Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThomas Tuchel has explained to ITV and explained his thinking behind selecting Ezri Konsa for the World Cup quarter-final clash against Norway.“We lost another right-back, in Jarell [Quansah], Reece [James]is available, but maybe not for 90 minutes. I'd like to have him as an option,” said Tuchel. “Ezri played for us at the highest level, that's the thinking.”On Stones and Guehi, Haaland’s club teammates, starting: “They know him, but he knows them as well, that's the goal, to stop their front line and Erling, Sorloth. We want to be a strong team from set-pieces.”On what he wants from his team: “We want to spend more time in the opponent's half. We can be better in a high press, deep build-up, to overcome the opponent's high press. Spend more time in their half, especially in these conditions.”England XI: Pickford; Konsa, Stones, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Rice, Bellingham; Madueke, Kane, Gordon; Norway XI: Nyland; Ajer, Heggem, Moller Wolfe; Berg, Berge, Odegaard, Schjelderup; Sorloth, Haaland, Ryerson.In fullEngland v Norway LIVE: Three Lions ready for World Cup quarter-final in sweltering Miami heatMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Thomas Tuchel explains Konsa decision in crunch Norway World Cup clash
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThomas Tuchel has explained to ITV and explained his thinking behind selecting Ezri Konsa for the World Cup quarter-final clash against Norway.“We lost another right-back, in Jarell [Quansah], Reece [James]is available, but maybe not for 90 minutes. I'd like to have him as an option,” said Tuchel. “Ezri played for us at the highest level, that's the thinking.”On Stones and Guehi, Haaland’s club teammates, starting: “They know him, but he knows them as well, that's the goal, to stop their front line and Erling, Sorloth. We want to be a strong team from set-pieces.”On what he wants from his team: “We want to spend more time in the opponent's half. We can be better in a high press, deep build-up, to overcome the opponent's high press. Spend more time in their half, especially in these conditions.”England XI: Pickford; Konsa, Stones, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Rice, Bellingham; Madueke, Kane, Gordon; Norway XI: Nyland; Ajer, Heggem, Moller Wolfe; Berg, Berge, Odegaard, Schjelderup; Sorloth, Haaland, Ryerson.In fullEngland v Norway LIVE: Three Lions ready for World Cup quarter-final in sweltering Miami heatMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
