England fans need to have faith in Thomas Tuchel | Harry King Kane

0:00I just hope that England fans and the media have faith. Yes, it was DR Congo and people expect us to blow them away. This is tournament football. It doesn't happen so easily. You have to go through some problems at times in tournaments, okay? And yes, we went 1-0 down early. And I didn't think we panicked. I don't think we were perfect today. We did play at times a bit open. And listen, if Vista scores that goal at 1-0 makes it 2-0, we could be sitting here and I could be in tears, right? But it didn't. We gathered ourselves. We came back, thanks to Harry Kane especially, and we win the game. And one of the things I can't wait to do when I get back to the villa is go and see Mr.

0:34D.R. Conga himself, Joel Baer. Joel, I will see you when I get back.

0:45Yes, guys, welcome back to Real Reacts. You know what? It's stressful. This Real Reacts stuff is getting stressful. Knockout football is here. You've probably seen the guys back at the villa celebrating and doing all their things. I'm out here doing some other stuff, working, and I'm here with my man, Ussi. He's been at the villa with us as well, but we're here working together, right? Yes, sir. 100%. But how did we go? You came in laughing. He came in late, guys. He was laughing at us. We were 1-0 down. Harry, King, Kane said no. He said, no, no, no. I'm going to run this back. Listen, guys. You guys, Haaland, Mbappe, Elise, you guys are dancing and doing your thing and scoring goals.

1:22I've got to come back and smash two in as well, right? I'm going to let you know I'm one of the guys. 72 goals this season for Club and Country, King Harry Kane has got. And he said, no, Jude, you've put me in the shade a little bit because you scored a couple of goals. You've had a couple of assists. You've had your moments. And I love that, Jude. That's what Harry said. But he said, not today. It's knockout football. The big man, the captain, Harry King Kane has to come to the fore, has to come and take the spotlight back. I'm sorry, Jude. Next game for you. But this one, I'm going to take it.

1:51We're 1-0 down. I've got to come up, put my chest out. And you see the goal, The second goal The way he took that on If I'm a defender I'm saying at that moment You know what Harry Where you're moving How far you are I'll even let you Have a little go at this But you've got to get past Me and the goalkeeper And get it on target It's a lot man Like you said You cannot have him Look at the goal But The one thing I'm saying like Great goal But it happens After 72 minutes Of playing football Why are you trying To difference the situation? No, but are you not scared that it only happens after 70 minutes, the way you guys start the game?

2:30You know why? Because Tuchel's picked a squad on a team for more about endurance, physicality. That's what it feels like. You see all the players that we left behind. Foden, Palmer, Trent, etc. They're the finesse players, yeah? It looks like he's gone for more players that are going to last a distance, yeah? So we're wearing teams down. The subs come on. Subs, important. Saka? Effective. Gordon, two assists. Gordon? I mean, change the game. 100%. I mean, Gordon changing the game, bringing in the assist. How effective kind of has he been? Because I think like he's been getting a lot of like kind of, you know, on social media, his performance is not well, not good enough for the squad.

3:09How do you see Gordon in the team of England? I said after the first game, the bench will be as important, if not more important than the guys who start the game. See, I like that. Because you need the guys on the bench. They're so important, especially in the conditions that they're playing, in the heat. The amount of games, the volume of games that are coming up very quick. So the guys that are coming in are fresh. They have a big chance to make huge impact. And we've seen it. Rashid and Saka came on, changed the game for us early in the tournament. Now, reversed it. Gordon comes in and becomes a star.

3:40And that's why the environment is key. When the team goes up on the board, can't have people doing that. I'm not playing, man. You want people going, right, 70 minutes. It's my time. Spotlight. Want to get called up? Yeah Showtime After this game Harry Kane's going to get the spotlight And rightly so He's the king He's the captain He's the man But Gordon's quick behind him Because he's got two assists Do you know what I mean? So I don't know man I think it builds confidence as well Going into the next game Especially because I think like you know If you come from the bench as well And if you're sitting on the bench It's kind of like Why am I not playing?

4:16But then When you are the guy That changes the game Coming from the bench Gives you confidence Going into that next game Yeah And it doesn't necessarily mean that, oh, because I've done well now, I have to start. You may have a role now, but it's about accepting that role and understanding your value now to the team. And the players respect that and they will respect you. Do you know what I mean? I played with guys who sometimes were role players. John O'Shea, he didn't start every game. But when we celebrated, my arms around him strong because he's one of us. He's there. 100%. And I needed him.

4:48And he produced every time. so you respect him as much I respect Ronaldo or Giggs or Scholes or whoever the big guys everyone a team you know you win as a team you lose as a team team team but you know what it's a lot of people saying what are we doing I know for 70 minutes and listen I was sitting there sweating man I was sitting there sweating you walked in and I was getting frustrated yeah you were smiling yeah I'm sorry Mr Morocco yeah hey Morocco talking about Morocco and I was thinking like what are we doing but at the same time yeah we had created probably five chances in the first half Four or five good chances Keeper was on fire I mean goalie The goalie I think two saves From the line I think it's like Like a Vazinha story Right here I thought it was Going to be scary I thought it was Going to be one of them games Where the goalie is just You know when you Lose a game And you'll be like Yeah the goalie It's just one of them days Where the goalie just Stops every shot But then again You have the man Number nine Harry Kane And you can't stop him Like you can't stop him But not the whole game You can't even give him Half looks at the goal he's not even getting full looks his movement for the first goal we can't show the footage but please go back and look at you guys the way he rocks the defender right the way he moves and the defender plants his feet and then he goes and moves again it's not even quick movements it's just intelligent movement he's on the move the ball comes in great cross and the pace of the cross was slow different from what they've been seeing the defenders when you change the rhythm rocks the defenders and then the second one obviously does what it does because it's a great goal.

6:23Right, man, we've got loads still to come on this pod, but we'll be back shortly after this. Do you think these two goals make people even more aware of Harry Kane? I think definitely it rings bells now at Mexico that they don't have to let Harry Kane any second or any angle. Because, like, you can tell now, he can score. I mean, it's Harry Kane. He can score from every angle. So now me, if I was Mexico team and they've definitely watch that game, they're like, yeah, you got to lock them up. Like there is, but then again, it may leave room for other players to do their thing and that's why maybe other players can be more dangerous than Harry Kane because the focus is going to be on Harry Kane.

7:01But I think, yeah, Mexico, Mexico will be tough. Mexico will be tough. We can talk about Mexico in a minute, but have we, staying on Harry Kane, have we seen a better race for the Golden Boot in a World Cup? The names, I don't think we've seen the names like this. Messi, Mbappe, Kane, Cristiano. Cristiano, Haaland, Dembele. This is crackers. We've not seen them names. There's Ballon d 'Or winners. Hold on, there's Dembele. No, Dembele, Cristiano and Messi. There's three Ballon d 'Or winners in there racing for the golden boot among another two or three guys. This is unprecedented. We've not seen this.

7:44The craziest part is one of them will win the Ballon d 'Or again that we just mentioned probably. Just give me your name Constance with your chest With my chest Dembele Back to back If he contributes You reckon I think Look It depends Look It depends what Mbappe does Because I feel like Look Olisse Yes But then again When you go look at the season And you compare Dembele's season Versus Olisse's season Yes he's been dangerous But in terms of winning And beating your opponent If you stand in the semi-final Of your Champions League And you beat another player like and he's on your team there was a lot of clips going on on social media saying like Mbappe like Mbappe dragging France to win the World Cup Final knowing that Mbappe win the Ballon d 'Or it's super close but the weight of winning a World Cup Final weighs so much that it could it could not saying it should it could rule out everything you've done the whole season and Mbappe right now if he keeps on performing I'm not saying he's going to win it but it might be if Mbappe if all of them keep performing the way they do now and they get to the final and France win it Mbappe he has to win it I think but based on the importance that people put on the World Cup year yes like I'm not saying that's the way it should be but the way that it's been done in the previous years but that's the thing the way that Mbappe this tournament if it stopped now Mbappe and just below Elise have influenced a new generation of football fans.

9:18Oh yeah, 100%. There's kids now watching football looking at Mbappe and Alise and going that's the new level. Because what they're doing what I saw them do yesterday in the game Mbappe was playing party tricks in knockout football at the World Cup. He was taking the mick. I have a question. Is Mbappe the greatest World Cup player ever Why are we going there bro That's a big statement If he wins Another World Cup in this form Hands down the best that I've seen Live To me, for me That includes R9 Mbappé in the World Cup I'm not saying he's a better player R9's my Maradona I know No, it's just tournament-wise, I feel like Mbappe is just different.

10:18Game after game after game after game. You know when a tournament starts, yeah? There's a lot of players when he gets to knock out football as well, but in the tournaments, they walk into this tournament, into the stadiums like this. And then when they get in there and they go… Like this. But Mbappe, like this, yeah?

10:40I like the smell of this I like the taste of this This is me He just sits comfortably It's different The feeling that he gets He doesn't get tight and tense I think he gets looser It's unreal I think like Just because The way he played His first World Cup 2018 The way he kicked off We immediately knew Like okay This kid is different And then he kept on producing Producing 2022 And now 26 I feel like He's been there He's done it. He's like, I'll play my game. Come on. He's comfortable. The reporter tells him, 17 goals. He says, no, 18. Like, he knows his stuff. Like, it's just, I love people like that that play with 200 % confidence.

11:21But, let's see, it's not about England today. Remember that. It's about England today, okay? Harry Kane. Harry Kane. Harry Kane and the boys. Harry Kane. You know, just the final point in England, just to return to England, the final point. You know, I just hope that England fans and the media have faith. Yes, it was DR Congo and people expect us to blow them away. This is tournament football. It doesn't happen so easily. You have to go through some problems at times in tournaments. Okay. And yes, we went 1-0 down early. And I didn't think we panicked. I don't think we were perfect today. We did plays at times a bit open.

11:52And listen, if Vista scores that goal at 1-0 makes it 2-0, we could be sitting here and I could be in tears. Right. But it didn't. We gathered ourselves. We came back. Thanks to Harry Kane, especially. And we win the game. So roll on England. I can see what Tuchel's trying to do. I'm not sitting here in Mr Negative zone at all. And one of the things I can't wait to do when I get back to the Villa is go and see Mr. D.R. Conga himself, Joel Baer.

12:21Joel, I will see you when I get back. Okay, we'll have a discussion and a debrief.

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