00:00Yes, Newcastle United's Lewis Hall is back in the England squad after the disappointment of missing out on Thomas Tuchel's
00:09World Cup plans in the summer.
00:12The left-back was left out of the 26-man squad for the tournament, but his form at club level
00:19has earned him another opportunity with the three Lions, trying to make his impact ahead of the Euros in two
00:28years' time.
00:29Hall returned to the starting 11 against Czechia after England's defeat from Spain. He watched that result unfold from the
00:38sidelines, but had an encouraging performance away as England won 2-0 in Prague.
00:45Hall went close to scoring and was regularly involved in England's attacking play from left-back with former Newcastle winger
00:52Anthony Gordon on that left-hand side as well.
00:56Thomas Tuchel was impressed with Lewis Hall's handling of taking the opportunity. Here is what the England manager had to
01:03say about Lewis Hall's performance after their Czechia victory.
01:09Hi Thomas. Lewis Hall hasn't played too much under you, just what you made of his performance tonight.
01:15Very good on the left side together with his old teammate Anthony Gordon. You could see that they played together.
01:21And the style was a little bit similar like in Newcastle. We let them go, we let them free, we
01:25let them underlap and overlap and play as a pair on the side.
01:29So it's what he loves. I think this is his strength to contribute to the offensive actions. I think he
01:37had a very good match.
01:40Thomas, with the defence, obviously really positive that you got a clean sheet. Were you kind of happy with the
01:48way they were functioning in that first half?
01:51They were still possibly giving the ball away sometimes, but overall what was?
01:55Yeah, it was again like two, three ball losses, even high ball losses. I think one from Bukayo, I can
02:04remember one from Bukayo, one from Harry in the middle of the pitch.
02:08The match is never easy because we changed three positions in a back four, but I think they did excellent,
02:14especially Mark, I think had an excellent game and a fantastic reaction after Mark Gehi after a difficult match and
02:21a very demanding match against Spain.
02:27Trevor played very solid and both fullbacks did well. It is good that we have the clean sheet. It was
02:36necessary, of course, especially after the red card to keep this clean sheet and to not get nervous, not panic,
02:43but play with more urgency, play with more dynamic, especially in the wide areas in the second half.
02:53And we did this, kept the effort up and that's how we kept the clean sheet.
