Head coach of the England national team Thomas Tuchel commented on his team’s victory in the 1/8 final match of the 2026 Emergency against Mexico.

" We need leather gravets. Gras was hard. There were moments when it seemed that we had stolen the initiative from the match. Ale mi maemo the right mentality.

If everything goes according to plan, football players don’t give up and keep the faith. Just one more step forward. The match needs to be muted. The Azteca and the collection of Mexico killed the zustrich in a special way. We have given all our strength, leaving us alone. Need to understand. We're crumbling away.

The work of the arbitrators was not clear enough. The judges were not clear enough. The fourth referee is also. Three people on VAR from America in such a match, as I understand correctly. And the handing of VAR in the penalty episode is, in truth, a mercy? Of course, no. They changed the decision in the situation, but there was no violation of the rules,” Tuchel quotes the BBC.

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