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00:00It's a big rivalry and it's two big football nations.
00:04Everyone who loves football, everyone who follows the World Cup as a football fan,
00:09knows about this constellation and knows about what it brings.
00:14It's two big football nations.
00:16We expect tomorrow an intense match, we expect an emotional match.
00:20I expect a match with a lot of momentum swings and everything else would surprise me.
00:28No, we don't use it as a fuel.
00:32We know why we're here, we know what we want.
00:37We were never shy of expecting that from us, of saying it, of dreaming it.
00:46We are in the semi-finals, we arrived very hungry in the semi-finals.
00:50We want to have the next win.
00:53We respect our opponent but we don't dip in in historic events and we don't make it bigger than it
01:00is.
01:01It's a big football match, it's like you said, a big occasion.
01:05We are very excited, grateful but very hungry and ready to go.
01:10Everyone is fit to start, everyone was in training except for Jurel who is suspended and Jordan Henderson.
01:16Dechland completely back to normal now?
01:19Well, yeah, he's ready to start and as good recovered as possible.
01:25I think we had too much technical errors in our last match, too much technical errors that hold us back
01:34from finding a rhythm in attack.
01:36We were again a bit rushed in our decision-making, we were not patient enough, we were not disciplined enough
01:44in our positions that cost us the rhythm of attacking.
01:49We improved through the tournament a lot in defending and defending as a team, so this is something that we
01:59need to, of course, have tomorrow as well on the highest level.
02:03But our rhythm, our build-up play and the acceleration of our attacking game combined with the technical execution has
02:14to be on a higher level.
02:17Like I said, we haven't peaked in this kind of momentum yet but I think a match, a stage like
02:23tomorrow, an opponent like tomorrow, a setup like tomorrow will bring the best out of us, the best out of
02:29my players and we're excited for it.
02:32Honestly, I don't know, I just can tell you, I just saw the first half of Spain and it was
02:37again so impressive.
02:39The bigger the stage, the bigger the tension, the calmer they play and with more self-confidence they play.
02:47It's just very, very impressive and congratulations to that achievement already.
02:54For us, I said when I took the job that I think that we are very, very close.
02:59We reach quarter-finals, semi-finals in consecutive tournaments, we reach finals in the Euros in consecutive tournaments, so that
03:11just tells you that you are there.
03:13If you reach consecutive quarter-semi-finals then you're just there.
03:18We want to squeeze the last bit out, we want to take the next step.
03:21I like the switch of energy, I like the switch of energy again in our camp.
03:28I feel the players are very excited, I feel them very ambitious for this semi-final.
03:37No one is satisfied and it's exactly the right mixture to have the performance that we need for tomorrow.
03:46Well, it's just incredible his campaign, his tournament, how he carries that team is just absolutely incredible.
03:52There are no words and for sure not from me, who am I to talk about that.
03:57That is just no words left for this kind of achievement, the responsibility and the quality that he shows again
04:05in this tournament.
04:07He's just the leader and the key player in any team that he plays and for sure in this Argentinian
04:16side.
04:18You can see the cohesion, you can see that they are experienced in tournament football.
04:26They kept the same group of players, the core group of players.
04:29They have a very experienced, very, very good coach.
04:33They're together for a long time, so you see that.
04:36They love to play in the middle of the pitch, they love to have the short passes.
04:41They're always looking for the gaps, they're playing through gaps.
04:44And once Leo Messi has the ball, the movement starts and just the technical execution of the delivery
04:51and of the supply of Messi is just on the absolutely highest level.
04:57So there's a lot to take care of, but we are here to play our way this semi-final.
05:05We are here to impose our style, to impose our strengths.
05:09We are here to play this semi-final our way and to push the luck our way.
05:14We know how big the obstacle is, we know how big the ask is, but we are ready for it.
05:22I see them better than the both of them, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
05:27Like I said, first of all, they have the mentality, they have the togetherness.
05:35They don't panic when they are behind.
05:37They are a very, very competitive group.
05:39They are high-quality players, very experienced players in every position.
05:44They love to play through the middle.
05:46They can defend hard, so for me it's the full package.
05:53I think it's just my first tournament, but of course my first World Cup, but not my first tournament as
06:00a coach.
06:00It's very rare that you fly through a tournament and it's just like everything falls into place from match to
06:07match to match.
06:08It's normal that you have to work hard and overcome difficulties.
06:12I think it says more about their strengths than about their weakness that they overcame them.
06:19We prepare for the best version of Argentina.
06:23We expect and hope and demand the best of ourselves tomorrow for a top football match.
06:31I think every team in the world is beatable.
06:34So is Argentina, so is us and both teams will try tomorrow.
06:38Look at his record, I mean, this is unbelievable.
06:43It seems like they cannot lose any knockout matches in tournaments with him.
06:48So what he does to this group is outstanding.
06:52They play with a clear trademark as I didn't see a lot of them because either we are in training
07:01or in buses or in planes.
07:03So I didn't see a lot of them today.
07:05I saw one half.
07:06I can just talk about that.
07:07That was very impressive.
07:09And like I said, congratulations, full credit to them and of course the coach and his staff.
07:16Brilliant achievement and hopefully we can follow.
07:19But we have a big challenge to overcome tomorrow.
07:24We trust our intuition to be honest and our intuition and our experience on the sideline.
07:30And I think we need to just also be free and ready to react how the game goes.
07:36We're just predicting and no one knows.
07:38So you go with the flow.
07:41This is what it is.
07:43I'm not sure if I talked special ops.
07:45This is not my language.
07:47But we talked about roles, of course.
07:49So our players know the role, why they are here, why they are selected.
07:54And then, yeah, they know it.
07:56They make the most of it.
07:58They fight for their plays in the starting eleven.
08:01If not, everyone contributes on a very, very high level.
08:05It has to be like this, but the players deserve the full praise.
08:09We had so many positive impacts from the guys from the bench, from the guys who came in.
08:14But also the guys who were pushing positively, coaching, giving good energy from the sideline, if not selected.
08:23And a lot of it happens behind closed doors.
08:26So no one has the head down.
08:28Everyone stays positive, comes to training on match day plus one, sets the standard again, lifts the spirit again, drags
08:37not anyone down.
08:37So a lot of it happens behind closed doors and it's full credit to the team.
08:42I think everyone feels it.
08:43I think the players feel it and they transmit it to our fans.
08:48And then, like I said, it's just like, yeah, sometimes in Mexico, I had a quick chat, for example, with
08:54Stan Byrne and Trevor Chaloba about the potential change if we go to a back five.
08:59And yeah, it's just nice if you see the connection to the players and the open faces that they're open
09:06for information and open to buy into that idea.
09:09And that's what makes this group of players for us very special.
09:13And I hope we can show it tomorrow one more time.
09:16Not sure if we follow through with this idea, but it crossed my mind.
09:21Well, I think everyone knows the spaces and everyone knows the spaces where he wants to show up.
09:27It's just like if you analyze the matches, you feel like he sees stuff just earlier than anyone else on
09:34the field.
09:34It's just like the ball drops to him. He finds the gap. He makes himself this like these two meters
09:40space for his left foot and then executes the solution on the very highest level.
09:48I think we found some patterns in their game, of course.
09:51But if you close the patterns, you will find maybe a new one and create a new one.
09:57That's his super strength. That's just what it is.
09:59It's an exciting setup. It's very unique to play against the reigning champions.
10:07It's very unique to play against Leo Messi and his team.
10:11It's unique to play with England against Argentina.
10:14It's just a big match in a big tournament.
10:19I don't know. I don't know.
10:23I said it many times when I came to Premier League.
10:26I love the mentality in the country towards sports and of course towards football.
10:32I think the mentality in England and the mentality within the club brings just the best out of players and
10:40shapes the player's character in a very unique way.
10:44It's a pleasure to be coach of this group. It's a pleasure to be with these players every single day.
10:51I try my best to influence them. I try my best to support them.
10:57If this has anything to do with my German roots or not, I don't know.
11:03We're just all very competitive and we're very together, full of respect and appreciation.
11:10And like I said, we're still competitive for tomorrow and it's not enough.
11:18Well, after these Champions League knockout matches, first of all, the second match in these knockout matches in Champions League
11:23is more demanding than the first one.
11:25Because in the first one you always feel, okay, this is first leg, you have second leg.
11:29So it comes very close to the second leg formation, but it feels like you have non-stop second legs
11:34because it's non-stop knockout football, which is quite nerve-wracking.
11:39Especially if you follow our way with red cards and with going behind and with VR checks and overtime.
11:46So we had quite some rollercoaster experience that costs a lot and it is kind of training.
11:53We played in the altitude, we played in the heat, you travel in between.
11:57It is both, I think. I have the feeling or like I can tell you that it fuels me, it
12:03makes me feel alive.
12:04It's just like I love it so much that it gives me energy every day.
12:08But there are, of course, like if you look then, if you analyze then the next opponent instead of having
12:14maybe a day off to recover,
12:16you start analyzing again because it's only a three, most of the times for us it was only three days
12:21in between the matches.
12:23So on the match day minus two, you want to already give the team already solutions.
12:28So basically on the day after the match, you start analyzing.
12:32First of all, I have to mention the background stuff, the stuff around me.
12:38It's just on the highest level, the work ethic and the quality to provide me with information,
12:44to provide ideas for me, to push with energy, to know how to influence me and how to inspire me.
12:55It's just, I'm just very, very grateful for everyone around me who helps me on a daily basis.
13:01And maybe don't get the credit.
13:05Then I try to do my morning sport, which I do.
13:09And sometimes, you know, sometimes you just go on a bike and you just need a big parking lot
13:16and the ice cream in your hand for 15 minutes on a bike.
13:19And then you feel like 15 years old, 15, not 50.
13:23You feel like 12 or 13 or 15 years old and you enjoy your evening in a warm summer evening
13:31for 15 minutes with ice cream.
13:33And you reconnect to the beauty of that feeling that we all have inside of us.
13:41And that's sometimes all it needs.
13:44Good question.
13:45I would say it's irrelevant, but I'm not sure about it.
13:48I think the players are very aware of both countries, what it means to them.
13:54If a fixture provides, like you said, so many iconic moments, I think you cannot just say it's just another
14:01football match.
14:03But as a coach, we do exactly that.
14:07Focus on what we can influence.
14:10We don't actually, me and my team between us, we don't speak about the historic events.
14:17We don't speak about the iconic moments.
14:19It's in itself iconic enough and the tension is big enough.
14:25So we try exactly the opposite and try to influence the players and what we want them to do, how
14:32to behave in different situations.
14:34We try to reduce the information, the bigger the stage gets, the bigger the tension grows.
14:40So hopefully we can simplify the messages enough that they can execute it.
14:45We try exactly what is maybe not possible, but the magnitude of the match is just what it is.
14:54I think it does not help if we engage emotionally in that.
14:59I learned, I think it just reinforced the belief that deep down football is still about being together and it
15:12is a team effort.
15:14I think it's not only us, I think the whole World Cup showed all superstars committed to the team idea,
15:24committed to the team spirit, committed to the idea to play for their country.
15:30It's not only our superstars.
15:35We created this special spirit in September, October, November and then we relied heavily on our nomination process on this
15:44group of players.
15:45Everyone bought into it on the very highest level and like I said, it just reassured me and it just
15:52reinforced the belief that we had in this group.
16:03And from day one, we were quite early out here in preparation camp.
16:09It's just outstanding mentality, mostly behind closed doors.
16:14And then you see it of course on match days, you see the effect of it.
16:20But it was on the very highest level, the togetherness, the team is absolutely ready to give everything every single
16:27time.
16:28And they simply don't give in.
16:31This is the key attributes of our team, which makes me very proud.
16:37No, but I think that's essentially what the World Cup is for, to excite the country, to excite fans and
16:44to transmit energy
16:47energy and make people forget their worries, make people's lives better for 90, 120 minutes and be just combined and
16:57be united and represented by a team.
17:01And I think like I said, there's so much to love about this England squad and our squad and our
17:08team that I'm very glad that people feel it.
17:15What was the first part?
17:17A burden.
17:18A burden.
17:18No, I don't feel a burden.
17:19I mean, we feel the tension and I will be nervous and of course that is normal.
17:25But I feel no burden.
17:27I feel what I really like is what I feel in the last days that the players are very, very
17:34competitive.
17:35They are very excited.
17:37And like I said, they are hungry to play this match.
17:41I mean, the two shirts are just iconic.
17:46The historic matches, like you said, are iconic.
17:49There are iconic moments, but everyone recognizes this shirt straight away.
17:54Everyone recognizes the players straight away.
17:56So it is an absolutely beauty in a magnitude of a match, in a magnitude of an occasion.
18:08But me personally, I don't feel it as a burden.
18:11I will feel the nerves and the tension tomorrow.
18:14That is quite normal, but that just comes normal with these matches.
18:22No, it just doesn't work like this for me.
18:25I don't have these kind of goals and don't set these goals.
18:28It's like I just love what I do and I'm grateful for the opportunity.
18:33I could have never imagined to have the opportunity to coach on that kind of level.
18:37This is just like for me being grateful and it comes with the responsibility of living up to the expectations.
18:44I am myself very competitive and I am myself the one who demands always everything,
18:51expects always everything to be perfect and to be in the best way possible.
18:57So this just comes with it.
18:59But I have never set myself goals in terms of I need to win this title.
19:04I need to do this.
19:05I need to be the first one here.
19:07Who would I be to have these kind of goals?
19:09I just try to be the best version and the best coach possible every single day.
19:16And that's what I expect of myself and everything else falls into place.
19:21We influence what we can.
19:23I have to influence what I can and this is where my energy goes.
19:26Well, it just comes with it.
19:28I think the blame is on the big guys because they deliver like crazy.
19:32So the blame is on them.
19:34And you know my answer as a coach, we all strongly believe it's a team sport and no one is
19:40doing it alone.
19:41But of course, we are also relying on the world-class moments of world-class players.
19:48Two of them that you mentioned have delivered.
19:50I think anyone in our team can deliver an extra moment anytime.
19:56This is just how this game is.
19:58And I think like the big names and the big stars have delivered on a new kind of level for
20:06their teams and for their country.
20:08So fair enough.
20:11That's just the world we live in.
20:12I think no one has I don't feel any envy.
20:16I don't feel any jealousy for sure not in our camp.
20:19It is just it is also down to the big players because the big names.
20:25I can only speak for our camp how they buy into the team spirit, how they show up in training,
20:31how they lift the spirit of players that are that are maybe not selected that are like a bit like
20:36a down on match days,
20:38like how they bring them back together and share the spotlight behind closed doors.
20:44It's just that's what makes it in the end special.
20:47And that's why no one is jealous.
20:49No one holds any bad feelings about it.
20:55We know that our guys can produce special moments.
20:59Everyone is ready to buy into that and the big boys do it as well.
21:05You talk to the one person who is not aware until tomorrow's warm-up in which color we play.
21:13Argentina plays in blue and we play in white.
21:18And that is because Argentina is a lucky shirt or they chose this.
21:23No, it's because we're a team, eh?
21:24I would have done the same.
21:26I would have done the same.
21:27If there was any superstition combined with it, I would have done the same.
21:32So, so, so credit to them.
21:34I was not aware of that.
21:35I, I have my superstitious routines and I have my, my, my routines and you can call it superstitious or
21:42being superstitious or routines.
21:44I will not, I will not tell you because another superstition is that if I tell you it will not
21:49work.
21:49So I can't, I can't.
21:53But of course we have routines that keep you, keep you grounded and calm through the day.
21:59And that will not change.
22:00But we have of course also our lucky charms and, and yeah, these things are just normal and high level
22:07sport.
22:07Is it possible?
22:07We can see, you know, the people have the power to support?
22:08It will take people between one and three?
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