After a series of underwhelming World Cup qualifying wins, and a wake-up call defeat to Senegal in a friendly, this performance, demolishing Serbia away, especially after the long walk down that tunnel everyone kept saying was so petrifying, but appeared just to be a tunnel with graffiti on it, was what Tuchel’s England was all about.
While undoubtedly the toughest country in England’s World Cup qualifying group, Serbia are 32nd in the Fifa world rankings, two places below Panama.
But is it a marvel of defensive solidity (from a team that, during this period, conceded three times to Senegal), or, actually, indicative of international football outside major tournament fading into obscurity?
Elliot Anderson impressed Thomas Tuchel during this international break (Photo: PA)In the space of two games, Elliot Anderson, the Nottingham Forest defensive midfielder, has practically become England’s answer to Rodri.
Against Serbia, it was the slight step up to Sasa Lukic, of Fulham, and Nemanja Maksimovic, who plays for Shabab Al Ahli Club, in the UAE Pro League.
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The new Champions League “Swiss model” format is generating an increasing number of games against Europe’s best sides in the group stage.
Fifa, meanwhile, appear increasingly out of touch with what football fans want. You only have to look at the expanded summer Club World Cup, which struggled to attract fans into stadiums.
Meanwhile, international breaks are becoming an unwanted frustration for many football fans. This is merely anecdotal, but I know many football fans, the type who arrange their calendar around club matches, who don’t even bother to watch England games on TV, these days.
In the current World Cup qualifying campaign, Croatia have scored 17 goals and conceded once, in four games.
Portugal: eight goals in two games, conceded twice. Spain have scored nine and conceded none in two matches.
Norway just hit 11 past Moldova. Erling Haaland, who scored five of them, apologised to the Moldovan goalkeeper afterwards.
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He added: “[I feel] sorry for Thomas Tuchel because he probably wants a decent game where he can go and show what he can do. It’s a no-win [situation] really.”
He can only work with what he’s got, and the countries that the system places in front of him.
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Instead, currently slated for October, is a friendly again Wales. At 31, they are one place above Serbia in the rankings. And one place below Panama.
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