We had some players struggling in the heat – Tuchelpublished at 12:21 BST
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Norway 1-2 England (AET)
Before we move on to look at what next for England, it is only right and proper that we acknowledge one other factor that had a major impact on last night’s match – the high temperatures and stifling humidity in Miami.
England head coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged that the heat was a problem for some of the players, including Declan Rice, who had been ill in the build-up to the match and was taken off at half-time.
“We had some players struggling in the in the heat,” Tuchel said.
“Ezri Konsa was one of them with cramps and the hamstrings.
“Declan, we made a decision in half-time to become more offensive, to have a bit of an offensive shift.”
The England boss continued: “Knowing that Declan struggles after the last three days where he was most of the time in bed, I knew he cannot survive 90 minutes.
“There was a possibility that it goes 120, so I didn’t want to waste another change, so the decision was to take Declan earlier out than he needed to go out, just to save us another change later down the match.”
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