Frustrated by Ghana in Boston, England struggle for cutting edge

In New England, there is a stubbornness to the coastline, a granite resilience that resists even the fiercest Atlantic storms. In Boston, sport carries that same edge: hard fought, uncompromising, rarely pretty when it matters most. An apt comparison for Carlos Queiroz and Ghana’s approach to the group L meeting in the Boston Stadium, as Thomas Tuchel’s new England stumbled on old problems in Foxborough and ultimately lacked their Texan swagger they’d shown in Dallas.