{"id":190315,"date":"2025-10-10T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190315\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:22:09","slug":"jordan-pickford-wins-thomas-tuchel-praise-after-england-record-but-everton-team-mate-has-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190315\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Pickford wins Thomas Tuchel praise after England record but Everton team-mate has nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everton’s Jordan Pickford and Beto had contrasting fortunes on international duty for England and Guinea-Bissau respectively<\/p>\n

10:36, 10 Oct 2025Updated 10:36, 10 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"Everton'sEverton’s Jordan Pickford during International friendly between England and Wales at Wembley Stadium on October 9, 2025(Image: Robin Jones\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Thomas Tuchel hailed Jordan Pickford after he became an England record-breaker. But the goalkeeper\u2019s Everton<\/a> team-mate Beto had a game to forget on international duty.<\/p>\n

Pickford\u2019s<\/a> clean sheet in the Three Lions\u2019 3-0 first-half blitz in the opening 20 minutes of their Wembley friendly against Wales on Thursday night was his eighth shutout in a row on international duty.<\/p>\n

That eclipsed the previous best set almost 60 years ago by the legendary Gordon Banks, who managed seven in a row before he was beaten from the penalty spot by tournament Golden Boot winner Eusebio of Portugal in the 1966 World Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: David Moyes sends Tyler Dibling message and assesses Everton summer transfer business<\/a>\"\"\/<\/p>\n

OPINION<\/p>\n

\"AuthorConnor O’Neill<\/p>\n

And England manager Tuchel lauded Pickford’s ability to remain sharp after being largely untested for long stretches by Craig Bellamy\u2019s hapless visitors.<\/p>\n

The German said: \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to stay focused in a dominant first half like that. Have basically nothing to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then suddenly, I think in the 42nd minute, there\u2019s situation where it always can be dangerous. And second half, he had a very difficult save to close his legs very fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a fantastic shot stopper. There is no doubt about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday there was a challenge for him because they pressed us high. And we want to escape the pressing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have the chance to escape the pressing, also with short passes, and not only with long shots from him. So, he did very well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe kept his composure. He kept calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is basically what we demand of him. He stayed calm, kept his focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuchel also praised Pickford\u2019s ability to adapt to his tactical demands as he added: \u201cIt\u2019s like, always a team effort, and I think he’s happy to share this with at least the defenders in front of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut with a defensive approach that we make it the least saves possible from him, but he’s doing good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell done, congratulations. Fantastic achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Everton<\/a> striker Beto<\/a> endured contrasting fortunes to Pickford on Wednesday as he missed an open goal at the back post while playing for Guinea-Bissau in their 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Turning out at Amahoro Stadium in the Rwandan capital city of Kigali, the Blues frontman was presented with a golden opportunity to cancel out Ramkel James\u2019 27th-minute opener when second-half substitute Tamble Monteiro put a chance on a plate for him with a low right wing cross.<\/p>\n

But somehow the 27-year-old, who has netted once in seven Premier League<\/a> outings for David Moyes<\/a>\u2019 men this term, allowed the ball to slip through his legs and go out for a goal-kick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton’s Jordan Pickford and Beto had contrasting fortunes on international duty for England and Guinea-Bissau respectively 10:36, 10…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[83534,2689,59,40660,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-190315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-beto","tag-everton-fc","tag-gb","tag-jordan-pickford","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}