either Anderson or Rice. You're going to keep Rice out there. Do they? It's been all fascinating but there's still some time left for them to find a goal here. Bumped off it. Here come Ghana the other way. Abdul Futaba rolls it in. Long run to get there. Prince Adu. Prince Adu. That's a tough tackle. It's still in. His teammate blocked it. Semenya blocked it going goal bound. Well here's where the ball turns over. It's not a foul. Great work. And then is this onside as well? Yes. Ends up taking too many touches. Allows the tackle to come from Konza. And then it's as you said Semenya blocks him off the ground putting this one in the back of the net. And there's a shout potentially of a foul there because Konza ends up making contact with getting no ball. But Adu is still on his feet. Make way for Marcus Rashford. Getting back to the terrific tournament that he had in Qatar. Ahead for Marcus Rashford. Rashford again hooks at a dangerous looking ball. It's a strong hitter one. That was a poku. It's held in by Rice. It's steered wide for Saka. Saka driving inside. Saka saved. Rebound cleared away. That was a strong arm by Asare to get that much distance on the save. And then Sanai to help get it fully clear. Third stop for him. And the crowd responding. The English crowd. Rice. O'Reilly. Rashford knocks it down. Kane picks it up. Rogers. James. Into the middle. Off the crossbar. Harry Kane misses. O'Reilly hit the bar. Kane missed the target. Balls into the box. Attacking some of these center backs from Ghana. So here comes O'Reilly. He's got height at the back post. Look at that leap. Redirects. It comes off the underside. And then it falls to Kane. You think, wow, that's one nil. And he just gets underneath it. This is the one from Saka. You talk about the right hand from Asare. What a save. That went about 30 yards off his hands. And he's shielded from it by the two defenders in front of him. He's going to his left. Excellent. Push-off. Gets his feet set. It's a terrific save. And the best we have seen, really, from an English perspective. But it all started even with the right. Now the crowd. Here they come again. Sanai at the right back is off. Kojo Pepper-Opong is on. Goalkeeper Benjamin Asare. Rice swings it in. Back post. Header popped sideways. Back in by Eze. It's set across. It's saved off the line. Well, this is the one. Look at the back post. Gay heads it. Would it have gone in or not? You don't take a chance in that part of the field. And Prince-Adu came on as a sub. Comes off as a sub. The out-swinging corner. Uncontested header. It's a foul in there. It's a free kick for Ghana. Creating this one last chance from even getting in the attacking half. Pickford sends it long. Still we play. Doesn't find Rashford. Hooked away by Sebo. There's the final whistle. Ghana have done it. They hold England one of the tournament favorites to a scoreless draw in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Big day for Asare. Big day for these Ghanaian fans that turned up to support their team. Just an excellent display of togetherness, defending, and a will to hold on against this ultra-talented English team. They hold that attack to a zero. They get a point that could be so, so big for them as this tournament goes along. Jules Breach, down to you as it finishes here in Foxborough. England nil. Ghana nil.