(Football news) On Saturday night, England match against Brazil resulted in a humiliating 1-0 loss, while John O’Shea’s Republic of Ireland held the Red Devils to a goalless stalemate.

Only one player on the starting Brazil defense on Saturday night had previously earned a senior cap for his or her nation, but an inexperienced England offense without Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka found it difficult to match the visitors, who had dropped their previous three 2023 games.

However, Dorival Junior’s first match as Brazil head coach proved to be an incredibly joyous occasion for the Selecao manager, who witnessed 17-year-old Endrick net a record-breaking goal in the 80th minute to settle the match, as the Real Madrid-bound teenager tapped in from a Vinicius Junior rebound.

While Endrick rejoiced in becoming the youngest men’s player to ever score at Wembley for club or country, a familiar sense of pessimism engulfed the Three Lions faithful, whose optimism of Euro 2024 glory has taken a significant hit owing to England’s first defeat at their headquarters in over four years.

Saturday’s reverse also marked a first-ever friendly defeat for Southgate at Wembley and England’s first loss since bowing out of the 2022 World Cup at the hands of France, although Southgate was able to reflect on several positives from his side’s display, even if a lack of cutting edge was a glaring blot on the notebook.

Not since the forgettable Roy Hodgson era in November 2013 have England suffered defeat in two successive home friendlies, although the toothless Three Lions also failed to score in both of those contests, losing 2-0 to Chile four days before a 1-0 reverse at the hands of Germany.

Though Domenico Tedesco’s team was similarly left to lament a lackluster offensive performance on Ireland’s soil, where no goals were to be found over the course of the 90 minutes on Saturday, Southgate’s team shouldn’t take a page from Belgium’s attacking playbook on Tuesday night.

Moreover, Belgium’s first loss since losing to Morocco at the 2022 World Cup was only prevented by a Matz Sels penalty save from Evan Ferguson; as a result, the Red Devils may rightfully claim a 12-game winning streak going into the midweek encounter.

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