{"id":15512,"date":"2025-06-07T21:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/england-thomas-tuchel-criticises-his-sides-attitude-in-narrow-andorra-win\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T21:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:10:04","slug":"england-thomas-tuchel-criticises-his-sides-attitude-in-narrow-andorra-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/england-thomas-tuchel-criticises-his-sides-attitude-in-narrow-andorra-win\/","title":{"rendered":"England: Thomas Tuchel criticises his side’s attitude in narrow Andorra win"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Thomas Tuchel criticised England’s “attitude” and felt they “played with fire” in a <\/b>narrow 1-0 World Cup qualifying win<\/b><\/a> away to Andorra.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Three Lions laboured against the world’s 173rd-ranked side in Barcelona, squeezing out a third successive win through captain Harry Kane’s 50th-minute strike to top Group K.<\/p>\n

Tuchel’s men were jeered off the pitch at half-time and again at the end, leaving the England manager “not happy” with the disappointing display.<\/p>\n

“I was most worried in the last 20 minutes because I did not like the attitude that we ended the game with,” said the German.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t like the lack of urgency and it did not match the occasion – it is still a World Cup qualifier. We will let them know [on Sunday] what we want from them.<\/p>\n

“I think we lacked the seriousness and the urgency that is needed in a World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n

“I think we played with fire. I didn’t like the attitude in the end. I didn’t like the body language. It was not what the occasion needed.”<\/p>\n

England dominated the ball with 83 per cent possession, but frustratingly could not break down Andorra’s well-organised defence and were mainly restricted to efforts from distance.<\/p>\n

Kane slid home the winner from a Noni Madueke cross for his 72nd international goal, but the Three Lions had few clear-cut chances.<\/p>\n

England next face Senegal in a friendly at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground on Tuesday and Tuchel expects a better performance.<\/p>\n

“I think we started well in the first 20 or 25 minutes,” he added. “We created a lot of chances and half chances, and we lost completely the momentum and couldn’t get it back in the first half.<\/p>\n

“Got a little bit [back] in the second half, but then ended up in a place that was not good enough in terms of urgency.<\/p>\n

“We can just admit that, it’s not what we expect from us. We need to look at it in detail and do better on Tuesday.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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