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Thomas Tuchel Urges England to be ‘clinical under pressure’: The manager spoke ahead of England’s game against Czechia

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00:01Prague looking to respond after their 3-2 defeat to Spain in their Nations League open-up.
00:09Thomas Tuchel's side showed plenty of attacking promise at Wembley,
00:13but were punished for some defensive errors against the world champions.
00:19James Trafford is set to keep his place in goal, with the Leeds goalkeeper given another opportunity to impress.
00:27Yes, it's expected there are to be multiple changes, but it is believed that Jude Bellingham is set to keep
00:34his place in the midfield.
00:36Morgan Rodgers, formerly of Aston Villa, could also come in to play alongside him, as opposed to replace him.
00:44Those two were competing for the same position during the World Cup,
00:47but Tuchel now believes the pair can potentially play together in the same XI.
00:53Here's what England manager Thomas Tuchel had to say ahead of the match.
00:58It's a bit early for a must-win, I know what you mean, but it's a bit early in the
01:01group for a must-win.
01:03In general, we always arrive at every match and prepare the team with a target to win.
01:11This is always the target. It was the target against Spain and it's the target tomorrow.
01:15At the same time, we respect your position, we respect the quality, we respect the challenge that it brings.
01:22If you play in Prague against Czechia in itself, it's difficult, it will be emotional, it will be support for
01:29the home team.
01:33Like I said, we always prepare for the win. We want the win, absolutely.
01:38It's in the consolation of a group and knowing where we want to go.
01:43It's too early to speak for a must, but it would be ideal, but the problem is the opponent on
01:51the other side.
01:52In the units of the sides, I was quite happy and I think this was a step ahead.
01:59We suffered clearly from individual mistakes when we had the ball, especially in the deep buildup.
02:07So that is, of course, something we cannot repeat, especially not on this kind of level.
02:16We have to take care about this. We have to be technically absolutely clinical, also under pressure.
02:23And we need to improve these things.
02:29Strangely enough, when we had the ball, we were the biggest danger to ourselves around the box, because we had
02:35just had too many individual mistakes.
02:40Purely in defending, I have no concerns and trust that we can do it.
02:46Some players, of course, are not here.
02:49That would also help in organizing and in the defensive block, but like I said, I think we don't have
02:57any reason to be concerned yet.

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