🤯 Even before kick-off, England fans angry at Tuchel again

It hadn’t even kicked off yet, the little final — the third-place playoff at the World Cup between France and England — and the Three Lions fans were already pretty angry with their coach Thomas Tuchel again. The German, who has already been under heavy criticism since the elimination against Argentina, made the next controversial decision after his tactical reshuffle in the semifinal — one that is now leaving fans shaking their heads.

Even before the match, he described the “bronze final” as a game that “none of my players and none of the French players want to play” — and now he has backed up his words with actions: Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham are only on the bench for the blockbuster against France. Tuchel is therefore leaving out his two superstars and is also resting other regular starters such as goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

And even though it isn’t the final that fans would have preferred to see, this decision is still causing outrage. For example among users on ‘x’:

They mainly expressed in English that they couldn’t understand why Bellingham and Kane were on the bench, especially since both are still in the race for the World Cup golden boot (six goals each), and some even reacted with entertaining memes. 

Tuchel certainly won’t be checking online, but in the stadium he may have noticed that many fans were already booing him before kickoff when a picture of him was shown on the big screen. 

What do you think — can you understand the fans’ reaction? Or do you understand that Tuchel wants to rest his stars in this supposedly less important match? Feel free to write it in the comments!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.