According to Thomas Tuchel, England will enter the 2026 World Cup as “underdogs,” and he believes they have “no chance” of success without a united team effort.
Although England have made it to consecutive European Championship finals, they have not advanced past the World Cup semi-finals since their 1966 victory.
The Three Lions, who were defeated by France in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, will qualify for next year’s tournament in North America if they defeat Latvia in Riga on Tuesday.
“We will arrive as underdogs in the World Cup because we haven’t won it for decades, and we will play against teams who have repeatedly won it during that time, so we need to arrive as a team otherwise we have no chance,” Tuchel said.
Speaking about his team selection for the current international break, he added: “We try to collect the guys who in the end have the glue and cohesion to be the best team, because we need to arrive (at the World Cup) with the best team.”
Tuchel, 52, took charge of England in January and has won five of his six games, with his sole defeat coming in a friendly against Senegal.
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The German has worked with his players across three camps and has just two more before they head off for the World Cup.
