Overview of the match for England against Albania
England inaugurates a new era tomorrow evening while Thomas Tuchel takes care of the three Lions for the first time.
Albania is Wembley visitors, the two teams giving their World Cup qualification campaigns while they have at the end of the final next summer in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Tuchel demanded a more “English” approach to his players, emphasizing a more direct and aggressive way of playing and a Highlight football based on possession under the predecessor Gareth Southgate.
The German said: “We want to play with hunger and a joy to win and not with the fear of losing. Everything can happen in football – we know it – but the accent is placed on victory [and having] A higher number of keys in the opponent’s box, a larger amount of attacks, a higher amount of high bullet recovery.
“Look at the euros, I felt tensions and pressure on the players’ shoulders and they were playing so as not to lose.
“I want us to play with excitement and hunger and the desire to win … and the acceptance of failure is one of them, especially in football.”
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English captain Harry Kane has already worked with Tuchel, Bayern Munich last season, and he is excited to rekindle their relationship on the international scene.
Kane said: “I had the pleasure of working with him last year and I knew what he could bring to the type of team we have.
“We were only a few days together and it did not disappoint. The camp after the camp, when he settles down and that we get more to know him, I think we will improve as we go. In the end, it is a question of developing until next year.
“He speaks very straight. He knows what he wants and knows what he wants from his team. No matter who you are or how many games you have played, he will tell you the same thing that he will say one of the young players what he wants. It is a good standard to establish.”
England is the overwhelming favorites to win group K in the UEFA qualification section, but Albania will be optimistic to compete for second place alongside Serbia.
Albania is trained by the former left back of Arsenal Sylvinho and Son will be eager for his team to improve a record of two victories in their last nine games.
Team news for England against Albania
England is without a crowd of regulars who, otherwise, could have been in the team of Tuchel – Bukayo Saka, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Trent Alexander -Arnold and Lewis Hall.
Cole Palmer was also excluded after suffering an injury before Chelsea’s defeat against Arsenal this weekend.
He remains to be seen if he gives a reminder in the Ajax midfielder Jordan Henderson, after his surprise inclusion in the team when there could be a start for the rear Arsenal Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Albania is without the wounded Elseid Hysaj of Lazio and Mario Mitaj of Al-Ittihad.
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Lines preceded for England
England: Pickford; Walker, Guehi, Colwill, Lewis-Skelly; Henderson, Rice, Bellingham, Foden, Rashford; Kane
Albania: Strakosha; Balliu, Ismajli, Djimsiti, Aliji; Asllani, Ramadani; Asani, Bajrami, Muci; Manaj
How to look at England against Albania: television and online flow
The game starts at 7:45 p.m., UK and can be monitored on ITV1. It can also be broadcast on the ITVX application and website.
