Thomas Tuchel

The Nations League and the wider set of international games staged across the globe have been accompanied by a daily list of casualties, club officials viewing matches through their fingers as players pull up and gesture to the bench

England’s dominant win over Czech Republic rounded off a positive international break — but Will Castle ponders whether anything has actually changed

Harry Kane celebrated his record-equalling 125th England cap with two trademark goals as Thomas Tuchel’s side cruised past the Czech Republic 3-0 on Tuesday for their third straight Nations League win

Alex Scott is struggling with an injury that could keep him out of action for two months

England’s head coach has added youth to the squad and enjoyed the competition between Myles Lewis-Skelly and Scott during the past fortnight

England’s head coach has added youth to the squad and enjoyed the competition between Myles Lewis-Skelly and Scott during the past fortnight

Their attacking quality came to the fore in the Nations League clash in Rijeka as Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon and Bukayo Saka all made hay

Joe Hart experienced a sharp decline and Jordan Pickford is under real pressure for the first time since becoming No 1 just before the 2018 World Cup

The situation has been developing throughout the international window where City players Marc Guehi, Elliot Anderson and Nico O’Reilly have been part of the England squad

City were found to have engaged in an almost £1bn scheme to either inflate revenues or reduce costs through a series of “sham” arrangements in order to avoid breaching league and Uefa financial regulations

But rightly or wrongly, the mood around the England team has been febrile since their collapse against Argentina, so tonight matters

Tuchel rues mistakes after England fail to land 'decisive punch' in defeat to Spain

The right-back celebrated his first appearance under Thomas Tuchel by setting up Gordon’s opener

Tuchel rues mistakes after England fail to land 'decisive punch' in defeat to Spain

But England, criticized for its ultra-defensive tactics in its World Cup semifinal defeat to Argentina, showed adventure of its own and got its reward in the 36th minute when Barcelona winger Anthony Gordon finished a fine team move

Their last two significant matches, here and in Atlanta in July, have both involved going a goal ahead against the World Cup finalists, playing well and dominating parts of the game, right up until the 55-minute mark

England’s first-half blitz against Spain shows what Three Lions’ identity must be under Thomas Tuchel

World champions Spain came from behind to beat England 3-2 in an entertaining Nations League encounter at Wembley on Saturday, denying the hosts a cathartic win after their painful World Cup exit

Tuchel: 'No sense to torture ourselves over World Cup exit'

Tuchel has put a lot of store in team spirit and is clear about wanting commitment

He remembers the 3-0 victory over Wales there last October when England were 3-0 up after 20 minutes and how flat and quiet it came to feel thereafter

In Europe, teams such as Portugal (Jorge Jesus), Croatia (Slaven Bilic), Scotland (Sébastien Pocognoli), Czechia (Santi Denia) and Belgium (Mark van Bommel) will go into the Nations League under new management, but it is towards the bigger dogs of the football pack where Football Daily wishes to turn today’s beady gaze

Ultimately, though, Tuchel will always play to the strengths of his players, what they are used to, what they have grown up with — even what the fans in England most like

If the England manager did not see enough in Alexander-Arnold to include him in the World Cup in the summer he has not really had the chance to see enough to change that decision as autumn begins

Morgan Gibbs-White and Phil Foden are in contention for places, while Tuchel must also make a call on whether Harry Maguire and Trent Alexander-Arnold feature in his plans

Thomas Tuchel has opened up on England’s World Cup semi-final capitulation and how Argentina’s “f***-it football” left his team “waiting for death”

England produced one of their greatest overseas performances when they beat the host nation 3-2 with 10 men in Mexico City in a last-16 tie last summer

But the man from Mayo will be less anxious when he arrives at the MCG than he was in the early hours of Monday morning (AEST) when he sat up to watch his county contest the All-Ireland final against Kerry

Alonso targets veteran leaders to restore Chelsea’s lost winning culture

Alonso targets veteran leaders to restore Chelsea’s lost winning culture

A book about Mayo’s quest ​was titled House of Pain

Yet the idea of Tuchel as a project builder seemed far-fetched during the bitter recriminations after the defeat by Argentina

A 6-4 win over France in a frenetic third-place playoff at Miami Stadium on Saturday gave England its best finish at a World Cup since its only triumph when it hosted the tournament in 1966

Harry Kane is not retiring from the England national team, at least not yet

Yet with Kylian Mbappé on the hunt for his second successive Golden Boot in Didier Deschamps’ last match in charge of Les Bleus, even that lead courtesy of goals from Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and two from Bukayo Saka almost wasn’t enough

While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams from the region who advance deep into the FIFA World Cup, a flood of memes, jokes and criticism has made it clear there is one exception: Argentina

The match, scheduled for 5 p.m. Eastern time, brings together two teams still reeling from painful semifinal exits earlier in the week

The power of football — not even the full fury of Middle East conflict could avert the Finalissima between Argentina and Spain, cancelled 16 weeks ago but now set for tomorrow

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