{"id":11873,"date":"2025-03-14T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/england-squad-five-things-to-look-out-for-in-thomas-tuchels-world-cup-qualifying-squad\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:00:56","slug":"england-squad-five-things-to-look-out-for-in-thomas-tuchels-world-cup-qualifying-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/england-squad-five-things-to-look-out-for-in-thomas-tuchels-world-cup-qualifying-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"England squad: Five things to look out for in Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s World Cup qualifying squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Record goalscorer <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Kane&#8217;s<\/b> England place was one of the biggest talking points of the summer. But any discussion of evolving away from the Bayern striker has disappeared with the appointment of his former boss Tuchel and Kane&#8217;s 10 Champions League and 21 Bundesliga goals this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Unusually for this squad, form and fitness means England&#8217;s usual array of attacking talent is partly reduced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Cole Palmer, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish <\/b>are all out of form, Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke are injured. They are competing with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Anthony Gordon, Ollie Watkin<\/b>s and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Morgan Rogers <\/b>who are all<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> <\/b>having good periods. Could Aston Villa&#8217;s <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Marcus Rashford, <\/b>on loan from Manchester United, get a surprise recall?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In terms of formation, Tuchel has used both the 4-2-3-1 formation and a variation of 3-4-2-1, which he implemented at Chelsea in an impressively short amount of time for Champions League glory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His sides can be described as pragmatic with an extremely high level of detail put onto each player. Not afraid of a direct style, his Bayern side knocked Arsenal out of last season&#8217;s Champions League maximising long diagonal balls into pacey wingers for one v one situations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The biggest clue as to whether Tuchel will play three at the back will be if six centre-backs options are chosen to cover the two games, rather than four or five, including versatile players like White. Another hint would be the inclusion of Crystal Palace&#8217;s <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tyrick Mitchell, <\/b>who is playing as left wing-back under Oliver Glasner. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c6250je2453o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record goalscorer Kane&#8217;s England place was one of the biggest talking points of the summer. But any discussion of evolving away from the Bayern striker has disappeared with the appointment of his former boss Tuchel and Kane&#8217;s 10 Champions League and 21 Bundesliga goals this season. 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