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'Madness': England boss Thomas Tuchel says he will not rotate players

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England's players and the clubs they play for should not ⁠be allowed to pick and choose which games they feature in during the international break, ‌manager Thomas Tuchel said.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] will play four Nations League matches ‌during the extended international window. Tuchel's side ‌lost to World Cup champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] on Saturday in ‌the first of those games.[/p][p]They next visit the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/6LHwBDGU/"]‌Czech Republic[/a] on Tuesday and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a] on Saturday, before playing the Czechs again at home on October ‌6th, with the packed schedule leading ⁠to calls for some ‌players who had short summer breaks due to the ​World Cup to be rested.[/p][p]Asked if any club managers had reached out to him, ​Tuchel told reporters: "I don't take calls from Premier League managers. I never called any national team ⁠coach (when he was ​in club football).[/p][embed guid="987b56d5-210a-4ad5-be5c-5c3877c0241c" url="https://x.com/England/status/2104246124639064251" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]I cannot manage (the minutes of) the players. It's just impossible. Why would I do this and start giving the players the impression that ‌it's OK to take a step back or share a half or to rest one match? I would never. It's madness[/b].[/p][p]"[b]We want to win the next match... An ideal scenario would be to go again and go again and go again. With six or seven players minimum that start again – to put the responsibility on ‌them and for them to feel the trust[/b]."[/p][p]Tuchel ​said his team would go all out against ‌the Czech Republic in Tuesday's match at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, adding: "We need to be proactive.[/p][p]"[b]There is no room for managing (the players) or an economic style. It's how the ⁠team want to ⁠play, how we ‌want to play, so let's go[/b]."[/p][infobox id="5a8fbd57-e97c-4bdc-9f6b-fb0fb254e893" /]

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