When Livramento pulled out of the World Cup squad, Tuchel opted to call-up centre-back Trevoh Chalobah rather than including a replacement right-back such as Trent Alexander-Arnold. Tuchel said it was too early to assess the severity of Quansah’s injury immediately after the game but, given the last-32 match is just four days away, the Bayer…
In a separate interview with BBC Sport, the Bayern Munich striker added: “The boss said at half-time to up the tempo, go man for man and completely take the game to them, and that is exactly what happened. “You saw us at our best level, both with and without the ball and we could have…
Kane’s status as captain, talisman and main marksman is illustrated very simply by his all-time record of 79 goals in 114 England games. And yet, at 32, he continues to add strings to his bow in a fashion that now makes him the complete player. In Orlando, there was further evidence that Tuchel has effectively…
Tuchel has to take his own share of responsibility for this situation, having made some experimental selections leading up to these final preparations, including in the friendlies against Uruguay and Japan at Wembley in March. Manchester City’s Phil Foden played up front against Japan. In the Uruguay game, Tuchel fielded Foden, Everton’s James Garner and…
