{"id":167131,"date":"2025-06-08T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167131\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:27:18","slug":"german-press-savages-lacklustre-england-after-thomas-tuchels-side-scraped-to-victory-against-andorra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167131\/","title":{"rendered":"German press savages ‘LACKLUSTRE’ England after Thomas Tuchel’s side scraped to victory against Andorra"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ADRIAN BISHOP<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 02:54 EDT, 8 June 2025 | Updated: 04:10 EDT, 8 June 2025 <\/p>\n

The German press did not hold back in their appraisal of England<\/a>‘s performance after the Three Lions defeated minnows Andorra on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In January Thomas Tuchel<\/a> commenced his duties as national team head coach, succeeding Gareth Southgate<\/a> as permanent manager and, in doing so, becoming the first German to hold the position.<\/p>\n

The former Chelsea<\/a> boss enjoyed a positive start to life in his new role, as England comfortably saw off Albania and Latvia to get their qualification campaign for next year’s World Cup underway.<\/p>\n

On paper, Saturday’s clash at the RCDE Stadium offered Tuchel an opportunity to experiment with his side against a team of part-timers that had lost their six previous meetings with England by an aggregate score of 26-0.<\/p>\n

However, far from being a workmanlike summer stroll England largely failed to impose themselves on the game as Andorra effectively kept them at bay before Harry Kane<\/a>‘s second-half winner.<\/p>\n

The uninspiring performance earned jeers from supporters in the stands and Tuchel has been subject to yet more criticism following the game from his own country’s media.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Thomas Tuchel has come under fire in the German media after England’s insipid win over Andorra<\/p>\n

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England maintained their perfect start to qualifying courtesy of Harry Kane’s second-half strike<\/p>\n

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The report claimed that the frustration from England’s lacklustre showing was evident during the game<\/p>\n

In a report on Saturday German outlet Bild <\/a>wrote of the game that a ‘dwarf almost brought a lion to its knees’ and described England’s performance as ‘lacklustre’.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich talisman Kane was exempted from criticism by the publication, as it noted the striker’s 72nd international goal brought England ‘salvation’.<\/p>\n

The stresses of what was ostensibly an easy task for Tuchel before ultimately proving to be a significant test are said to have been clear on the manager’s face as he attempted to rally his team into action from the touchline.<\/p>\n

Speaking following the game Tuchel admitted his players had suffered from a lack of energy but insisted that there were positives to take from the performance.<\/p>\n

‘I think in the end, we played with fire, honestly,’ he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I felt it almost like in a cup game where the favourite does not smell the danger. I didn’t feel a team that was aware it was only 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier. Step by step the energy dropped when we needed exactly the opposite.<\/p>\n

‘But we couldn’t deliver and so we got away with a win. I think we still deserved the win and we’ve got three wins and three clean sheets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We will not stop encouraging them and make clear after we have a proper look at the match what we want from them.’<\/p>\n

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