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00:02Good evening everyone, here to begin with Thomas Tuchel, you can raise your hand, go in the middle here to
00:09me, thank you, congratulations Thomas, I asked you yesterday about statement victories and whether you believed in them, how do
00:26you think this victory will be felt?
00:30Over the world and how has it felt in the dressing room just now?
00:34Well, we are fully aware what we put out there, what the performance we put out there for 60-65
00:40minutes to be 3-0 up and be deservedly 3-0 up.
00:45Of course the red card and the penalty changed the momentum and the characteristic of the game and 30 minutes
00:51against Spain in Spain feels like three hours, so that changed everything,
00:56but we know and the players know very, very well what they put out there and that is the statement
01:06and that is the significance of this victory that it was deserved and the performance and the result followed the
01:16performance.
01:17I think it was on the highest level in terms of belief, team spirit, togetherness and it was on highest
01:24level football-wise in all aspects of the game, we did everything that needs to be done together,
01:29be it the deep build-up, the high press, the counter-attacks and attacking and defensive faces, that was an
01:38excellent performance and of course a wonderful feeling for us in the dressing room.
01:42Everyone was very, very tired, we overcome some difficult moments in the end, that is how it is, but we
01:50are very well aware which steps we took now after the World Cup and it was an amazing feeling.
01:58Is that the best performance of your reign, given the circumstances particularly in that last 20 minutes?
02:06Yeah, given the circumstances I think and the pressure and the quality and where we played and played against the
02:13reigning world champions and they are unbeaten since 43, 44 matches,
02:18so putting a performance out there in Madrid in this environment, that was a very complete performance and the best
02:27until so far.
02:29Hello Thomas, you mentioned the different parts of the game, you pressed very early, the two second half goals felt
02:36like great counter-attacking goals.
02:39Can you just tell us how you set up to play and how the team varied it so well over
02:46the course of the evening?
02:47I am very impressed with the steps that we took after the World Cup, we wanted to get better in
02:54the deep build-up,
02:57we wanted to get better in defending in a low block and on top of it we wanted always to
03:03impose our identity and the way we want to play onto every opponent.
03:09I think this was clearly visible throughout the whole group phase, the results followed, we had an excellent group phase
03:15then,
03:16and again, we had only one week but the steps that we took and the belief, so we did nothing
03:24extraordinary, we just encouraged everyone and I could feel the true belief in the dressing room
03:31before the match that this is exactly the moment where we want to prove ourselves,
03:39push our limits and see how far we can get with our way to play and like I said, you
03:46need to rely on your teammates,
03:49you need to rely that if we are pushing that everyone is pushing and we were all in, we said
03:56all in, that's what it is and on a day like this,
03:59on a final like this, in an environment like this coming to the stadium, feeling the atmosphere, giving the quality
04:06of the opponent,
04:07that was the moment and we did very, very well and that's why I'm very proud of the performance and
04:14the result.
04:16Hi Thomas, congratulations on the win, Declan Rice was speaking to TV afterwards and he said that the team knew
04:23they were going to win
04:24and a big part of that was your message after Croatia had just been so positive.
04:29Did you feel similarly that you felt that they were definitely going to win and what did you say to
04:32them to give them that positive feeling?
04:35Well, I had also the same belief, I think we felt it from each other, we focused on the good
04:40things even after the Croatia match
04:43and like I said, the transfer, the transfer at the moment and after the World Cup into the games,
04:50like what I sometimes told you, I see the quality on the pitch and we have glimpses of it and
04:56chunks of it in the matches,
04:58I think it got more and more and more in the Nations League, we had very, very good matches.
05:03And this was of course a statement victory, I'm happy that the players felt so confident, I felt it as
05:12well,
05:13we were very positive, we encouraged everyone to be ourselves and to try and to push our limits on this
05:23stage today
05:24and I'm very happy with the way we played, with the way we engaged in the high press, with the
05:30patience and the discipline
05:32in the low block if it's necessary to keep the chances to a minimum, to create chances from open play,
05:39from set pieces, from counter-attacks.
05:42So we were the better team, we deserve to be 3-0 up and I'm very, very happy that we
05:47got it over the line.
05:48Oli.
05:50Hi Thomas, you talked yesterday about proof of concept, it was a phrase that you used, I'm guessing that this
05:58was pretty much proof of concept and
06:01what is the wider significance of it, you've talked well already about what you've seen, but in terms of the
06:09confidence that this can bring to your players?
06:12Well, that's what you want, you want confidence not only through results, but confidence through performance and the result follows,
06:20that's the ideal process
06:23and that's what we got, I have to say, we got it through the whole two weeks, in the last
06:29camp two and a half weeks and through this week,
06:31through the whole campaign of Nations League, trusted the process and improved our game and took steps forward match by
06:41match,
06:41had a fantastic result and performance in Croatia followed up by a very good performance at home against Czechia and
06:48then got our homework done
06:50against Croatia three days ago and that's what we always wanted, we wanted to come back and compete on the
06:56highest level and see how we can push our limits
07:00and how far we can push the opponent with the way to play and staying true to our identity and
07:09the team did excellent, so full credit to them.
07:12Can I open the phone right here?
07:13Good evening, Silvia Verde for Radio Nacional de España Tablero Deportivo.
07:17First, we have seen friendly gestures, I hope, a little bit.
07:25Now, yes? Perfect.
07:28Good.
07:28I told you that we have seen gestures in the previous, very affectionate with Luis de la Fuente,
07:33I wanted to know where you can, what they have talked about.
07:36And then, if it is very special to win a team that since 2024, since March 2024, was invincible.
07:47Yes, it's very special, it's very special, it's just proof how difficult it is and that's what makes us even
07:57more proud on the performance
07:58and to follow up maybe on the question before, that we will not go back on this, we will not
08:06go back from this way of playing and from this way forward that we find ourselves on since the World
08:17Cup.
08:18Also during the World Cup, of course, but especially since the World Cup, having this experience together, we took next
08:23steps and that's what it's all about in high-level sport
08:27and in football to constantly be open to push the limit and to improve.
08:33And, of course, I have the biggest respect for my colleague, he's European champion, he's world champion, he built a
08:42team that seemed to be unbeatable in 44 matches.
08:46And we had a very friendly exchange before the match in Wembley and, of course, we have a friendly exchange
08:53here.
08:55I'm full of, like I said, full of respect and admire his work and that's how it should be now.
09:01Over here on this left side.
09:03Hi Thomas, here in Spanish. Gonzalo Palafos, en directo para el radioestadio de Onda Cero.
09:09Thank you very much.
09:10It's true that you have the plan to come to the expulsions with those three goals and victory in the
09:14English selector.
09:15Also, after the expulsions, because they can't wait for the result.
09:18And, of course, they have scored two goals in Spain.
09:20At the end, Inglaterra sale victoriosa from the Metropolitano.
09:22But we have surprised the changes.
09:24He has retired a Harry Kane, to the Oro, and also a Jude Bellingham.
09:28I wonder if the result had been another one.
09:30If, at the end, the Spanish selector had empatized the match,
09:33Do you think the English press would be punished for the changes?
09:41Of course, of course.
09:44It's always the coach if he goes wrong.
09:47Listen, there's like...
09:49We defended in a 4-4-1.
09:52The difficult thing is, it's not only a red card, it's a red card and a goal.
09:56So that makes it, basically, a completely new game.
10:0230 minutes against the world champion.
10:05Feels like three hours, I said it before, in the stadium.
10:08And wave after wave after wave.
10:13Both of them, Harry, I think, played 75, Jude 82 minutes.
10:18And just defending and defending is tiring.
10:20So we needed fresh leg, we needed fresh energy.
10:23And you asked me, I think, yesterday or some colleagues asked me
10:27what happens if there needs to be a critical or crucial substitution.
10:31And I said, like, guys, I'm the coach, I feel free enough to take any substitution
10:37if I think it is necessary to help the team and to influence the game.
10:44And I feel free enough to do that.
10:45And I think it was a lot, a lot of defending needed.
10:48So we just went for some fresh legs with Dominic Calvert-Lewin,
10:52Chad Spence and Dan Byrne and...
10:55I forgot someone now.
10:56Ah, Miles-Louis Skelly.
10:58Kit.
10:59Hi, Thomas. Congratulations.
11:01It was a big night for James Trafford tonight.
11:03Yeah.
11:04Made a really good double save at the very end.
11:06How impressed were you with his performance and...
11:09Very good.
11:10And how close is he to closing the gap on Jordan Pickford and becoming...
11:14Well, that's his job to close the gap.
11:15That's what we want.
11:17We want competition.
11:18We want competition on all positions.
11:20We need to see Trafford in high pressure moments.
11:24Of course, the obvious save where he deserves full credit is the double save in the very end.
11:30Of course, absolutely brilliant.
11:33But there was a lot, a lot to do in the deep build-up as well to overcome the first
11:38line of press,
11:40which he did very, very well with everyone around him.
11:44So there was a lot to do.
11:46Never lose the concentration.
11:48Never lose the focus.
11:49Never lose the vision where to find the free men to overcome the press
11:53and put the game into the opponent's half.
11:56With everyone else, he was part of a fantastic team performance
12:01and had a top match.
12:02James?
12:04Hi, Thomas. Congratulations.
12:07You haven't got a game now for four months.
12:09Yeah.
12:09How do you kind of bottle up this feeling and this progress
12:13and sort of pick it up again in March?
12:15In the last half an hour felt a little bit like Azteca reloaded, to be honest.
12:21So, no, it was just again a beautiful week.
12:26I said it before the match.
12:29I said it after the last training session yesterday.
12:32What a week again in terms of togetherness, spirit and in terms of progress on the football pitch,
12:40quality training-wise, transfer into the matches in the details that really matter.
12:45So the commitment to get better is on the highest level.
12:49I will just miss it.
12:51That's a difficult, difficult period for me now because ideally I would love to play on Wednesday
12:56and then again on Saturday and have some 30 matches together with this group.
13:01That would be ideal.
13:02I said it many times, I love these players and I love the mentality of them.
13:08We're building something obviously and it was a big step and I'm very grateful to have the chance to have
13:15these kind of experiences.
13:16It was an amazing atmosphere in a fantastic stadium against a huge opponent.
13:23I will bottle it up for sure and then unfortunately we need to wait until quarter-final.
13:28But we will then, when we are back in camp, remember everyone about this feeling, how it felt and what
13:35we invested to play on this kind of level
13:38because that's what we want now.
13:41Okay, sorry to disappoint those waiting, but this will be the last one here.
13:45Buenas noches, Tomás. Enhorabuena por la victoria.
13:49Hoy uno de los goles ha llegado a balón parado.
13:52Quería saber si antes del encuentro habíais visto que era una de las debilidades de la selección española.
14:02Not as weakness, but I saw it as a strength of us.
14:05Set pieces play a huge part, especially in knockout football and in tournaments.
14:12And of course we play another tournament right now, the Nations League,
14:15so on this level of matches you are trying to find the advantage in every little detail.
14:22And yeah, I think we took advantage of our height and the precision of the delivery of Declan Rice.
14:31And then even there, full credit to our set-piece coach and my assistant coach
14:37because they put all these ideas together and they put the ideas to the players, convinced the players.
14:44The players are invested to train it and to listen to these ideas and the execution was on highest level.
14:50We had believed that we can be a dangerous team.
14:53We want to be a dangerous team from set pieces.
14:56And it was a crucial moment of the game.
14:59Okay, we'll end it there. Thank you very much.
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