And here’s David Hytner’s report from Wembley, with which I bid you farewell. Bye!

It is not a question that Thomas Tuchel wants to entertain at the World Cup this summer but one he had a run at here in what was supposed to be England’s grand Wembley send-off. Can the team thrive against good opposition without Harry Kane? The answer was played out across an increasingly frustrating 90 minutes. It was no.

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Some match reports! Nick Ames was at Fadil Vokrri Stadium to see Turkey beat Kosovo:

While Jonathan Wilson was at the Strawberry Arena to witness Sweden seal a World Cup spot thanks to a late Viktor Gyokeres goal (and, er, everything else that happened in the match) against Poland.

Thomas Tuchel has a chat:

Of course it’s painful. It hurts always to lose. I think we got punished for not a lot, for one counter-attack. But we need these matches. We need to put it into perspective. It’s not the end of the world. It’s never nice and we don’t like it. It’s not a question of false nine or normal nine, it’s a matter of performing. We can do better, but it’s a well-drilled team that we played against and we had a new formation, new players.

Tuchel is asked if England are over-reliant on Harry Kane:

Why would Argentina not rely on Messi or Portugal on Ronaldo? Key figures left camp and we saw that a bit. We lacked a punch in the last 20m, maybe in both matches. Today in the first half we played way too narrow. Second half we had more width, we were more dynamic on the wings, using the full-backs more, we took more risks and we made more chances but couldn’t convert.

He’s then asked if he saw evidence that the shirt does hang heavy on some players, but says “I don’t want to engage in this discussion”.

It’s very clear on what we want to do and how we want to play, and focus more on the doing than on the thinking and what it means and whatever. It comes with pressure, it comes with noise, playing for England. We needs to see how the players can adapt to that and we can only see if we try, and we tried.

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Marc Guehi counsels calm:

It’s very easy to look at this one game. It’s been a positive campaign and it’s important we improve and stay together. It’s down to us as players to find the gaps and find a way through and we didn’t do that today. We had a lot of chances from set pieces. It’s important we stay together, we learn from this moment and move forward.

Not a great night, obviously, for England. But there are many caveats and qualifications. Key players were absent. They were playing a team with a very particular set of skills. Japan’s goal was excellent and anything but undeserved – their entire system is build to produce such moments, after all – but it’s not as if England were outclassed. The home side produced very few chances, but had Rogers lashed that late one into the roof of the net it would have saved England from the embarrassment of losing, and probably avoided a lot of criticism.

90+3 mins: A late booking for Ogawa, who caught Anderson rather than the ball.

90+1 mins: Into stoppage time, and there’ll be four minutes of it, give or take.

90 mins: And a terrible miss from Rogers! This time Burn wins the header, it rebounds to Rogers and it sits up beautifully on his left foot but he lashes his volley high from eight yards!

89 mins: Again this goes to Maguire, but he’s too far out to really threaten. The clearing header goes to Hall, whose low, stinging shot is turned round the post. Another corner!

89 mins: And another corner. England haven’t worked out a reliable way of threatening the goal from open play, so they’ve settled for winning corners and hoping for the best.

86 mins: Garner’s corner dips onto Maguire’s head, but he’s too busy wrestling Watanabe to effectively aim his header. Goal kick.

86 mins: Maguire and Burn certainly increase England’s threat from set pieces, and now they’ve won another corner.

85 mins: England currently lead 8-7 on substitutions.

83 mins: And Maguire nearly scores in seconds! A corner, and the defender’s header is cleared off the line by another recent arrival, Sugawara.

83 mins: And yet more substitutions! Harry Maguire and Dan Burn replace Guehi and Konsa.

81 mins: Some more substitutions, Japan with the latest batch. Nakamura, Kamada and Ito are off, Machino, Sugawara, and Suzuki are on. I can’t let Nakamura exit proceedings without linking to this largely undiscovered gem.

79 mins: Rashford’s was apparently England’s first shot on target, according to ITV’s statistics. Which is odd because Rogers certainly had one, and Anderson maybe also in the first half.

78 mins: Chance! And a save! Anderson crosses beyond the far post from the right, it’s headed down to Rashford, and his low shot is too close to Suzuki, who shovels it away. It falls to Bowen, whose shot on the spin goes wide.

77 mins: A good cross from Bowen is half-cleared, Anderson seizes on it and goes into the area, but four defenders are upon him and he’s got nowhere to go.

74 mins: A fine cross from Hall, and for a moment there Japan’s unflappable defence was panicked. But then they cleared, and now they’ve reset.

71 mins: Another couple of England subs. Gordon and Mainoo are off, Rashford and Garner in.

70 mins: Time for another hydration break.

69 mins: Close! Nakamura pegs it down the left, collects the pass, cuts in past Livramento and curls a shot beyond the far post. Nakamura has been impressive tonight, what an athlete.

68 mins: The ball is played to Rogers inside the area, but he’s forced away from goal and ends up playing it back to Hall, newly arrived at left-back, whose cross deflects to Suzuki.

65 mins: Japan bring on Ogawa and Seko. Ueda and Ito go off. So that’s two forwards off, a forward and a defender on.

65 mins: Rogers takes it, and hits the wall.

64 mins: The substitutes have brought a bit of urgency. Rogers is fouled just outside the penalty area, and someone will have a shot from a tasty spot just to the right of the D.

62 mins: Suzuki is forced into action by Rogers, a bit of a scuffed shot but it’ll go down as one on target.

59 mins: Substitutions! Two of England’s front three go off, in Palmer and Foden, and so do the two full-backs in White and O’Reilly. Solanke, Bowen, Hall and Livramento come on.

57 mins: England win a couple of corners, the second ends with Konsa heading wide from beyond the far post.

55 mins: Japan meanwhile have got into England’s penalty area twice more since Doan forced a save from Pickford, but one move ended with a cross towards Ueda that was headed clear, and another with a shot from the edge of the area that was blocked.

53 mins: England may consider introducing a striker at some stage. Perhaps a bit of Bowen might bring some extra dynamism. England’s front three have had lots of nice touches in the kind of areas where nice touches are easy.

50 mins: Save! A high, long crossfield pass finds Doan, whose first touch takes him beyond Guehi and into the penalty area. But instead of crossing he tries to beat Pickford at the near post, and can’t.

49 mins: Palmer sends the ball curling and dipping into Suzuki’s gloves.

48 mins: England have a corner. Harry Kane is pictured in the stands, looking neither agonised nor glum.

46 mins: Peeeeeep! Ito gets the ball re-rolling.

The players are on their way back out. England are not yet using any of their 11 – eleven – available substitutions. “I’ve always generally hated and ignored international friendlies, but this weekend has been a nice reality check,” writes Dan Christmas. “I genuinely thought we had a chance at the World Cup, but it’s nice/depressing to be reminded we have mostly mediocre players and even the good ones in mediocre form.”

At this point, this can probably be classed as an encouraging humiliation. England have never previously lost to a team from Asia. “Losing at home to Japan doesn’t look great but some of England’s first-time passes and long passes have been really very good,” writes Dean Kinsella. “This is a young team and after the old guard contest this summer’s competition in the Americas this lot will be the future. I think the future looks bright.”

45+1 mins: There’s only going to be one minute of stoppage time, unless it’s full of bonus stoppages.

43 mins: The corner ends up in Pickford’s hands and he attempts a quick, long clearance to Rogers. It’s intercepted, but England end up with a throw-in on halfway which isn’t a bad result. Pickford is bloody good at that, and is a serious and often underused counter-attacking weapon.

42 mins: Now Japan hit the bar! Ueda times his run perfectly and is released into the area by an excellent through-ball, but he can’t find the net. Pickford presumably got in the way, as a corner has been signalled.

41 mins: England have had 70% of possession, but 0% of the shots on target. There have only been one of those, Anderson’s curler having presumably been adjudged to be missing.

38 mins: England just can’t find a way through the blue wall. A long spell of possession on the edge of Japan’s area is ended when Mainoo hits a pass to Foden that’s too hard, too high, and from too close for him to possibly control.

36 mins: A lovely dinked cross from O’Reilly towards the far post, but it loops towards the head of Foden, who is outjumped by Kamada.

34 mins: England hit the bar! It starts with a great long pass from Pickford to Gordon, and a great first-touch from Gordon to bring it under control. Moments later it’s with Anderson, with space just outside the area to line up a shot, and his dipping, curling effort is fingertipped onto the bar by Suzuki.

32 mins: England struggling a little at present, but Sano gives them a chance to reset by walloping a 30-yarder into the stands.

29 mins: England attack down the right, but the ball ends up with White, and with nine Japan outfield players in the penalty area, and that’s way too many for him to deal with.

27 mins: A lovely touch from Mainoo to ease away from, I think, Ritsu Doan, shifting the ball from right foot to left and from left into space. Nothing comes of it, but that doesn’t make it any less lovely.

25 mins: England were basically shredded by two passes there. Nakamura had all sorts of space on the left and carried the ball easily to the edge of the penalty area before passing infield to Mitoma, whose sidefooted finish was beautifully calm and classy.

24 mins: And with that the players take a drinks break, and Tuchel has a lot to say to his players while they do so.

22 mins: Having said that, I expect Japan are also pretty pleased. They have not conceded a chance and continue to make life difficult for their opponents.

17 mins: I’m so scarred by years of watching England sides made up of the best players from the best Premier League teams play like they have never previously come across a football, that I get overwhelmed by the sight of England players successfully passing to each other. I am so easy to please. Having said that, I am being pleased.

16 mins: A third of the way through the first half, or a sixth of the way through the match, if you will, and after a poor first few minutes England have been dominant.

13 mins: The corner comes in and leads to extended pinball madness. Guehi is one of several players to have efforts on goal and he was presumably quite happy with it, because he has his head in his hands when it hits a blue shirt.

12 mins: Palmer sends the ball in, it flicks off Anderson, and Rogers’ shot hits a defender. Then moments later a great pass releases White on the right, and his low centre is cleared for a corner.

11 mins: Watanabe clips Foden’s ankle, and Foden executes a couple of rolls to make sure of the free-kick, out on the left.

9 mins: Japan’s press is, as advertised, nightmarishly incessant. England are moving the ball around it quite well, though, and then their own press comes good and Palmer runs to the edge of the area, but his pass is poor and runs out of play before Rogers can reach it.

6 mins: Now England do a thing: Gordon and Foden exchange smart passes and the Newcastle man gets to the byline, but his cross hits a defender then clips Gordon on its way out of play. Goal kick.

5 mins: Now Ito is played in on the right side of the area, with Mitoma completely on his own in the middle, but Pickford comes out to cut off the forward’s options.

3 mins: The first proper attack comes from Japan, with Ben White being beaten with humbling ease on England’s right but the cross bounces out of play.

2 mins: Early evidence of Japan’s relentless pressing, which has so far twice pushed England into playing the ball gradually backwards as far as Pickford, and forced the goalkeeper to kick long.

1 min: Peeeeep! England kick off!

The players are on their way out! Action imminent, after some anthems and handshakes and stuff.

Tommy Tuchel chats with ITV:

We need a good performance because we play against a good opponent, so we need to be very smart, to get out press right. Japan plays relentless, so they will not let us breathe. We need a complete performance to be able to win.

He has an explanation for Harry Kane’s absence

A minor injury from basically out of nothing. He had to step out of training yesterday, no chance of being involved today.

Tuchel is asked if this injury (which has just been described as “minor”) is serious?

It’s serious enough to not be able to play. We have to wait for further assessment. Phil Foden plays at nine. They play a back three so it’s not a bad thing to drop a little bit and ask the question to the back three: who steps out, who does not step out. I encouraged them to be adventurous, to put some spark on the field and have decisive actions.

For those who harbour any feelings about Fifa’s world rankings except confusion or disdain, Japan are currently ranked 18th in the world, making them the best team in Asia. England are only the third-best team in their continent, but the fourth-best team in the world. Spain, currently world No 1, play Egypt at 8pm. France, at No 2, beat Colombia 3-1 in Maryland a little earlier.

Find someone who looks at you the way Phil Foden looks at Jordan Pickford.