{"id":499550,"date":"2026-06-18T19:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/499550\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:02:15","slug":"people-in-the-pubs-will-like-this-tuchel-keen-for-england-to-entertain-at-world-cup-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/499550\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People in the pubs will like this\u2019: Tuchel keen for England to entertain at World Cup | England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Tuchel said he wanted his England team to entertain the nation and that he pictured the scenes in the pubs as his players took the handbrake off to power past \u00adCroatia 4-2 in their World Cup opener on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

England were passive in the first half, too deep, the connections lacking. They entered the interval at 2-2, Harry Kane\u2019s goals cancelled out by a pair of soft concessions that were in keeping with the team\u2019s openness.<\/p>\n

But England exploded into life at the start of the second half, Jude \u00adBellingham\u2019s surging run and finish in the 47th minute the spark for an extraordinary period of pressure. Tuchel had told the players to calm down<\/a> during the interval, not to worry about the result and be true to their way of playing.<\/p>\n

After Bellingham\u2019s goal, they had seven clear openings leading up the hour, albeit they could not take them. Croatia were rocking and Tuchel knew the pubs in England would be the same. Croatia had a couple of moments when they might have equalised before the England substitute Marcus Rashford sealed the win in the 85th minute after a clinical counterattack.<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether a gung-ho approach will lead to World Cup<\/a> glory, but the performance has ignited a sense of possibility and Tuchel is keen to harness the momentum. England\u2019s next game is against Ghana on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Tuchel was asked whether fans could expect England to take the handbrake off during the tournament. \u201cIt is what the boys did in the second half \u2013 exactly that,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is good. That is what needs to be done. Nobody can guarantee the outcome, but we can guarantee the effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we expect more of that? Yes. It is good and it is rewarding. Hopefully everybody enjoyed it. And it brings a connection. I had a thought in the second half: \u2018People in the pubs will like this.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sweating, but that is a good watch where we created and \u00adcreated and went for it and won another ball and then a second ball. That is why you are in a pub and watching together on a big screen to get emotional and hopefully we can transmit that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordan Pickford concedes Croatia\u2019s first goal. Photograph: Paul Ellis\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tuchel\u2019s frustration with England\u2019s first-half performance was rooted in how they dropped too deep out of possession, seeking to protect the 1-0 lead that Kane\u2019s early penalty had given them. It was a classic England move \u2013 or failing. Tuchel wants to see only aggressive, front-foot football.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just dropped way too early into a deep block,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cFrom a middle block \u2026 way too early into a deep block. Normally if we go to a middle block it\u2019s not a problem. We have clear triggers to go out of it into a high press.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to have John Stones pushing into midfield [from central defence]. They blocked John with their No 9 so maybe they also knew or it was a coincidence. It took us a while to understand that Elliot [Anderson] can then push [from central midfield].<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we lost a bit of confidence, couldn\u2019t find the right triggers and we had the feeling that we have to protect something. We ended up too deep and too passive. In the second half, it was much better. We were much more active and aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuchel said the conditions inside Dallas Stadium were a challenge, despite it being a domed air-conditioned venue, and that Stones had \u201ccramps in both legs in the end\u201d. The defender has not played many matches since early December. Kane also suffered cramp in the dressing room afterwards but is understood to be OK. Declan Rice intends to soldier on despite hamstring and lower-back discomfort.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw the [physical] numbers \u2013 the players really put a shift in,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cThey said it was quite humid and difficult to digest it so I think John was just like everyone else \u2026 everyone was very tired in the dressing room, which I like because then I know that you did something. And we need this. Overcoming the tough moments, sticking together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel said he wanted his England team to entertain the nation and that he pictured the scenes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-499550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}