Thomas Tuchel, this is exactly why you were hired.
But now, one startling admission after England’s World Cup defeat to Argentina could be as costly to his job prospects as the doomed tactics he deployed.
“I think ball possession plays a crucial role. It’s maybe not in our DNA like it is in the Spanish DNA or Argentinian-Brazilian DNA, to take the ball and control the game with the ball,” Tuchel said.
Cue the rising blood pressure nationwide. “I have a big problem with that. I think he gave the players a message to hang on,” Gary Neville said on Stick to Football. “Surely if you’ve noticed that as a problem, it’s your responsibility to improve upon that,” Sean Dyche said on talkSPORT. Radio phone-ins will be having a field day.
Thomas Tuchel is under fire for his DNA comments (Photo: PA)There is a specific and wider issue with Tuchel’s “DNA” claim.
Specifically, in-game, it was Tuchel’s decision to bring Anthony Gordon off for Ezri Konsa in the 72nd minute, while Reece James and Declan Rice then came off for Nico O’Reilly and Dan Burn in the 82nd minute. One winger, one midfielder, one defender off – three defenders on.
That sent out a message to sit back, invite pressure, and wave a white flag. No fresh legs of Marcus Rashford or Ollie Watkins as a valuable out-ball, no bravery in believing attack was the best form of defence. Just six defenders on the pitch at the time of Enzo Fernandez’s equaliser.
This stung every England fan because we not only thought it would be different under Tuchel, but we trusted that it would be.
The Champions League-winning manager, the knockout specialist, the elite coach who had pointed out how England were “afraid” under Gareth Southgate, was hired to alter the DNA.
“Thomas Tuchel is German,” Neville added. “He’s not supposed to bring the English mentality, he’s supposed to bring the German mentality of winning.”
That Tuchel transformed to the English way of thinking is damning, but the fact he felt powerless to stop it is worthy of a P45.
“My feeling was no structure in the world could have helped us,” are Tuchel’s far more concerning comments. “We were too passive and we were not physical enough. We didn’t stop runners arriving in our box.” In the words of Roy Keane… that’s his job.
For a moment, we thought it would be different (Photo: Reuters)Tuchel will never get those 47 minutes back after Gordon’s winner.
Three of those minutes included a hydration break. “It was never the plan” to drop deeper and deeper, Tuchel claimed afterwards, and yet here was the obvious moment to tell the players, as their coach, his plan. The plan. Whatever was said, bringing Gordon off for Konsa spoke louder.
In the 10 minutes that followed, he watched wave after wave of Argentina attack and responded by going even more defensive.
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And by the time Fernandez curled his effort beyond Jordan Pickford’s grasp, the mental battle had long been lost, meaning few were surprised when Lautaro Martinez headed in Lionel Messi’s cross.
Messi sensed the fear and dined out on it. A quiet match by his standards turned into yet another game-changing input, two assists when his nation needed pinpoint accuracy.
It may be in Argentina’s DNA to find a way, but this was gift-wrapped for far too long, and while England had the chance to change their genetic code for good, instead the roar of the Three Lions remains weak – no nation will fear facing them for at least another four years.
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