The Three Lions were too strong for a limited Albania side, who were unable to bring the same passion and intensity to the pitch as their exuberant supporters provided in the stands.
square FOOTBALL England begin Tuchel era with comfortable win over Albania
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The new head coach felt that England could have been more penetrative around the penalty area but insisted that his team “will get better” in time, hopefully starting in their second World Cup qualifier against Latvia.
Marc Guehi’s omission was a surprise. The Crystal Palace centre-back had started in 13 of England’s last 15 matches, only missing a Euro 2024 quarter-final win over Switzerland through suspension and a 2-1 defeat to Greece in October.
Newcastle’s Carabao Cup hero almost scored his second Wembley goal in less than a week with a thundering header and offers natural balance as a left footer.
Bowen for Foden
England are no closer to seeing the best of Phil Foden after another anonymous showing. Incredibly, given his Manchester City form, Foden has gone 17 games without an international goal or assist.
Foden and Rashford struggled to make an impact in Tuchel’s first game (Photo: Getty)
The problem for Foden is that Jude Bellingham is the player that England have chosen to build around rather than him, and given their respective output he can have no complaints about that.
He was replaced by Jarrod Bowen who has spent much of his career playing in that role. Tuchel called for his wingers to make “more aggressive runs” and that is something that the direct Bowen is well capable of.
Marcus Rashford was more involved than Foden on his first international start in 16 months, but Tuchel demanded more from him post-match too.
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“Both our wingers who started were not as impactful as they can be in club football,” Tuchel said.
The same cannot be said of his Aston Villa teammate Morgan Rogers, who has enjoyed an exceptional campaign.
With Anthony Gordon suffering a “worrying” hip injury late on in the Albania win, Rogers is best placed to take Rashford’s spot.
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