White involved at both ends as Uruguay score in added time to prevent England win

[p]With most of his big hitters soaking up the Wembley hospitality, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chalobah-trevoh/2N61AJte/"]Thomas Tuchel[/a] fielded an XI most diplomatically described as ‘experimental’, and a lack of cohesion was evident in the early stages as the Three Lions struggled to make an inroad into [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uruguay/xMk44orG/"]Uruguay[/a] territory.[/p][p]And although [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] largely controlled the tempo of the game before half-time, a limp [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solanke-dominic/OrADwZse/"]Dominic Solanke[/a] effort that was nothing other than catching practice for Uruguay stopper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muslera-fernando/65awSbS3/"]Fernando Muslera[/a].[/p][p]After a first half in which Uruguay didn’t threaten at all, the game’s first flashpoint of the game was a worrying one from an England perspective as a horrific ankle-high challenge from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/araujo-ronald/M3sbJix9/"]Ronald Araujo[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/foden-phil/E7XjDJns/"]Phil Foden[/a], which somehow went unpunished, leaving him writhing on the floor in pain just months before the World Cup.[/p][p]Fortunately for millions of England fans, he was able to get up and carry on, although he was swiftly replaced by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/palmer-cole/h8agbDt7/"]Cole Palmer[/a].[/p][p]Eager to prove himself after missing the autumn internationals through injury, he manufactured the game’s first big chance of the night on 70 minutes when his wicked delivery found the unmarked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calvert-lewin-dominic/0WmBe6U2/"]Dominic Calvert-Lewin[/a] six yards from goal.[/p][p]Wembley held its breath, but the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] man incredibly guided a header wide when it looked easier to score. [/p][p][b]Palmer was involved in England’s opening goal, though, as his inswinging corner caused mayhem in the Uruguay penalty area, and after Muslera initially made a strong save to spare one of his defenders’ blushes, the returning [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/white-ben/pvGdJANj/"]Ben White[/a] was on hand to tap home on the line on his first Three Lions appearance in four years.[/b][/p][embed guid="bca37b5c-a896-4007-b26e-6d026a9f5176" url="https://x.com/itvfootball/status/2037645587781202336?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]A strange development also saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ugarte-manuel/IksYqIr8/"]Manuel Ugarte[/a] booked twice but not dismissed, with the second yellow card apparently rescinded.[/p][p]The referee would then further deepen his villain status in added time, when awarding Uruguay a penalty with almost the final significant kick of the game.[/p][p][b]Ironically, it was White who went from hero to zero as it was his foul which was penalised, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valverde-federico/nscfER6B/"]Federico Valverde[/a] stepping forward from 12 yards to find the bottom corner and breach England’s defence for the first time since June. [/b][/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garner-james/zctP50uI/"]James Garner[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="Key stats" id="16919a4b-25bb-4d5c-af53-d333d46eeed5" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e0e44f4e-ba29-4ce5-a1dd-9a04af190e2c" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/uruguay-xMk44orG/?mid=IHvvmo8M"][b]Catch up on the match here[/b].[/a][/p]