Football Daily | Marcus Rashford hits the high notes after playing second fiddle to Anthony Gordon

MARC ANTHONY It must be difficult being the second choice at a major tournament, confronting the idea your head coach thinks you are an inferior player. Maintaining confidence when others are favoured takes a lot of mental fortitude because agreeing with the decision is never an option. Some waltz in, do as they please, having been afforded the opportunity you want because of one person’s decision, while others watch on from the sidelines, desperately waiting for a chance to prove everyone wrong. For Marcus Rashford, the situation is even more infuriating, given it is the same person who has potentially taken his place at both club and international level. The Manchester United forward had a promising season on loan at Barcelona, who then decided Anthony Gordon was a better and more expensive bet. Gordon’s move to the Camp Nou means Rashford is back in limbo; seemingly not wanted by his boyhood club nor in Catalonia, making this another crucial juncture in his career. Playing second fiddle is not a position anyone wants to be in, most orchestras do not even have one nowadays, one assumes on account of budget cuts, so being stuck in a redundant metaphor is painful. “He struggled for us to be decisive when he started, but he was always trying and got a bit unlucky for a long time,” Tuchel tooted about Rashford after the 28-year-old scoring England’s final goal of a 4-2 win over Croatia in their GWC opener. …