Thomas Tuchel has been heavily criticised after his defensive changes backfired in England’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina.
Here are what the pundits and reporters made of Tuchel’s tactics in Atlanta…
Paul Merson: “Gareth Southgate took a lot of stick for being defensive and Tuchel has come in and done the same as Gareth. I understand Gareth being a defensive coach; he was a defender, so naturally he is going to be defensive. But I didn’t think that about Tuchel, and I thought he would throw something different at Argentina and put the pressure on them.”
scoring, but when England fell back on their natural inclination to sit back, Tuchel’s changes only compounded their problems.”
Pete Gill: “Unfathomable from England. They asked for defeat from a winning position. We can argue it worked in the last two matches. But the big point is that it was clear it wasn’t working against this quality of opposition long before Argentina scored their equaliser and England lost all of their momentum.”
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