'It is our scar that we carry now' - England's Tuchel in the aftermath of Argentina loss ahead of French challenge

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Jul 18, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe speaker reflects on a painful defeat, stating they have no regrets over the instinctive decisions made during the match to help the team. While acknowledging a performance gap compared to top nations like Argentina, France, and Spain, the speaker emphasizes the team's competitiveness and their determination to overcome the loss and fight for a bronze medal.
If you're asking if I regret my decision,
if this is the question,
then say no, I don't regret my decisions,
because I felt that we become too passive,
I felt that the momentum switches in the match,
and I tried to help my team,
tried to help, I tried to support,
I took a decision trusting,
I took several decisions trusting my instinct,
my intuition, my experience,
trusting my competitiveness,
and I took the decision in order to help the team
and get the result, we didn't get the result,
so I take, of course, the responsibility
and for these decisions,
but the decisions are made under stress,
the decisions are made in-game,
this is in-game life, life coaching,
I would regret if I didn't help,
I would regret if we didn't react,
but I have no regrets over the decision.
By the way, we have to live with this,
so it's our pain, it's our pain,
my pain and the players' pain,
we feel the most pain of all,
and it is our scar that we carry now,
it is a very painful defeat,
and we have to live with this defeat,
first and foremost, not the critics, not the experts,
not our family members who suffer as well with us
and want only the best for us,
but this is basically us,
and we will, like always,
because we are competitive
and every single player in camp is so competitive
and is doing everything in good faith,
so we will overcome it, we will use it,
we will have a reaction,
and that starts from tomorrow,
we have a gap to close,
and we are aware of that,
and that's where the focus is.
My feeling or recollection of the game
is so blurred still,
I'm in a state of all emotions, really,
a lot of time since the game
to reflect, play scenarios over in my head,
and it's very easy to say what if
and what we could have done,
and me personally as well,
I was in different positions,
and yeah, it's a tough thing
to kind of get over straight away
or digest straight away,
and that's the position and the cruel position
that we're in right now,
and I think it will become apparent
and clear once the emotions die down,
I think tomorrow coming around so quick
will, is another good focus for us
to go and get a bronze medal,
something that I've not been able to do,
and yeah, it's difficult to answer your question.
I think the gap is there
because of the titles that Argentina,
France, and Spain have as national teams,
as countries, what they build over many years
with the coaches and the team.
There is still a slight gap that we have to close.
I think the gap shows in almost the expectations
of these countries to win the World Cup
and to be in the final.
We did not, I think we demanded it from ourselves
within camp for sure,
and we dreamed about it,
and we pushed for it,
and we competed for it,
but there is still a gap to close
in the way how to play football under pressure,
in the way to implement yourself,
in the way to, on the very next level,
I think, but yeah, we play tomorrow France.
We're like number four in the world at the moment,
so we made it to the semi-final,
and we want to close this gap that is still there.
Very little margins, but it is still there.
