After beating Wales
Thomas Tuchel criticizes England fans: “It’s a bit sad”
October 10, 2025 – 9:26 a.mReading time: 2 minutes
The English national team under Thomas Tuchel showed a dominant performance against Wales. The coach then dealt it out against the fans.
England coach Thomas Tuchel has criticized the national team’s fans. After the “Three Lions'” clear 3-0 win in the friendly against Wales on Thursday evening, the German was dissatisfied with the mood at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Tuchel’s team got off to a brilliant start in the game and scored three goals in the first 20 minutes. “When we couldn’t score the fourth and fifth goals, the stadium was silent. Silent,” criticized Tuchel. “We never got any energy back from the fans and I think the players did a lot to get more back from the stands. That’s why it was hard to keep everything going in the second half,” said the 52-year-old.
When asked again if he expected more from the fans, Tuchel replied: “What more can you do than three goals in 20 minutes and the way we attacked Wales and didn’t let them escape, not even from their own half? We had ball win after ball win after ball win. Then when you only hear the Wales fans for half an hour, it’s a bit sad because I think the team had great ones today Deserves support.”
After a bumpy start, the English national team had recently found its rhythm under Tuchel. The team was already convincing in the clear 5-0 win against Serbia in the World Cup qualifiers in September and then followed it up with the equally dominant 3-0 win against Wales. On Tuesday the team will face Latvia in the World Cup qualifiers.
Tuchel recently caused some anger in England because he did not nominate Jude Bellingham. The Real Madrid star was injured for a long time, but is currently fit again. Tuchel justified his non-nomination with a lack of rhythm.