Albania coach Sylvinho believes his facet will want “something special” to defeat Thomas Tuchel in his first match as England boss.
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The groups start their 2026 World Cup qualifying marketing campaign at Wembley on Friday in what can also be Tuchel’s first match in command of England since succeeding Gareth Southgate as supervisor.
Sylvinho stated the German boss, who gained the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021, had quite a lot of high quality gamers to name on in his first England squad.
“Thomas Tuchel is a good coach. He’s young, he’s a winner, and has a lot of energy,” former Arsenal full-back Sylvinho instructed a pre-match press convention on Thursday.
“It doesn’t matter if he plays a back three or four, we expect something but I am not going to talk too much.
“It’s the gamers who transfer on the pitch and we do not care concerning the system, we care concerning the gamers; they’ve nice gamers who can play one towards one, who’re robust and bodily, technical and top quality.”
The 50-year-old Brazilian added: “They’ve a terrific facet. We should try to do one thing particular within the defensive and offensive half and attempt to put them in bother.”
The 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly received a maiden senior call-up from Tuchel after a breakthrough season at Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, with Sylvinho excited by the teenager’s progress.
“He is a very good participant, I adore it when younger gamers come via the nationwide group and begin taking part in in a group like Arsenal,” said the Albania boss. “He is a very good one, a terrific participant and has a terrific future.”
Albania are at home to Andorra on matchday two on Monday as they bid to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in their history.
“I imagine that desires should not unattainable,” said Atalanta defender Berat Djimsiti regarding the prospect of World Cup qualification.
“I’m not a participant who hides, I lead by instance and I do imagine that our desires will grow to be true.”
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