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"He Is in the Shape of His Life" - Thomas Tuchel Hails 'Out of This World' England Star After Their Win over Serbia

England secured qualification with two matches left as substitutes Bellingham, Foden, and Eze boosted performance in a 2-0 win over Serbia, praised by coach Thomas Tuchel.

  • On Thursday, England won at Wembley Stadium, London, beating Serbia national team 2-0 as England manager Thomas Tuchel praised the impact of substitutes after the match.
  • Thomas Tuchel said selection aims to build a team rather than a fixed starting 11, making keeping the same 11 for Albania unlikely, and stressed players must put ego and disappointment behind them to create selection dilemmas for the coach.
  • Bringing on Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid and England midfielder, and Phil Foden, Manchester City and England forward, in a quadruple change helped set up Eberechi Eze's late goal while Foden replaced Harry Kane as a false nine.
  • The result secured England's spot for next summer and preserved their 100 per cent Group K record, while Tuchel said the bench showed players can rely on substitutes to finish games.
  • On squad culture he added Tuchel adopted the term 'bomb squad' for reinforcements and warned only a strong group setting ego aside creates a coach's selection dilemma.
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Thomas Tuchel happy to see England’s substitutes have a hand in win over Serbia

The German saw his team maintain their 100 per cent record in World Cup qualifying on Thursday at Wembley.

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Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is set to start on the bench for England's World Cup qualifier against Serbia. According to The Guardian, coach Thomas Tuchel has decided to give priority to Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers in the attacking midfielder role (number 10), leaving Bellingham out of the starting line-up. Rogers has started in the Three Lions' last three matches, including the convincing 5-0 win over Serbia in the previous match. The…

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The Football Faithful broke the news in on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
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