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The simple answer is yes, if Tuchel's quotes are anything to go by, that is.

Tuchel recently insisted it would be a "fight for every position", adding there was "no exception" for goalkeepers.

The England boss went on to say: "He [Pickford] is doing everything to keep his place because he feels that Dean stepped up and found another gear. Dean got a vital title for Palace and he was a big figure.

"This helped his confidence a lot. Then we have the very young James Trafford who played a fantastic, record-breaking campaign with Burnley and got clean sheets. Hopefully he can prove himself in the Premier League next season - and then the race is on."

With just four international camps remaining before the World Cup next summer, Tuchel must implement his ideas and style of play imminently.

Dean Henderson was in goal last night as Thomas Tuchel started him ahead of number one Jordan Pickford.

Henderson, who failed to impress in the game, has the lowest save percentage of the goalkeepers in camp with 69.4% across all competitions in the 2024-25 season.

Everton's Pickford has 73.4%, but is not the highest percentage, that belongs to James Trafford.

Trafford, whose percentage is 84.5%, had an impressive campaign with Burnley in the Championship and reportedly has interest from Newcastle.

Trafford, 22, is the youngest of the keeper options.

Brazil forward Vinicius Jr, speaking after qualifying for the World Cup: "We needed to win and qualify for the World Cup.

"Now the coach will have more time to work. Of course today wasn't one of our best performances, but the important thing is always to win.

"Now it's time to celebrate qualifying."

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Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter in Slovakia

There's a lot of talent in this England U21 squad.

There's a lot of expectation on the defending champions.

A player who is used to the demands put on him is Ethan Nwaneri.

Nwaneri, 18, is the youngest player to have played in the Premier League and scored nine goals for Arsenal last season.

Head coach Lee Carsley and his assistant Ashley Cole are watching on before the main part of training starts.

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Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter in Slovakia

The England Under-21 side are training today at their training base just 20 minutes outside of Bratislava, before their European Championship campaign begins against the Czech Republic on Thursday.

Lee Carsley's side are the defending champions and the Young Lions are not hiding from the fact that they want to win the competition again.

Twenty two of the squad are out training. Jack Hinshelwood is not here for personal reasons but will be back tomorrow.

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Brazil have booked their spot at the 2026 World Cup, continuing their perfect record of being a part of every edition of the major tournament.

They did so with a 1-0 win over Paraguay with Vinicius Jr's goal the difference. You can watch it below.

Joel, save that text! Senegal to win the World Cup. I love the bold claim.

Michael Brown
Former Tottenham midfielder on Football Daily

Let's not have one of these negative feelings again towards this national side.

Look at the back four. We had Kyle Walker, who made the mistake, who is very experienced and the next three along the line were very inexperienced.

The intensity changed when England made the substitutions and we had all the attacking players on.

The way they dropped off, I feel they were a little bit afraid. That is the danger, that is the worry.

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John Murray
BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent

Yes, a debatable handball decision went against England in the build-up to what Jude Bellingham believed was an equaliser for 2-2.

And he rather summed up the England frustration in the way he vented his anger at one of the assistant referees on the final whistle, kicked out at a cool-box, and had to be calmed by Harry Kane.

But Senegal showed themselves to be a good team. One that has lost only twice in now 28 matches, and one of them was on penalties at the last Africa Cup of Nations. It was no end-of-season performance from them.

Yes, England are in pole position where it matters, in the World Cup qualifying group. But they do have the trickiest matches still to come; in Serbia in September and they round off the campaign in Albania in November.

But even if they do go on to top this group and so qualify automatically for USA, Mexico & Canada, the same concerns will be there as existed under Gareth Southgate - in that when England come up against the very best opponents, are they going to be good enough to go all the way and take that one final winning step they weren't able to make under Southgate?

Ultimately that is what Thomas Tuchel was employed to do, but the World Cup clock is ticking.

John Murray
BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent

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The World Cup kicks off in precisely 365 days, but it's taken two matches in four days in Barcelona and Nottingham for all the old insecurities about this England team to rise to the surface.

A first defeat in his fourth match as England manager means 162 days into the job the honeymoon is over for Thomas Tuchel.

The message from him last night was don't panic, he's promising that it will click during the remaining World Cup qualifiers in the autumn. But this - a first defeat for the England senior men's team against African opposition - was not the kind of history Tuchel was brought in to create.

Tuchel made 10 changes to his starting line-up from Barcelona. He wanted to see all the outfield players in the squad on the pitch. He wanted to see different things, hence the use of substitute Morgan Rogers as a 'false nine' before Ivan Toney was rather belatedly sent on for the final minutes.

It'll probably be an England team we never see take to the field together again.

Leon Osman
Former Everton and England midfielder on Football Daily podcast

I expected England to still be playing the same system that they had done for the previous tournaments but with some slight tweaks. Yes this is a friendly and the moment to try and change something and that's my question: Is this the start of Thomas Tuchel thinking 'now we need to play a different kind of football and system?'

Or was this just a one-off?

Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent

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Tottenham are closing in on appointing Brentford manager Thomas Frank as their new head coach by the weekend.

On Tuesday it was reported that talks between the clubs are ongoing and have progressed positively amid a growing expectation Frank could even be confirmed in the next 48 hours as Ange Postecoglou's successor.

Discussions are understood to be amicable and there is a will from all parties to conclude the agreement quickly.

BBC Sport understands that recently appointed Spurs chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, who only started work last Monday, has been involved in the process of appointing Frank, alongside chairman Daniel Levy

Just a quick update in regards Tottenham, with the news of their new boss expected soon.

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England lost to Senegal on Tuesday night in the first loss under Thomas Tuchel. While the other three games Tuchel has been in charge of have been wins, they haven't all produced magic football.

England's 1-0 win over Andorra was a lacklustre performance and captain Harry Kane said the team "lacked quality" during that match.

"We were just lacking quality, we looked a bit fatigued both physically and mentally," Kane said.

"Yeah, we got away with it because we're a good team and they had a couple of half-chances where we didn't get punished."

The issues in the England team have not only materialised in Tuesday's game....