Tuchel not out to 'sugarcoat' England's Andorra display

Thomas Tuchel said he will protect his England players but won't pretend he is happy with Saturday's 1-0 win

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00:00I think also I protect my players.

00:02I said no names of players and it's not an individual matter.

00:05But we as a team simply didn't match our own standards.

00:09And like I said, I didn't like the last 10 minutes

00:11because I felt at the sideline that we didn't play serious enough

00:17to win it in the end.

00:20Like what we needed to do in a World Cup qualifier.

00:24What I tell you I already told before the team directly.

00:28so there are no messages that I give via a press conference.

00:32Everything I say here I already said to the players.

00:35And why should we sugarcoat it?

00:37I mean, you have been in the stadium,

00:39why should I tell you that we had a good game

00:41and we are happy with what we did if we're not happy?

00:43So I think there's no harm done, we can handle criticism

00:47and I always strongly believe that a group of football players,

00:50a team in football can speak honest to each other.