00:00You got the result that you wanted, but what did you think of the performance today?
00:05There's no but. There's no but. We had a difficult game. Everyone who watched this
00:10close from the sidelines saw the physicality of the game.
00:15We saw a team that didn't allow any chances in the first two matches. They conceded in 95th minute
00:22from a counter-attack against Ghana. They conceded from a half chance against Croatia
00:27from two shots on target. We managed to score two and create half chances and later in the match more
00:33chances. We knew that it's physical. We knew that it's difficult to control the counter-attacks. We
00:40knew that they play from the role of an underdog. We knew all these things. I know as a coach
00:45what it
00:46takes to win these matches. There is no problem if these matches feel tight, if these matches feel
00:53tough, it will help us in the next match and this is where I am at the moment.
01:04Hi Thomas. Major tournaments are often about the big players and the big personalities.
01:13Jude Bellingham today, Harry Kane today, both producing. Can you speak a little bit about their
01:20performances and their impact at the tournament so far? Huge impact, of course, especially in the
01:27second half. Huge impact. That's what we need. That's what we want. That's why we pick them.
01:34They make us dangerous. They make us a top team and that's why our expectations are high.
01:42Yeah, that's what it is. Shall we go there? Yeah, that's what it is.
01:48Frida Vogelund, Aftonblad, Sweden. I was just wondering, there's been some discussions about the pitch in this
01:54stadium. I was just wondering what your impressions were of the surface. Here in the stadium, it's a very
01:59fast pitch, very short and almost feels a bit like AstroTurf. It's very short and a bit uneven because you
02:08you see still the different layers of the grass and not fully even. So it's quite active. It's quite bouncy.
02:17It's quite, yeah, it's fast. It's good playable, but it was very different, for example, to the pitch
02:25in Boston where we had very long grass and it was much slower. But this one was very hard, like
02:34I said,
02:34and very fast, but it was a good playable and no one complained.
02:40Hi, Thomas. Do you know yet what Jarrell Kwanza's injury was?
02:46No.
02:47And do you...
02:48It was classic, classic ankle twist. Ankle twist and he's in pain. He said he had it before and it
02:56was a
02:56matter of days. He hopes that it stays like this, but at the moment it's just too painful. So he
03:02has
03:03his leg up high and compression and ice. Do you have any worries about the right back position moving
03:09forward? Naturally. Naturally, of course. We have another injury on the position. We will do everything.
03:16It will be a tight race for Rhys James. It will be now a very tight race for Jarrell Kwanza.
03:22So I'm worried
03:23about these two, but in general, then it's our job to find solutions and we will find solutions in four
03:30days.
03:30Okay, next.
03:32Thomas Romblum from AP. With the atmosphere and the supporters, the banners, the rain,
03:37did it feel a bit like Wembley in a home game for you?
03:40Yeah, it felt brilliant. Amazing support, crazy white wall behind the goal. Perfect weather to play football
03:48for us. Warm rain. Yeah, it was amazing to see the fans and to hear the fans in the end
03:54of the
03:55in the end of the match connected with the players. It's just a fantastic, fantastic moment for all of
04:03us to take it in. And I encouraged everyone to take it in at the moment because it's very easy
04:10to get
04:10carried away with your own expectations and you expect to win the group and you expect to to win every
04:16match and you expect to. It's just not like this. It's hard work. And sometimes you have to admit and
04:23respect just the occasion and the quality of the opponent. So this evening is for sure to take in
04:30the energy and take in the atmosphere. From tomorrow, we will think about round of 32.
04:38Thomas, with Bellingham, if he felt like he was on the ball more and obviously Rice wasn't playing
04:43today, maybe in a deeper position. And then did you move him forward a bit during the first half?
04:50How did you see it? Well, he played when we had the ball, he played in a 10. We played
04:56with six
04:57players in the last line. We put Nico Reilly also in the last line because we knew that they defend
05:02with
05:02five. So we put
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