Thomas Tuchel admitted that England lacked real threats in wide areas against Albania in their 2-0 victory at Wembley and that they “have to” move forward “better.
The German mandate started With a pleasant victory He earned the goals of Myles Lewis-Skelly and Captain Harry Kane, who turned to six pencils to release a terrible effort into the lower corner.
But instead of praise England To win the game were irresistible favorites to pick up three points, Tuchel focused on the improvement areas for the future – a potential sign to first Chelsea A Bayern Munich Boss could cope with media obligations in a completely different way of predecessor Garetha Southgate.
“We can do better, we have to do better,” Tuchel said ITV sport. “We started well, we had seven or eight minutes with 100% possession of a ball with a lot of passages and high energy.
“The opponent is hard to break up while defending himself in a deep block. In the euros [last year] They managed not to acknowledge the chances. The second half, I felt that we were too slow and generally did not run the ball enough to get behind the line. “
“Both of our wings that started were not as impressive as they can be or such as in club football,” Tuchel added, asked especially about the lack of threats and Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford.
“At this point, I’m not really sure why we fought to bring the ball faster to bring the ball in more [of an] Open position for them, I have to review the match.
“We lacked a little running from the ball, so there was a little too much passage and insufficient dribble. Not aggressive enough towards the goal. They were very good in the last weeks in their clubs. We will continue to encourage them and give them a structure so they can show their potential.”
Foden as a whole had 52 touches of the ball, but only two of them came to the Albania penalty area. The attacking attacking midfielder also tried one dribbling in its 74 minutes on the ground, creating the expected XG and XA (expected goals and assistants) of 0.13.
In the meantime, Rahford watched to get behind Albania in the first half, touching the ball three more times from Foden and half a dozen times in the penalty area. On the basis Aston villa The front was also far more prepared to run with the ball, ending three of the five attempts at dribbling on the way to the performance that gave the expected XG and XA of 0.65.
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