"We had excellent support in Serbia, but [here] we were 3-0 up after 20 minutes, we had ball win after ball win after ball win and I felt like why is the roof still on the stadium? That's just it, it's nothing big. We will do everything again to be infectious, there's no problem. I'm sure we will get everyone going - it is on us. But tonight I was a little underwhelmed."
"I prefer playing away from home. When we play at Wembley, sometimes the first mistake the crowd whistle. I think, at this moment, the players play better away from home. They play with more confidence."
"We'll find it hard to bring attendances back because the opponents we're playing won't excite the public,"
Thomas Tuchel, 10 months into his England tenure, said the Wembley atmosphere did not match the team's performance after a 3-0 friendly win over Wales watched by 78,126 fans. Tuchel contrasted the crowd with the excellent support in Serbia and said he felt underwhelmed despite England being 3-0 up after 20 minutes and dominating possession and ball wins. He described the noise as dominated by Wales fans for a period and called the situation "a big sad." Other England managers have previously complained about Wembley atmosphere, including Fabio Capello and Roy Hodgson.
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