Thomas Tuchel will announce his first England squad at a nearby Hilton because Coldplay's Wembley dates forced a venue change. The previous June camp generated boos after a lacklustre 1-0 win over Andorra and a 3-1 friendly defeat by Senegal. England produced an energetic final 25 minutes against Senegal with varied player roles including Eze, Rogers, Madueke, Gibbs-White and Bellingham. March camps delivered solid, controlled but unspectacular wins over Albania and Latvia. The autumn schedule, featuring Wales, Latvia, Serbia and Albania, provides a denser run of matches to build form and momentum.
Thomas Tuchel will be forced on to an outside stage on Friday afternoon when he names his first England squad of the season for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra at Villa Park on Saturday week and Serbia in Belgrade three days after. With Coldplay continuing with their tour dates at Wembley, the Football Association has been forced to find an alternative venue for Tuchel's announcement and will use the nearby Hilton hotel.
The top line from the previous get-together in June was provided by the soundtrack of boos. They came from the travelling fans at half-time and full-time in the lacklustre 1-0 win over Andorra in Barcelona and there were more when the final whistle went on the 3-1 friendly defeat against Senegal at the City Ground. Tuchel's team did show some zip and personality in the final 25 minutes against Senegal before Cheikh Sabaly's clinching goal in the 93rd minute.
Tuchel had Eberechi Eze playing off Morgan Rogers up front, Noni Madueke on the right, Morgan Gibbs-White on the left and Jude Bellingham in a deeper-than-normal midfield role. It was probably the most exciting spell of football under Tuchel, partly because there had not been much to quicken the pulse in his first camp in March which contained the Wembley wins over Albania and Latvia solid and controlled performances, if unspectacular.
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