Thomas Tuchel has claimed that one area of the performance of England against Latvia 'was not in the mood when he analyzed the performance on Monday evening.
The three lions made it two victories of two under the German in Wembley, with a convincing or non-inspiring 3-0 win against the No 140 ranked side of the world.
The will of Harry Kane and Ebereechi Eze were on the score sheet to help the hosts also make it two victories of two in World Cup that was eligible for 2026, but they only had eight shots of 27 efforts of the night.
In general it was a successful first camp for Tuchel, who announced that he intends to win the World Cup in 18 months – but still wants more from his side.
He will only meet his players again in June – when the domestic season is over.
And he did not die with his assessment of the execution when he spoke with ITV after the game, because he admitted that his side sometimes 'struggled' and was missing in one important area.
“I think (we were better),” he sighed. “It wasn't an easy match, we had to unlock it.
'We had a good result, made a lot of set pieces. We needed a free kick to unlock it, but in general I am happy with attitude and energy.
“There was a better acceleration in the second half. We have delayed the game too much, it makes no sense to play without movement.
'The second goal we had to accelerate, it came from one of the sixes and we encouraged people to do it, we struggled a bit to the goal, but you also saw that the goal gave us freedom and everything that felt easier.
It was Reece James who broke the impasse for the Three Lions-a player who played for the first time in two and a half years before his country due to injury struggles and fell out of the grace under the former boss Gareth Southgate.
The captain of Chelsea shot in a nice free kick in the first half and the smile of Tuchel was wide when he spoke about his defender after the game.
“I know Reecey and I know the foot and quality he has,” said Tuchel. “He has the right to be proud and happy and satisfied.
“He is in excellent condition, not so many games that we are not because of an injury, he has had consecutive weeks in training, he looks sharp and the quality is not questioning.”
On Jude Bellingham, who was replaced in the second half after he had barely avoided a second yellow card, Tuchel said: “Was the first yellow yellow? I'm not that sure
“We were lucky and immediately took the decision to eliminate him.”
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