England Players Lacked Urgency Vs Andorra – Tuchel

England manager Thomas Tuchel has come out to say that he didn’t like the lack of urgency from his players during their narrow 1-0 win over Andorra. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, despite the decent first 20-25 minutes, England lost momentum completely in the remaining minutes of the first half, and the general performance was not good enough.

Tuchel added that he already told his players that they performed poorly in the dressing room, and he intends to watch the match again to rectify the mistakes.

His words, “I am not happy with the performance, of course. I think we started quite well in the first 20-25 minutes, that was the only part where I had the feeling it was a matter of time. We created a lot of half chances and a lot of set pieces and I had the feeling it was a matter of time we would score and keep on going. We lost completely the momentum [and] couldn’t get it back through the whole first half. We got a little bit of it back in the first 15 minutes of the second half and then ended up in a period that was by far not good enough.

After 25 minutes, the energy, rhythm and determination was not there anymore. There was a lack of quality in the little details, passing, finishing and decision-making. I was most worried in the last 20 minutes because I did not like the attitude with which we ended this game. It felt almost like we have to play until the 93rd minute. I didn’t like the lack of urgency, I felt it did not match the occasion. It is still a World Cup qualifier away from home. I didn’t like it at all. All the players know because I said it in the dressing room. It is also necessary to have a look in detail and watch the match again.”

WOW.