England: Damn the old, build a new one, or...?

Defeating Albania and Latvia in four days, England had an acceptable start in Group K, the European World Cup qualifiers.

Wasted scoring opportunities

With only Serbia in a group capable of causing trouble, England - ranked 4th in the FIFA rankings - do not seem to need to worry too much about names like Albania (ranked 61), Latvia (140) or Andorra (171).

Having monitored the form of most of England's players for nearly seven months before naming his squad, coach Thomas Tuchel had plenty of time to make the crucial "finishing touch", in football parlance. However, as England fans admit, the Three Lions' performances have not shown any improvement compared to the time under coach Gareth Southgate.

England won all the matches in the European World Cup qualifiers (Photo: UEFA)

The British media quoted the German coach as saying before entering the qualifying campaign: "I hope the fans will see an England team with a lot of attack, a team that plays without constraints and shows its class." After the opening two matches, everything shows that Thomas Tuchel's job is not as simple as he imagined.

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If attacking the flanks was something Thomas Tuchel thought England needed to improve after the match against Albania, he was still not satisfied with his players after the 3-0 win over Latvia. The "wings" were too heavy, significantly affecting England's attacking front, while this is a strength that has become a trademark of the foggy army.

Jude Bellingham's placement alongside Declan Rice inadvertently gave the attacking midfield role to Morgan Rogers, who was only good at quick counter-attacks. In both matches, England, with their Premier League strikers, wasted no less than 10 scoring opportunities.

Coach Tuchel's reasoning

Except for Harry Kane scoring 2 goals to maintain his main attacking role, Jude Bellingham increasingly perfecting his role as a box-to-box midfielder and Declan Rice working tirelessly from midfield, the England team through 2 matches under coach Tuchel only introduced the promising new face Myles Lewis-Skelly as well as contributed to the "revival" of 2 Reece James and Marcus Rashford.

The fans of the foggy country have not felt "happy" with their team, if not to say boredom at many times in the last 2 matches at Wembley Stadium. Maybe having to face only 2 weaker opponents has not forced coach Thomas Tuchel to play all his "trump cards", or the players need time to adapt to the tactical thinking of the German coach.

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As soon as the team list was announced, the German coach received a lot of criticism when he called back two veterans who had passed their prime, Kyle Walker and Jodan Henderson (both 34 years old). He said that the "Three Lions" needed experienced faces to make up for the lack of bravery, something they lacked under coach Southgate, but not all fans understood and sympathized with this point of view.

Reece James (25 years old), Marcus Rashford (27 years old), Jude Bellingham (21 years old), Morgan Rogers (22 years old)... are all in their prime. Therefore, they can become the core in the process of building a completely new England team, full of enthusiasm and ambition under Thomas Tuchel.

Tuchel has used one of England's six internationals. The Three Lions have only five more to complete their mission of qualifying for next year's World Cup in North America. Therefore, a "complete transformation" is needed in the coming months so that the English do not miss their deadline to "bring football home" - of course with the championship trophy - with the current generation of talent.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tuyen-anh-dap-cu-xay-moi-hay-la-196250325214437054.htm