ORLANDO, FLORIDA — The list of the vanquished under Thomas Tuchel is reason for creeping concern about the state of the nation heading into the most complex, convoluted and hard to call World Cup of all: Albania, Latvia, Andorra, Serbia, Wales, New Zealand.
Decent sides? England have either dodged them or been defeated by them. So it is time to move through the gears – even if this is another gentle assignment on the east Coast of America.
Tuchel needs to cast aside experiments and take the wraps off his tournament picks. Which is why – looking through each department – his Arsenal champions need to start against Costa Rica and Harry Kane has to be given licence to fire alongside the rest of England’s heavy artillery.
Time for Tino to get a trial
Livramento should get a start at right-back (Photo: Getty)
