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Thomas Tuchel

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Thomas Tuchel is the head coach of the England national football team.

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"To put it in context, a lot of our players last played together in November."
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"The better the opponent gets, the better we will get."
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"I was happier with the second half. I thought we had more hunger and more desire."
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"To put it in context, a lot of our players last played together in November."
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"The better the opponent gets, the better we will get."
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"I was happier with the second half. I thought we had more hunger and more desire."
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"To put it in context, a lot of our players last played together in November."
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"The better the opponent gets, the better we will get."
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"I was happier with the second half. I thought we had more hunger and more desire."
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"I'm OK with it. I'm not super happy about it. I liked the second half more than the first half."
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"I think I would say Declan is my vice-captain."
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"That is a good question. I was just thinking about it. Whether it is an official thing or not."
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"I would say Declan is my vice-captain."
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"He is one of the starters, he knows that, he’s one of the starters but there are 14, 15 potential starters."
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"I think I would say Declan is my vice-captain."
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"That is a good question. I was just thinking about it. Whether it is an official thing or not."
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"Whether it is an official thing or not, we had this talk when Harry was not in camp with us."
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"But we will always keep our cards in our hand."
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"It's no problem."
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"Following a pitch inspection at the stadium, today’s match against Costa Rica will now kick off at 5pm ET (10pm UK time) – subject to there being no further lightning strikes in the area."
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"Tonight makes my mind very calm as we are absolutely going the right way and I'm very proud of the team spirit."
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"We still have to take a little bit of care for Bukayo who had an injury in March and carried it through to club."
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"Two subjects of interest were taken into custody pending further investigation."
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"I'm just not ready to adapt into a different style of football because of circumstances that we cannot influence."
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"Tino was of course very disappointed and very sad."
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"If we lose, we lose in our way"
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"Even if we lose, it will not change my perception of the last 17 days, but let's do it our way."
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"I'm begging Fifa to change the position of the photographers in the national anthem, because I could not see my team."
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"Bukayo is ready and will get more and more ready."
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"Saka is unlikely to be in contention to start until the third group game versus Panama."
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"It was an exchange of emotions, and Jude stood up for himself and his team."
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"It is difficult to find a way through when someone plays a 4-5-1 and completely deep and is committed to it."
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"England found it 'difficult' to break down Ghana's defence."
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"The hydration breaks change the characteristic of the match more than I thought."
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"Yes, I am [happy with my options at right-back]. I selected the team, so I'm very happy with everything with the characteristic of the players and strengths that they give us."
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"It's a minor hamstring issue, he's not been able to train the last two days."
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"It was hard work. We were ready for that. I said we so often get carried away with our expectations and what we demand of ourselves."
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"No-one saw that coming."
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"Naturally of course [I am worried about the right-back situation] - we have another injury in the position."
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"A classic ankle twist and he is in pain."
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"Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham proved once again why they are key players for England."
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"Tuchel said Chalobah was called up as a central defensive option, with Quansah and Spence the players to cover the full-back areas."
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"praises his sides team spirit as they come from behind to beat DR Congo 2-1 and advance to the round of 16."
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"The altitude will be a big disadvantage because we cannot physically adapt to it."
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"That is just a huge advantage that Mexico will have."
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"Write an excuse for school and let them watch."
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"Write an excuse for school and let them watch."
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"Allow their children to watch the match in the early hours of Monday."
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"I asked him. He said: 'I can do it for the team but I am in terrible pain.' When Declan tells you he is in terrible pain then you know he cannot take it any more."
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"James would need a late assessment before deciding if he was fit enough for the substitutes bench."
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"What I experienced until now was very respectful and emotional and very supportive towards our teams, so we are very respectful towards everyone."
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"We saw the excitement and the emotions of the people when we arrived. They were emotional but also very, very respectful."
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"Jordan [Henderson] just fell over and injured his wrist. It looks really bad."
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"If a team has heart and belief, then it's this team."
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"full of praise for his side after they held on to beat Mexico 3-2 in the Azteca Stadium, but is critical of the match officials at the World Cup."
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"We are fully committed to our press."
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"Tuchel expects Reece James to be available for the World Cup quarter-final against Norway."
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"We made life very difficult for ourselves. The result is fantastic but I'm not happy with the performance."
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"I'm impressed with the effort, team spirit and belief to overcome adversity."
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"We had some players struggling in the heat."
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"Declan, we made a decision in half-time to become more offensive."
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"I didn't want to waste another change, so the decision was to take Declan out earlier."
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"Rice had spent three days in bed before the match."
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"We were never shy of expecting that from us, of saying it, of dreaming it."
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"We now want to squeeze the last bit out. We want to take the next step."
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"We keep on going with the contract until the home Euros. I'm looking forward to that even though right now it's difficult to look that far ahead."
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"a second star on the shirt"
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"We got too passive within our structure."
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"England did not have a clear playing style."
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"It's maybe not in our DNA like it is in the Spanish DNA or Argentinian or Brazilian DNA to take the ball, control the game and the ball, which is also a big problem."
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"If you need someone to blame, I take the responsibility."
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"I have no regrets."
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"We just became too passive, and Argentina... found another gear."
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"None of our players and none of the French players want to play this match."
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"If we win the game tomorrow, we have the best results of a World Cup in 60 years."
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""We have the ability to close it, but they have the ability to open it up again.""
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"Tuchel hopes England players will look back on World Cup with pride."
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"He was excellent. Bukayo is a key player for me."
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"I had fantastic feedback from his club coach, who was my player and I have a close connection with him."
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