England national team coach Thomas Tuchel rated his players' performance as barely acceptable

Thomas Tuchel made his debut as England manager, and although England beat Albania 2-0, Tuchel rated the players' performance as barely adequate.

Tuchel took over as England national team coach in October last year and began to fulfill his 18-month contract in January this year. This game was not only Tuchel's first game, but also the first step for England national team to impact the World Cup, and he successfully led the team to obtain the crucial 3 points.

In the post-match interview, Tuchel described the match as barely passable. Tuchel said: "Albania is a tough opponent. I knew it would not be an easy match. They came to Wembley, in front of more than 80,000 spectators, and tried their best to make things difficult for us."

"We failed to speed up the game and fell into the opponent's rhythm. In the second half, we lost confidence in the structure and everyone tried to change the situation with their personal ability, which made the game slower. I understand that this game may not be exciting, but we have to complete the task."

Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden started the game, but both were substituted in the second half, and Tuchel criticized their performance. Tuchel said: "The two starting wingers did not show their level at the club. They did not have enough influence in this game."

"I need to go back to the video and see why we couldn't get the ball to them. I think we didn't run enough without the ball, we passed the ball too much and we didn't have enough possession and breakthroughs."

"In the final third, we lacked creativity and failed to find solutions. We need to use more penetrating passes instead of just passing the ball around the outside."