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00:00Hi Thomas. Since the semi-final there's been a lot of narrative and a lot of
00:05opinions on how England finished the game on the pitch in terms of the setup.
00:10On reflection, you've had 48 hours to think about it. Donald Trump's even had a
00:18word about it today and had his opinion today. On reflection, 48 hours after, how do you...
00:23Do you use Donald Trump as your witness for the case or...?
00:26No, no, no. I'm just saying he's had his opinion. But on reflection, how do you view the last 35
00:35minutes of the game?
00:38I view them in the same way. I view them in the same way that we were too passive, we
00:44got too passive.
00:45If you're asking if I regret my decision, if this is the question, then say no, I don't regret my
00:51decisions.
00:52Because I felt that we become too passive. I felt that the momentum switches in the match.
01:04And I tried to help my team. I tried to help, I tried to support. I took a decision, trusting...
01:10I took several decisions, trusting my instinct, my intuition, my experience, trusting my competitiveness.
01:17And I took the decision in order to help the team and get the result. We didn't get the result.
01:24So I take, of course, the responsibility for these decisions.
01:30But the decisions are made under stress. The decisions are made in-game. This is in-game life, life coaching.
01:37I would regret if I didn't help. I would regret if we didn't react.
01:41But I have no regrets over the decision itself.
01:45Hello, Thomas. John Cross from the Daily Mirror.
01:48Just reflecting on that, when you've made those decisions and calls and talked about wanting the wing-backs perhaps to
01:56be more active
01:57and the team being passive, is that on the players? Is that on you and the way that it played
02:03out?
02:04Who takes responsibility for that?
02:06Well, I take responsibility. Listen, if it's easier, if someone takes the blame, I take the blame.
02:11There's no problem if this is the deal that you sign up for. I understand it, and you have every
02:18right to do so.
02:19But I will not engage in this kind of game, because for me there's no one to blame.
02:25If you need someone to blame, I take the responsibility. I'm the head coach.
02:29Like I said, we do in-game decisions based on trust, on our competitiveness, on the experience
02:36and on what we actually feel and I feel in the game, and then from there we go.
02:43Every other scenario is just a scenario. No one knows the outcome of any other substitution, of any other change.
02:55It's an easy approach to think in structures and to think in offensive and defensive.
03:01I think the game is more complex. It is always how you live a structure, it is always how you
03:09play within a structure.
03:10We had problems in the 4-4-2. We got a lot of problems in the 4-4-2.
03:14We couldn't solve the problems later in the other structure. That's just how it is.
03:21And we have to live with this. By the way, we have to live with this.
03:25So it's our pain, it's our pain, my pain and the players' pain. We feel the most pain of all.
03:31And it is our scar that we carry now. It is a very painful defeat and we have to live
03:39with this defeat.
03:40First and foremost, not the critics, not the experts, not our family members who suffer as well with us and
03:49want only the best for us, but it's basically us.
03:52And we will, like always, because we are competitive and every single player in camp is so competitive and is
04:04doing everything in good faith.
04:06So we will overcome it, we will use it, we will have a reaction and it starts from tomorrow.
04:12We have a gap too close and we are aware of that and that's where the focus is.
04:17Hi Thomas, Tom Barkley from Nissan.
04:20Just on Harry Kane's positioning the other day, it did seem like he played in quite a deep position.
04:26Why do you think that was? And your feedback about the team being too passive, how did the players respond
04:33to that?
04:39In which situation did Harry play today? What do you mean? Like in the last 30 minutes?
04:43Well, we defended in a deep block. That's what you do if you defend in a block, you defend in
04:49a block.
04:49We were not active enough, we could not escape the deep block.
04:52But if you defend in a deep block, everyone defends in a deep block.
04:55That is what team spirit, togetherness and mentality is translated to in football terms.
05:02We defend as a 10 and as 11.
05:06And if we are pushed back to a deep block, Harry defends in a deep block.
05:10That's what he did for moments in the first half.
05:14The difference is that we pushed back and we stepped out and we found the triggers to come out of
05:20the deep block.
05:20But we do everything together as a team.
05:24The team spirit, the togetherness, the mentality that this team built in the last six and a half weeks is
05:32not to be questioned.
05:34And it showed even in defending. We became too passive in the last 30 minutes.
05:41We could not get hold of the ball. We could not find duels anymore.
05:50This is the next step that we want to take. And from there we go.
05:57I'm going to ask you.
05:58I'm going to ask you in Spanish.
06:02I'm going to ask you in Spanish.
06:03Mr. Javier Rodríguez, Fan Network TV, here in the United States.
06:06I feel very much that you have not achieved the goal of reaching the final for you, for your team
06:10and for the English people.
06:14Can you explain what you thought about after the 1-0?
06:24Well, I did it many times. I can do it one more time for you. We played in a 4
06:31-4-2.
06:34Argentina played with a lot of momentum after our goal. They had a lot of offensive changes and a lot
06:41of offensive positions.
06:42They were chasing a goal. The substitutes became more and more offensive.
06:46We could not stop the crosses and we could not stop the runners into the box.
06:52So we decided to play a back five to have more width in the field, to be closer to the
06:57guys who cross.
06:59We did excellent after some minutes. For example, in Mexico, it took us in Mexico some minutes also to have
07:07the proper behavior from a back four to a back five.
07:11This is just normal, but we did it then excellently good.
07:14We couldn't turn the momentum over, but that was the idea behind it.
07:21We just became too passive and Argentina, by the way, found another gear and another gear and they found the
07:29total flow.
07:35To put it into context, maybe it's worse to put it into context.
07:40We lost the first match, the first official match together since 14 matches. It was our first defeat.
07:48Like I said, it was a painful one. We played in the semi-final against the reigning world champions.
07:53We were 85 minutes, 1-0 up. We played against the best player in the world and we lost 2
07:59-1, which is painful.
08:02We made our way to the semi-final, well deserved. We are one of the top four nations and we
08:08wanted this place in the semi-final and we wanted more.
08:12We are heavily disappointed because we wanted to play in the final. We believed we can do it.
08:17We built something to have this genuine belief to can do it. We were dreaming about it.
08:24Still, I believe that three other nations have almost an expectation to win the title.
08:30This is not us. France, Spain, Argentina expect almost, they are on that level that they expect to win.
08:37We are not there yet. There is still a gap to close and this is what we will do.
08:42This is what we will do from tomorrow. We will not stop chasing, we will not stop hunting, we will
08:47not stop challenging.
08:49We have a gap to close, like I said, and we have things to improve in a football matter.
08:57This is the context.
08:59So, I think it is not, in itself, not a lot of room for drama. If drama is needed and
09:08if the blame game needs to be played, okay?
09:12You can do that, but I have the right to not engage in that.
09:16So, we are now closing for photographers. You can stay in the room if you wish, but no more photos,
09:20please. Thank you.
09:22Hi, Thomas. James Olley from ESPN. Do you think you will be a better manager with a tournament under your
09:29belt next time around?
09:31I am every day a better manager with every experience that I make with top players. So, I am today
09:37a better manager than yesterday.
09:42Hi, Thomas. I just wanted to ask about Bukayo Saka. Is he available to play tomorrow? And was there a
09:48reason that you didn't bring him on against Argentina?
09:54Of course, there was a reason. There was an in-game decision against Bukayo. Bukayo can always start for us.
10:00We decided for a more physical approach with Morgan Rodgers and I felt like after the game against Norway that
10:06Morgan has something special in him.
10:09That's what I saw and felt in training and I'm glad he proved us right with his assist.
10:17We had some options in our mind and warming up. Bukayo was one of them. But when we got in
10:25so much trouble and couldn't escape anymore, we took the decisions that we took.
10:32Thomas Matt Lawton from the Times. Have you studied the performance data? Because if you compare that game the other
10:42night to the Congo game in the same stadium,
10:45in the same conditions, your performance levels in terms of high intensity were quite significantly lower.
10:52And I wondered if you have now realised that and whether that was a factor in your decision making that
10:59actually your players had run out of gas.
11:02I think even if we don't want to admit it, because it always feels like an excuse and we wouldn't
11:09ever talk about it,
11:10but I feel that the game with ten men in Mexico in the altitude, the travelling, we lost a complete
11:17night of sleep and the game in the heat against Norway in extra time cost us more than we maybe
11:26thought.
11:26So I felt that and I think this is part of the development of the game.
11:37The players, these players are like, this is a very unique group.
11:42They literally gave everything physically in every single match. If you see this data drop, there must be a reason
11:49behind it,
11:50because the motivation was through the roof, like for every other team who made it into the semi-final.
11:57So, yeah, we could not reach these kinds of intensities. I think Argentina found another gear, found another momentum, found
12:04another belief.
12:05They built something over several years and have, of course, the experience of overcoming these kinds of moments and these
12:16kinds of matches and winning titles together.
12:18So, this came into play. Messi was on the other side of the field and found another gear. So, a
12:25lot of reasons, yeah.
12:27Thomas, Dom Smith from The Standard. What you said about the blame game needing to be played.
12:32Isn't it understandable from England fans and from the media to want to understand which decisions, whether from the head
12:38coach or the player, have led to the loss of a lead later on in the semi-final?
12:43So, I was never shy to explain. I don't understand your question.
12:49Hi, Thomas. It's Matt Law at The Telegraph.
12:52Straight after the game, the FA reiterated their backing of you almost immediately.
12:57And you came out very quickly and said you still believe you're 100% the man for the job and
13:03that you want to do the Euros.
13:04Public opinion at home, as it does in these situations, has split since then and there are more doubts at
13:12home about you than there were beforehand.
13:14Are you concerned about public opinion and fan opinion and could that alter your stance at all?
13:20So, I would like to then make my own picture. I think it's a strong statement that you give here
13:27and be the advocate for half of the country being against me.
13:33And a split country, a split country, let's wait for that. I have nothing more to say. What is the
13:43question?
13:43The question is, if more fans decide that they believe you shouldn't be manager, could that change your thinking of
13:53whether you would want to carry on or not?
13:55No, I can never change my thinking if I would like to carry on.
14:01John, hi. Henry Winter, World Soccer.
14:0495th cap tomorrow. I mean, for 12 years you've given everything for your country.
14:10Can I just ask you first what your future plans are with England?
14:14And secondly, you know this team so well, you know these players so well, you know the England scene so
14:20well.
14:20Were you, say, too passive late on?
14:26Firstly, not to stop any time soon.
14:33My feeling or recollection of the game is so blurred still.
14:41I'm in a state of all emotions really.
14:49A lot of time during, since the game to reflect, play scenarios over in my head.
15:00And it's very easy to say what if and what we could have done.
15:05And me personally as well, if I was in different positions.
15:09And yeah, it's a tough thing to kind of get over straight away or digest straight away.
15:18And that's the position and the cruel position that we're in right now.
15:24And I think it will become apparent and clear once the emotions die down.
15:33I think tomorrow, coming around so quick, is another good focus for us to go and get a bronze medal.
15:44Something that I've not been able to do.
15:49And yeah, it's difficult to answer your question.
15:54Coach here, Gustavo Zupac, ESPN Brazil.
15:58The adjective coward was used to analyze your decisions in the second half.
16:03How do you receive it?
16:04Do you think it's fair to understand this way?
16:07Not at all.
16:08I don't receive them.
16:09I don't read praise and I don't believe in praise and I don't believe in comments like this.
16:16If we win the game tomorrow, we have the best results of a World Cup in 60 years.
16:23That's the perspective to it.
16:26Luca De Capitani, Rai from Italy.
16:29Hi.
16:31Not many players would like to play the match tomorrow, but they have to.
16:36And so the point is how many changes are going to make in the squad
16:41and how you're going to find the motivation for the players to be on the field tomorrow?
16:50You're absolutely right.
16:52You can see in the answer of John how disappointed we all are, how painful it is.
16:57And after, I'll speak for myself, after like a kind of a shock in the beginning,
17:03it's becoming more and more painful every single day.
17:09Like I said, it will be a scar for us.
17:11It will be a scar for all of us.
17:13Unfortunately, not the first one and very likely not the last one.
17:17This is what it is in high-level sports.
17:23Nobody wants to be tomorrow in this game.
17:26All of these four teams wanted to be in New York, but it is an official World Cup game.
17:33It's a chance to have the best results in 60 years for England.
17:37It is a big game against one of the very best teams in the world
17:41and maybe the team in the best shape until the semi-final against France.
17:46And it is, mentality is not something that you switch on and switch off as you like it.
17:53So, it's a moment to show that we are actually made of what we showed through the whole tournament.
18:03So, there is no doubt about that. There will be changes.
18:06I don't know how many. I have not made my decision yet.
18:09But there will be changes, of course.
18:12And then we will start trying to close the gap, like I said.
18:17I think out of the four teams, the other three teams almost expect to be world champions.
18:22We were hoping, we were dreaming, we were pushing and believing.
18:27But still, we have to close the gap.
18:30And we are up for that from tomorrow.
18:34Good afternoon.
18:35In Spanish, please.
18:37Can I do one for each one or only for Mr.?
18:42One for each one?
18:43They ask for one question only.
18:45One question.
18:46Mr.
18:47Professor, is it true that this is the party that no one wants to compete
18:51for how painful it means to have been so close to getting to the final?
18:56And if it flows to this feeling,
18:59how has it done to raise the group in the anímico
19:01and that the team can finish in a very good way,
19:04as you intend, this World Cup of the FIFA 2026?
19:12Well, I just explained the question.
19:14I think it's the same question.
19:17We will show that the mentality is real and the spirit is real
19:20and the togetherness that we have built.
19:23No one wants to be in that match tomorrow,
19:25but it's an official match.
19:28We play for the result and we try to close the gap from tomorrow.
19:33Hi, Thomas.
19:34Jack Pitbert from The Athletic.
19:36Has this been the most painful experience of your football career?
19:42I don't know.
19:43I had a lot of painful ones, to be honest,
19:46and it will not be the last one.
19:47I think it is everything that we love and hate about football.
19:57These kind of moments are, like I said, very painful moments.
20:04And it will hurt for a long while and it will hurt the next days, of course.
20:09It is very painful because we are so competitive.
20:13And I can speak for every player.
20:15I can speak for myself.
20:17That's how it is.
20:19But in the end, we are competitive enough to bounce back,
20:23to overcome it, to use it and go forward.
20:27Hi, Thomas.
20:28Simon Feach from the Press Association.
20:29Two questions were made.
20:30First of all, the lads that haven't had a minute or a very limited time,
20:34as you attempted to use them.
20:35And secondly, just to follow up on your comments about the DNA
20:39of the English game, the English team or whatever,
20:41just if you could expand or clarify what you meant by them.
20:46Did I say this today?
20:48No.
20:55Like I said, I think, like, which is outstanding and transcended
21:00and was transmitted to the fans because, like, it's not so long ago
21:07that we were, like, in front of thousands and thousands of fans
21:11here in America singing Wonderwall, rightly so.
21:15I think what the team built, what these players built
21:19in the last six and a half weeks was just on the highest level
21:23in terms of togetherness, in terms of spirit.
21:26This represents me, by the way, and my values,
21:30and it represents the Premier League.
21:32That is my strong belief, and we will never compromise on that.
21:38I believe that we have to take the next step and play better football.
21:43Under pressure, better football in tournaments.
21:47We have still another level to reach.
21:50That is, of course, my responsibility together with the team.
21:54And from there we go.
22:02Thank you. Right here. My question is for John.
22:05You know, can you take us through the last couple of days and, like, for you personally, how it has
22:11been?
22:11And at what point can you really start thinking about France, which is no easy feat, of course, you know?
22:16But obviously an opportunity for you guys to close out on a good note getting the third place medal.
22:21I suppose today's been the first day to prepare and focus on tomorrow's game fully.
22:33I think everyone's been allowed that grace period and still going through it, to be honest, of suffering, pain, a
22:44lot of things, a lot of emotions that are very natural to everyone.
22:51I think us as players can get quite fixated on anger or frustration personally from personal situations, circumstances throughout that
23:11game.
23:11But very quick to forget how proud we should be or I am of every single person within our camp,
23:24our squad.
23:28The effort, the, you know, sacrifice, everything that goes into it, not just players that has got us to this
23:37point.
23:38The love and the belief and the support from back home, the fans in the stadium, all the moments, all
23:45the memories that have been incredible throughout this journey.
23:50And I think the nature of the game and the nature of us as players is we take things very
23:57personally.
23:59And that's why we are where we are and why we are always striving for better, striving for more.
24:07And rightly so, we were all on the same path and the same wavelength, the same belief that we could
24:14get to the very end of this and believe that we could win it.
24:17And I think everyone felt that and that's why, you know, to go out in the semifinal hurts even more
24:25because we believe so much and didn't get to where we believe we should be.
24:35Okay, two to go.
24:37Giar, Televisión Española, Roberto Quintana, en español, para el entrenador, para Tomás.
24:44Hablabas de que no querías elogios o no necesitabas elogios, pero la realidad es que en la última Eurocopa perdisteis
24:50ajustadamente contra España en la final.
24:54En el Mundial habéis perdido contra Argentina en semifinales y quiero preguntarte cómo ves tú esa final entre España y
25:01Argentina y por qué crees que hay un escalón entre Inglaterra y estas dos selecciones junto a Francia?
25:16I think the gap is there because of the titles that Argentina, France and Spain have as national teams, as
25:26countries.
25:27What they built over many years with the coaches and the team, there is still a slight gap that we
25:36have to close.
25:37I think the gap shows like in almost the expectations of these countries to win a World Cup and to
25:43be in a final.
25:45We did not, I think we demanded it from ourselves within camp for sure and we dreamed about it and
25:53we pushed for it and we competed for it.
25:58But there is still a gap too close in the way how to play football under pressure, in the way
26:06to implement yourself, on the very next level, I think.
26:13But yeah, we play tomorrow France, we are like number four in the world at the moment so we made
26:17it to the semifinal.
26:22And we want to close this gap that is still there, very little margins, but it is still there to
26:32overcome, to close.
26:34I think it's a great position to be in.
26:37I like to be the competitor, I like to be the one that's chasing, I like to be the one
26:42who's challenging and it starts from tomorrow.
26:47We will not give in, we will try to push.
26:52So, both teams are deservedly in the final.
26:55They won both their semi-finals, there is no such thing if you deserve it or not deserve it, it's
26:59just deserved.
27:00If you are there, if you find a way to win the semi-final, you are there.
27:08And we have another match to play against a very strong opponent, so go from there.
27:13Last question.
27:14Good evening, Thomas.
27:16Leo from AFP in France.
27:19Can I ask my question in French?
27:21Yes, of course.
27:22Can you tell us a word from Didier Deschamps who will play his last match at the front of the
27:29France team tomorrow?
27:30Yes, of course.
27:32It's just unbelievable personality, unbelievable coach.
27:37He won everything as a player, won everything as a national team coach.
27:42It's just like what a personality, such a humble, such polite person.
27:48Always a pleasure to see him, always a pleasure to meet him around football.
27:54Unbelievably respectful and nothing but the highest, highest respect.
28:02We will try to beat him, nevertheless.
28:05I think he is as disappointed as we are.
28:08He had a fantastic tournament just until the crucial moment in the semi-final.
28:15But I'm sure he is, as always, determined to win the next match and we are determined to not let
28:24it happen.
28:25Thank you very much.
28:28Thank you, everyone.
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