After England lost to Spain 2-3 at home in the opening match of the UEFA Nations League group stage, England manager Thomas Tuchel attended a press conference. This is the third part of that press conference.

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Thomas, England's record against the top 10 teams in the world isn't very good. We've won only 6 out of 16 matches. I know you've spoken about closing the gap many times...

(Interrupts) That's why I was surprised at the World Cup, because I thought we beat three teams in the top 10 there. But what's interesting is that when we win, nobody talks about it. The moment we lose one game, everyone pulls out these statistics immediately. Okay, go ahead.

What you just said has changed the question I was going to ask. So from your answer, you feel you haven't received enough credit during this summer, is that right?

No, it's not like that. I was obviously not the coach for those 16 matches. And I think today we gave everything to beat Spain. At the highest level of competition, details decide success or failure. As I said, unfortunately we made too many mistakes ourselves today. And in the final 20 meters, they were cold and more clinical in turning our possession losses into golden opportunities.

But still, this is part of football. We still controlled the game and had chances to beat them. So yes, we will continue to push and motivate this team. We proved at the World Cup that we have the ability to do this at the international level. Today we couldn't prove it in terms of the result, but I think our performance today was good enough to beat them. It just didn't show in the final score.

Hello Thomas, you made quite a few substitutions tonight. Both Morgans (Morgan Gibbs-White and Morgan Rogers) came on, and the team's technical level didn't seem to drop at all. Even though you didn't change the score after they came on, are you satisfied with the performance of the substitute players?

How satisfied am I with the substitute players?

Yes, with the players who came off the bench and the impact they had on the game, even though they didn't score...

It's a difficult situation. It's a tough time for them to come on. We needed to inject energy and running power, especially in defensive situations when we don't have the ball, so we could press from the midfield defensive areas. This is difficult because the opponent gains an advantage at that moment.

So yes, everyone on the bench deserves to get minutes. They're always eager to play, and everyone gave their all. It's hard to come off the bench and change the situation when facing one of the best teams in the world. But I have no complaints or concerns about the substitute players. At that time, I felt everyone was quite tired from the intense effort before, and that's why we made the changes. I think Spain used all their substitutions too, and we used ours as well, which is normal.

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