Two of the two for Thomas Tuchel, but there are no surprises there. England will succeed in the World Cup final, and they should win eight matches of eight in qualifying.
What is much more significant is what the head coach of the new England learned about his team and his approach in the last week – and what we learned about him.
Tuchel’s mission, remember, it’s not just that she qualifies for the World Cup. That’s the win.
Tuchel is very different from his predecessor, and in the style and in the substance. Access to Gareth Southgate was much more sensitive, more coherent; He focused on the atmosphere at the camp, worried about the benefits of his players, encouraged and nurtured the newly -found harmony in the team, quietly persuaded players who are the best they can be.
In the end, as great as it was, it was not enough to see the name of England engraved on a big trophy.
Tuchel recognizes and draws the virtues of what Southgate has created. He has repeatedly talked to the media and his players about “brotherhood” – the connections within the team Southgate created, who will see them fighting for each other, and trying to overcome each other at key times. But he also told the players to change, and now they “dig each other,” as his captain Harry Kane said.
Assess and criticize the performance of your teammates. Drive each other to be better so you can take the final final step together.
And Tuchel’s management style mirrors what he wants to be his players – dull, honest, combative, black and white. It’s refreshing from a media perspective, but it’s then risky from the point of view of his current connection with the players.
Since I was in Tuchel’s first international camp for seven days, it was clear to me that one or two players felt dissatisfied.
Tuchel does not make difficult calls, but as a result there is collateral damage.
Levi Colwill, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jarell Quansah, Dominic Solanke, Dean Henderson, Aaron Ramsdale and James Trafford all returning to their clubs who have not played even a minute of football over two qualifications. Jordan Henderson flew out of Amsterdam and got less than 20 minutes of play.
Injuries and poor form in the next 15 months could mean significant changes in Tuchel’s first choice – at this early stage of his reign are all on board.
Unlike Southgate, who has become very close to all his players, Tuchel should not be befriended the team. It won’t be at work long enough that they need long -term relationships. But obviously everyone should enter his methodology.
The players we spoke with in last week insist that this is the case that they were impressed by the new manager. They like his passion, his great communication, straightening and how tactile he is with them in training.
Marc Guehi even told me that Tuchel sometimes seems more like a teammate than a manager.
It is definitely refreshing to see that the new boss will not turn away from big calls.
He replaced the unmistakable and enigmatic Jude Bellingham against Latvia to save him from the red card, neglected the cat’s title of Jordan Henderson and brought him back to the crease because he appreciated his leadership, neglected the criticism of Marcus Rashford, and not just chose him for 2023; He debuted in Myles Lewis-Skelly, which can be left-back in England’s years to come.
He also treated the young man slightly because of the lack of width in his offensive game against Latvia; He criticized the England regime in the last euros, saying that players were more afraid of failure than they were excited to succeed.
Tuchel said he simply couldn’t, and he wouldn’t try, blend all the brilliant ‘not the 10th’ England into a single team that goes forward – he won’t turn away from the bruise of the ego to achieve the ultimate goal.
This is something that fans and experts cry with the national team from a discussion with the ‘golden generation’ how to fit Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Paul Scholes on the same team.
But Tuchel’s claim will be particularly worrying about Phil Foden, who currently seems deprived of confidence. Manchester City striker is a player of such innate abilities to be a major wealth at the World Cup, but, at the moment, it seems most needed of all the England’s No 10 options.
Although there will be many fans of England who will clap Tuchel’s ambition that the national team play more like the Premier League team – with high print, high energy, physicality, fast pace and offensive intentions – you suspect these comments brought a fiery smile on Southgate’s face.
He also wanted it, but he learned that international football is a different and unusual beast compared to club football, and that it is very often when England arrives at the summer tournament, the team is exhausted and exhausted at the end of a long, difficult domestic season.
You only need to view the last euros as the clearest proof of this, with Kane and Bellingham Shadows from their completely appropriate, completely energy self.
Oh, and temperatures in Central America next summer, where England is likely to play its knockout games, it will probably be 25-30 Celsius, with great moisture. Good luck in English players play with high intensity and high print in these conditions.
The pace and advanced momentum was certainly much better in Tuchel’s second game, against Latvia, compared to his first, against Albania.
The number of shots, dribbles, exceeds and touches in the opponent’s box, he doubled in a distance of four days. This would indicate that the players adapt to his style and try their ideas in practice.
This is a brave new era for England, and things feel very different with the new boss. There is a new dynamic, new energy, much exciting, new ideas, new honesty in assessing performance and driving standards.
His ultimate game is clear: the forgery of the Brotherhood with a clear identity, to win that elusive other star. And if an attempt to create a “club” atmosphere echoed Southgate, his decision to list his team late to Matchday to prevent leaks and prevent his players, he will compare with the more authoritative Fabio Capello.
But Tuchel is obviously his own man. He will manage that English team. There will be some questions immensely: to maintain the goodwill of the player when the pressure increases, about whether players can actually provide a vision of high -energy football that requires.
And whether – despite careful planning and fine -tuned game patterns – like his predecessors, the ultimate success of England could rest on the overturning of football resources.
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2025-03-25 17:35:00