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'Everyone is Ready' - Tuchel Wants to Keep England Hungry Ahead of Albania Clash

'Everyone is Ready' -  Tuchel Wants to Keep England Hungry Ahead of Albania Clash
'Everyone is Ready' - Tuchel Wants to Keep England Hungry Ahead of Albania ClashBradley Collyer, PA Images / Alamy / Profimedia

England manager Thomas Tuchel has revealed he hasn't spoken to his players about any records they could break ahead of their final World Cup qualifier against Albania on Sunday (November 16).

England have a perfect record in their World Cup qualification group with seven wins from their seven games and not a single goal conceded.

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The Three Lions are on the verge of becoming the first European side to play at least six World Cup qualifiers and win them all without conceding.

Tuchel’s side are in Albania ahead of their meeting but is adamant his players aren’t thinking about anything other than the game.

“We didn’t speak a single word about that,” he said at Air Albania Stadium on the eve of the game.

“We made sure yesterday that we had yesterday the training session that we had. The quality and the mentality of the guys that didn’t play was on the highest level, which was a pure pleasure.

“It just showed me that we are going in the right way.

“Everyone is ready to play, everyone is ready to start. Competition is still on, the hunger is still on to be on the pitch tomorrow. That is the most important.

“Everything we talk about is about the process and the things we can influence. We need to get the foundation right to have a chance to get these records.

“Just by thinking about it or talking about it, nothing will change.

“We need to deliver tomorrow again and, like I said, the feeling and the trust is absolutely there because I witness this in the camp so I trust my players to perform again tomorrow.”