'Go for it' - Tuchel wants England to 'play with smile'

Thomas Tuchel has encouraged his England squad to play arsenic they train - pinch smiles connected their faces.

The German was captious of nan performance arsenic England laboured to a 1-0 triumph complete minnows Andorra successful Saturday's World Cup qualifier.

Former Chelsea leader Tuchel says nan players person trained very differently, however, truthful he has urged nan Three Lions to play pinch freedom, return heed of instructions, and "just spell for it".

Tuchel began activity arsenic England caput coach successful January and Tuesday's friends against Senegal successful Nottingham will beryllium his 4th crippled successful charge.

"I spot america train pinch a smile, but not play pinch a smile," Tuchel said.

"We request to improve, for sure. We request to amended successful connections, successful support, successful interactions successful nan group.

"I consciousness we are excessively isolated connected nan pitch. We person not clicked yet.

"We person a batch of positives to return distant successful training and successful nan sessions I spot a batch of it, and it will evidently return a small spot to construe it to nan pitch."

Tuchel added: "The champion point is to attraction connected nan principles of nan game, to springiness clear instructions to nan players, [on] what we expect from them successful their role.

"And past they hide astir nan garment and really dense it is. They [can be] free successful nan domiciled and they cognize what to do, that they person group astir pinch whom it is easy for them to connect. And past conscionable spell for it."

After Tuesday's crippled astatine Nottingham Forest's City Ground, 9 members of Tuchel's squad are group to recreation to nan United States to play successful nan Club World Cup.

Chelsea and Manchester City are nan only Premier League teams taking portion and Tuchel said nan tournament's expanded format will "have a immense effect and will springiness Liverpool and Arsenal a immense advantage adjacent play to not beryllium there".

"I deliberation it will beryllium a very bully acquisition for nan players who are location to play this [expanded] tourney for nan first time, truthful I person mixed feelings astir it," Tuchel said.

"I decided not to interest excessively much, because why should I? It is simply a given, and no-one knows what will beryllium nan result of it aliases nan effect.

"We will woody pinch nan effect erstwhile nan effect comes and let's see."

The Club World Cup intends galore players will person a reduced break betwixt home seasons.

They could past beryllium playing successful different expanded tourney adjacent summer, pinch nan 2026 World Cup being held successful nan US, Canada and Mexico.

Tuchel said: "There is not 1 subordinate [with England] who says 'by nan way, I would for illustration to beryllium connected nan chair and prevention myself for nan Club World Cup'. They are quiet to play.

"The games are not nan problem, it is conscionable nan magnitude of clip that it occupies for nan players, and they request a due remainder location successful this calendar, which they hardly get."