Watch England news conference: Tuchel & Saka speaking before Senegal

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2 days ago

Update:
Date: 12:11 BST
Title: 'Why should we sugarcoat it?'
Content: England
England manager Thomas Tuchel on the reaction of the players to his critical comments: "I protect my players, I said no names of players, it is not an individual matter. But as I said, as a team we did not reach our standards and I did not like the last 20 minutes. I felt we didn't play seriously enough in what we needed to do in a World Cup qualifier.
"What I have told you I have already told the team directly. Why should we sugarcoat it? You have been in the stadium, why should I tell you that we had a good game? No harm done. We can handle criticism. I have always strongly believed that a group of football players can speak honestly to each other, I include myself. Now it's on us to do better.
"The attitude towards training and in camp, the committment from the players, was outstanding. Everybody wanted to be there, to be involved and to play in this game. We take our analysis from this and try to do better of course."
Update:
Date: 12:08 BST
Title: 'Shared same feeling we could have done better'
Content: England
England manager Thomas Tuchel on the reaction to Saturday's 1-0 win against Andorra: "There was common sense in the dressing room, we all shared the same feeling that we could have done better.
"If we look at other top sides who have played Andorra, we created more xG than them. But we underperformed in our finishing and accuracy.
"We under performed clearly in the physical input into the game.
"But no harm done. If we had a better result maybe everyone would have felt differently, but if you don't have it then you accept the criticism. We have high demands of ourselves. We stay committed to our beliefs and to train.
"Yesterday in training we had an excellent performance and attitude. We watched the tennis together and football, there was a good atmosphere."
Update:
Date: 12:06 BST
Title: Post
Content: England v Senegal (Tue, 19.45 BST)
England
Thomas Tuchel confirms it will be a much-changed England side which faces Senegal tomorrow, but declines to name names.
Here's what he had to say about the fall-out from Andorra...
Update:
Date: 12:04 BST
Title: Tuchel to tell players straight
Content: Alex HowellBBC football news reporter
Thomas Tuchel is speaking to the media for the first time since that disappointing win over Andorra.
After the match he said England had "played with fire" and given the tie a feeling of a "cup match" where the underdog could get something from the game.
Tuchel said he was going to tell the players exactly what he thought when they got back to St George's Park.
The match against Senegal is a step up in quality, even though it is only a friendly.
Update:
Date: 12:01 BST
Title: How to watch the England media conference
Content: England
As well as following this live text, you can also watch the England men's media conference with Thomas Tuchel and Bukayo Saka.
Manager Tuchel is speaking first, followed by Saka - who was absent against Andorra but who, on this basis, seems set to feature versus Senegal.
Click the play button at the top of our live page to tune in.
Update:
Date: 11:59 BST
Title: Post
Content: England v Senegal (Tue, 19.45 BST)
England
Thomas Tuchel says it is "common sense" that England could and should have been better against Andorra.
"No harm done" as England got three points, but they "accept criticism" of the display.
Full quotes to follow.
Update:
Date: 11:57 BST
Title: Post
Content: England v Senegal (Tue, 19.45 BST)
England
Here's Tommy...
Update:
Date: 11:57 BST
Title: 'I didn't like the attitude'
Content: England v Senegal (Tuesday, 19:45 BST)
Thomas Tuchel didn't like what he saw from his England players against Andorra, but he highlighted their attitude - rather than their laboured play - as his main concern.
"I was most worried in the last 20 minutes because I did not like the attitude that we ended the game with," said the German.
"I didn't like the lack of urgency and it did not match the occasion - it is still a World Cup qualifier. We will let them know [on Sunday] what we want from them.
"I think we lacked the seriousness and the urgency that is needed in a World Cup qualifier.
"I think we played with fire. I didn't like the attitude in the end. I didn't like the body language. It was not what the occasion needed."
Update:
Date: 11:54 BST
Title: 'There are a lot of questions around selection'
Content: BBC 5 Live Breakfast
Former England goalkeeper Rob Green on Thomas Tuchel's team selection against Andorra: "The team selection is a strange
one but it's such a long way away from the World Cup and there is so much
football to be played before it.
"Even
then the World Cup lasts for a long time, so the team that start then might not be the team
that reach the final.
"It's a mile off where we are probably going to end up
being [at the time of the World Cup]."
"There are question marks around it and I think Thomas Tuchel will have
learnt a lot but it has left more question marks than answers."
Update:
Date: 11:52 BST
Title: England prepare for Senegal friendly
Content: England v Senegal (Tuesday, 19:45 BST)
England have the chance to get Saturday's disappointing performance against Andorra out of their system when they face Senegal on Tuesday.
The friendly match will take place at the City Ground in Nottingham, and will be the first meeting between the sides since England triumphed 3-0 in the 2022 World Cup round of 16.
Thomas Tuchel named an experimental line-up against Andorra, so expect several changes against Senegal.
Update:
Date: 11:48 BST
Title: Inside the England media room
Content: Gary FlintoffBBC Radio 5 Live reporter at St. George's Park
All set up and ready to go for the arrival of Thomas Tuchel and Bukayo Saka. The England head coach and Arsenal winger will also be chatting one on one to John Murray and Ian Dennis later for a bespoke edition of the Football Daily podcast.
Update:
Date: 11:45 BST
Title: 'That's as bad as we can get'
Content: BBC 5 Live Breakfast
Former England goalkeeper Rob Green on England's performance against Andorra: "It was poor and there is no two ways about it.
"I am done,
let's move on. What we can say is, when we have a really good performance, there
is a standard set. They set the
standard there [at Barcelona on Saturday] in a bad way.
"Tuchel has said okay, remember that, remember what you did
do and what you didn't do.
"That's as bad as we can get, so let's never go there again.
"Let's move on and hope that tomorrow is better
and brighter."
Update:
Date: 11:42 BST
Title: How bad were England against Andorra?
Content: It wasn't great, was it?
As expected England dominated possession (83% v 17%), created more big chances (six v zero) and took more shots on target (10 v zero), but those stats don't tell the full story of what was largely a slow and sloppy performance.
Though Andorra goalkeeper Iker Alvarez did make nine saves, England's finishing was poor.
England were booed off by their fans at the break and at full-time, despite establishing a five point lead at the top of their World Cup qualifying group.
As boring as the match was, no England player will ever be judged for their performance against a team ranked 173rd in the world. The quicker they move on, the better.
Update:
Date: 11:39 BST
Title: 'I won't hesitate to tell players the truth'
Content: The I
England fans booed the team during and after their match in Barcelona on Saturday.
Tuchel has warned his England side that he "won't hesitate to tell them the truth" after their performance against Andorra on Saturday.
"We can just admit that, it's not what we expect from us. We need to look at it in detail and do better on Tuesday." Tuchel said.
Update:
Date: 11:36 BST
Title: 'I'll handle the boos'
Content: England boss Thomas Tuchel said he can "handle the boos" from supporters after his side produced an underwhelming display against Andorra in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday.
Despite winning 1-0, England were lacklustre and disengaged. Afterwards Tuchel said: "I think we lacked the seriousness and the urgency that is needed in a World Cup qualifier.
"I think we played with fire. I didn't like the attitude in the end. I didn't like the body language. It was not what the occasion needed."
Update:
Date: 11:33 BST
Title: England media conference at noon
Content: Gary FlintoffBBC Radio 5 Live reporter at St. George's Park
It's a rather grey day in the Staffordshire countryside. Thomas Tuchel and Arsenal's Bukayo Saka will speak shortly, ahead of tomorrow's friendly against Senegal at Nottingham Forest's City Ground.
Update:
Date: 11:30 BST
Title: ICYMI
Content: England
We've covered quite a bit of transfer talk this morning, so let's round up what you might have missed...
Now, we're moving away from transfers for the minute to turn our focus on England. You'll be able to hear from manager Thomas Tuchel and forward Bukayo Saka live on this page from noon.
Update:
Date: 11:26 BST
Title: Rumour round-up
Content:
Update:
Date: 11:23 BST
Title: Arsenal still expect Zubimendi capture
Content: Sami MokbelBBC Sport Senior football correspondent
Arsenal are still expecting Martin Zubimendi to sign for them ahead of next season.
There has been talk of Real Madrid trying to hijack the deal but it would take a monumental U-turn from Zubimendi for this deal not happen.
As we reported on May 28, all that is left is for the Spain international to complete his medical.
Update:
Date: 11:20 BST
Title: Carson leaves Man City
Content: Manchester City
Big(gish) news coming out of Manchester City - goalkeeper Scott Carson will leave the club after six seasons when his contract expires this summer.
The former England goalkeeper, 39, made two appearances for the club during arguably the most successful period in their history.
Jokes aside, Carson played an important role behind the scenes and in the dressing room - Ederson has previously credited the veteran with improving his game.
"We would like to thank Scott for his hard work and dedication and wish him the very best of luck for the future," a club statement , externalpublished on Monday read.