'Not good enough!' Tuchel fumes at refs after 'heroic' England win

pride, joy, relief, elation, just some of the emotions England will be feeling right now.That's here at length from the England head coach, Thomas Tuchel.

My emotions are very mixed.I'm just proud of the mentality and the attitude.Round of 32, round of 16 is the moment in tournament where you find a way to win.We did it with pure mentality, with heart.overcame every obstacle that was thrown at us.I'm so proud of the mentality and the will of this team.

It's a very, very special night for us.Mixed feelings also because I'm exhausted, of course, and emotional, but also sad because Jordan got injured.He injured his wrist.He's at the moment in the hospital, so it's a quite serious injury.And it just doesn't fit to the evening that Jordan is now not with us.I don't know the procedure, what's going on.

I just did the press and the doc told me that he's in hospital.

It's now 5 15 a .m.In the morning in England I just wondered if you had a message for those people watching at home and Something to say about how far England can go in this tournament now.

I just want to say thank you if you stayed up all night Send us your energy.I just want to say thank you because if they think we don't feel it we feel it We feel it 100 % There is so much to love about this team.They should just keep pushing pushing and pushing We will go now full steam ahead.We get two recovery days and we will go and Use this energy to to to keep pushing and stay in the tournament

Many of us who have watched England for a long time will rate this as one of the best results and most heroic performances we've witnessed.Where does it rank in matches that you've managed and also what can this give you and the team moving forwards?

It felt in the build -up, it never felt like a round of 16.It still now doesn't feel like a round of 16.It feels almost like we won a final or something.This last moment where the referee takes the whistle to his mouth and you know that you overcame it.40, 50 minutes with 10 men in the altitude against a home country, against a strong, strong Mexican team.You just like, yeah, this is a moment of joy and it is a heroic performance and a heroic result in the end.

I'm so happy for the players.It ranks on the very, very highest level, of course, also for me to be part of this.to live this experience, the last two days, to be in this country, to see the people on the side of the streets, all the way to the stadium.Such a special moment and to overcome it against all adversity makes it very special and it will have a very special place for all of us.

It was a game where you had to change a lot.So tactically, obviously, the red card made a big difference.You approached the game from the start in a different way.Can you just talk us through those changes?Because you basically invited the pressure at the end and backed your players to stop them.

I don't see any chance in altitude 50 minutes to not invite the pressure against the team that just plays all in.We were two goals up.get a very, very soft penalty from VAR, get another setback.before we scored we played a 4 -3 -2 a 4 -3 -2 so then we scored then we conceded a penalty and then Mexico played basically all in and we defended in a 5 -3 -1 until the end no more changes just changes from personnel And I just have to repeat myself and I have to say it, the attitude, the awareness of our substitutes is just on an outstanding level.

Hi Thomas, Simon Peach in the Press Association.Hopefully you can hear me. I can hear you good.Just wondering how Gerald Kwanzaa is, obviously he's very disappointed I'm guessing.How's he been with the group?

At the moment we're celebrating, we're celebrating and we're thinking about Jordan Henderson at the same time.And of course also with Jarrell, it's crazy, another right defender out.In the game I never thought that VAR would get involved, in the game it was not even given a foul, so the referee obviously also thought that it's a hard tackle but it was okay for him to let it play.VAR came made a decision and then like always I just saw the still on the screen when you see a still then You know, it's just you cannot take decisions on a still in a football match It's just not possible and and they did it of course against us so Charelle is very upset, of course, and Yeah, so disappointing and the setback today because we were good in the match For me not enough for VAR to overturn the decision

like the penalty, but okay, that's what it is What you tell me are the biggest lessons that you're gonna take away as a manager and your team After this match here in Mexico City with against Mexico.

There are a lot of lessons, of course on a football level, but the biggest lesson is that this team has a heart and a mentality and a togetherness that is one of a kind.I think that our fans here and our fans in England can be so proud and I think they are proud.This is not possible if you're not a group that really means it, if you're not a If you're not glued together with the right spirit, then this isn't possible.And we made it possible against all odds, and we're very proud of that.

You obviously know Harry Kane for a long time now and in comparison to his days at Bayern Munich, how do you develop even from that level to today where he's leading your team now to that victory and he even got a praise now from Donald Trump.What do you think about that and how did you see it today?

Well deserved, first of all.Harry is a unique player, unique personality.When I was at Bayern, I'm still glad that I fought the fight to bring him to Bayern Munich against some other opinions.I'm glad for him that I did it, because that was the right step.to go into a winning culture, to go into a culture that demands everything from you.With Vincent Company, they implemented a very intense style.

of play that helps him a lot to be in the best shape physically and that's where he is.He got his titles well deserved with Bayern Munich.He is the key player for Bayern Munich to get these titles and it just took a huge weight off his shoulders.He's in the best moment of his career and it's just beautiful to see how devoted and what a team player he is.

You said you had a team of specialists, is how you call it, for almost every situation, but 3 -2 up with 10 men in the Azteca in a knockout game, did you really plan that?

Failure of planning, I didn't see that coming, I have to tell you.Ezri Conza ended up as a wing -back, Anthony Gordon ended up as an 8, with Morgan Rodgers, so Jude ended up as a 9, no, but...Just feel that we got we got we got a real team in the building We got a real team in the building that that means it and like if you if you turn back and you ask one player to do something something extraordinary or just a Task in the game.I just see immediately that the player knows what to do because they're so invested They immediately see what to do how to help and they just they're just ready to go and that's that's a beautiful thing It's a rare thing to have And we were not gambling on that spirit, and that's what you see now.

Hi, this is Pierre from L 'Equipe.What did you think of the performance of Jordan Pickford?He has been a bit criticized in the beginning of the tournament.And did you ask him to play long ball because the first goal came from a long ball from Jordan?

we wanted to overcome the high press a bit and if we don't feel it have the option to go for a long ball we tried yesterday in training we could see that Jordan hits it even longer than he normally does in the altitude so we thought this could be a good way to just put the ball in the opponent's half to not get stuck in our half you could feel in the beginning that we didn't have the confidence we didn't have the rhythm to overcome the high press so we went into long balls which we did good then.Jordan overall did very, very good, especially in the end.He was brave.He came out for the crosses.He really saved the balls that were saveable.He didn't allow second chances and rebounds, so well done.

I'm very happy for him.Two more.Thomas, we've talked a lot about altitude.

Can you articulate exactly how hard, in reality, that was for your players?And how deep they had to go, particularly with 10 men tonight?

Well, 40, 50 minutes with 10 men, it's just on any given day, even on sea level, it's just almost impossible to overcome.But we did it.We did it in altitude.We thought, still think, that the first 20 minutes are the hardest.We were aware of that and we said we will go all in in the second to fifth, fourth quarter.But then the red card changed everything.

So you need to ask the player.They are, of course, they're exhausted on the next level, which is beautiful to see because I think even this gives a connection with the fans.They just see that There comes the whistle and they're almost too exhausted to celebrate.It's just beautiful that the players are on that level.of level just give everything for the win and for the country and for that shirt.And just everyone keep that in mind, this is a special group.

Last question.

This is Carlos from Telesur.Last time that England played here at Azteca was 40 years ago against Argentina.And you remember Maradona, the hand of God, and so on.Now there is a big chance that England face Argentina in the semi -finals.What do you think about that?Would you like to face Messi in Argentina?

What do you think my answer is now?

I don't know.

I will not talk about the semi -final if I'm just like into the quarter -final.Now we have the chance for some days off.I tell you something, I will not re -watch our match and I will not watch anything about Norway in the next 24 hours.I will do one full day without football and then we will think about Norway and then we will think ahead.We will take it step by step, there is no other way, I agree.We had a very sad history with this stadium, so we made peace today.

I just heard from your colleagues what the record was in World Cups from Mexico in this stadium.We know what it takes to beat Mexico in the Azteca in a World Cup.We know what it takes to score three goals against a team who didn't concede a single goal until now.We're not thinking about semi -finals.