{"id":782302,"date":"2026-09-25T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782302\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:42:12","slug":"england-press-conference-live-thomas-tuchel-on-cole-palmer-missing-camps-harry-kane-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782302\/","title":{"rendered":"England press conference LIVE: Thomas Tuchel on Cole Palmer missing camps, Harry Kane quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

England players carrying World Cup scar – Sakapublished at 15:01 BST<\/p>\n

15:01 BST<\/p>\n

England v Spain (Sat, 19:45 BST)<\/p>\n

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England winger Bukayo Saka says the team are still carrying the “scar” of their heartbreaking World Cup semi-final exit to Argentina.<\/p>\n

Thomas Tuchel’s team were on the verge of becoming the first England side to reach a men’s World Cup final since 1966, but were stunned by two late Argentina goals as they fell to a 2-1 loss.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, there is still a scar on us when you believed and everyone was so united and so confident we could do it,” Saka said.<\/p>\n

“Not just us, but the whole country we felt.<\/p>\n

“You try to move on as soon as possible, but you know a scar is a scar, it decides to heal when it heals itself.”<\/p>\n

“We are trying to draw a line under [the World Cup] now and focus on the new international season that we have coming up,” Saka added.<\/p>\n

“We have got four massive, difficult group games to try and qualify us for the Nations League [knockouts] that we are really focused on.”<\/p>\n

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