Tuchel Wants England To Prove You Can Win Convincing Points Against Serbia

The England national team must impress supporters with their game (Instagram/@england).

JAKARTA - Thomas Tuchel believes that England is ready to prove itself against Serbia in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in the European Zone in Belgrade on September 10, 2025 WIB.

The coach's confidence cannot be separated from the development of his troops in the 2-0 win against Andora at Villa Park on Saturday, September 6, 2025 WIB, at the same event.

The result made England continue their positive record of not conceding since the first match of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers aka four matches.

The Euro 2024 runner-up opened the scoring through Christian Garcia's own goal (25'), before Declan Rice scored in the 67th minute to seal a 2-0 win.

However, Tuchel's positive performance in handling the Three Lions since January 2025 has still not received appreciation from supporters.

Against Andora - who is ranked 174th in the world - with only two goals not impressed supporters. Moreover, the previous three matches England also seemed to have not played against a fairly weak team.

They won 2-0 against Albania, beat Latvia 3-0, and only won 1-0 against Andora.

Therefore, Tuchel wants to make the match against Serbia a proof of the strength of his students and make supporters appreciate it again. Moreover, Serbia is a strong competitor in Group K of the 2026 World Cup Qualification.

"We will try to prove to win and bring out the next performance, and be tough in this situation."

"We expect a very emotional stadium. We expect an emotional crowd. We hope maybe, yes, to adapt to the circumstances. We don't know what that tone is like. Don't make excuses."

"Then we fought a team that relied heavily on physicality. They will attack us. This is what we have seen until now."

"They have high quality in front of - the best international quality up front - so they play very directly."

"We have to step up and adapt to the circumstances, adapt to the opponent, and then prove that we are a strong group."

"We're on the right path. You see, I feel like we've had five really good days now. It's on us now."

"Two days to prepare for Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and hopefully prove the points there too that we are ready for that, adapt to what is to come, receive physical, overcome difficulties, and get another win," Tuchel said.

England certainly needs to perform better in Serbia than they did at Villa Park at home to Andora.

However, Tuchel is much happier with his current team's performance than his 1-0 win against Andora in June 2025.

"I think there are many opportunities for purpose and many opportunities where we can be more clinical, have to be more clinical."

"However, overall there are more positive things than the negative at the moment. I think it's a good move, trying to speed up the game constantly."

"We have to give everything for the game, of course, and play against the inner block."

"However, there are no concerns today. There are still things that need to be improved. The direction is correct after four days of training. That is a good performance, a decent result," said the German coach.

Salah satu hal positif di Villa Park adalah kinerja debutan Elliot Anderson, yang impresif di lini tengah dan hampir meraih satu gol.

"He's just a very, very good footballer. He has a physical, he's very mobile. He likes to defend, he likes to use his body to win duels."

"He likes to like breaking the defensive line and he's just very mobile in his game. It's great to see him."

"It was a bit nervous start to this week, which was also nice to see, that not everything was normal for him. He was still nervous to come to the camp and wasn't afraid to admit it."

"However, he is very, very quick to adapt to his quality. Then we thought why not give him his straight debut?"

"I think the team around him makes it as easy as possible and he has a very strong performance," Tuchel said of the Nottingham Forest player.