00:00England defeated Czechia by two goals to nil in the latest Nations League fixture.
00:06The three Lions won in Prague, but it was a mixed bag for Leeds fans watching on.
00:11James Trafford kept a clean sheet and played well with the ball at his feet as well,
00:16but striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin failed to make an appearance.
00:21Thomas Tuchel said he enjoyed the performance overall
00:23and that despite the match not being glamorous, it was an important victory.
00:31Hi Thomas, Lewis Hall hasn't played too much under you, just what you made of his performance tonight?
00:36Very good on the left side together with his old teammate Anthony Gordon.
00:40You could see that they played together and the style was a little bit similar like in Newcastle.
00:45We let them go, we let them free, we let them underlap and overlap and play as a pair on
00:50the side.
00:51So it's what he loves. I think this is his strength to contribute to the offensive actions.
00:57I think he had a very good match.
01:01Thomas, is this the kind of night, kind of slightly unglamorous international game,
01:07but it's the type of game where you really understand what it is to be an England manager
01:11because you've got no excuse, you just have to win the game, however it plays out?
01:17Do I ever have an excuse with you guys as an England manager?
01:21Never, you never have an excuse for what.
01:25I love sometimes these unglamorous results, sometimes you need to just leave the stadium,
01:30win 2-0, have a relaxed evening and go on to the next one.
01:35You cannot be always glamorous, you cannot be always glamorous and super exciting.
01:41You have to sometimes do the hard work with not a lot of praise because we were the favourites
01:48and we wanted to win, we demanded the win from us.
01:51Then you go up with one man, of course, then everyone expects.
01:54We ourselves, you're suddenly the heavy favourites and that's why we didn't panic,
02:00but we needed to play with a bit more urgency.
02:02Like I said, dynamic movements on the side, counter-pressing was on a high level,
02:07so we kept the effort in, the man-to-man approach in the opponent's half was there
02:12until maybe the last ten minutes where we got a little bit tired and a little bit sloppy,
02:17but overall I think that's what also builds character and shows character.
02:23If you go to Czechia play in a away stadium, they have never lost back-to-back matches at home,
02:29and you just do it and do it with a clean sheet and it's good.
02:35But we needed that win, like you said, to build on our momentum
02:40and to build on the performance that we had against Spain, so now we got the result.
02:46We decided not to travel back to London or to England,
02:51but sleep here and travel directly to Croatia and have two training sessions there.
