England Assistant Manager Anthony Barry on Tuchel relationship & World Cup
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England World Cup ambitions
We know what the mission is. We know why Thomas and I took the job. We absolutely want to try and win the World Cup.
World Cup 2026 conditions
The heat will impact the whole tournament, I'm sure. The heat will impact the product of the football on the pitch. It's not really a fantastic environment to produce elite football, especially at the end of a long season.
Tournament football challenges
I learned that it's hard to win and they don't give them away... it will only be a small margin that decides who wins this tournament. It's not so simple to get over the line and we have to squeeze everything we can out of these players.
England coaching staff dynamic
I'm the yin to his yang. It's little and large from the outside. The Scouser and the German... we spend a lot of time together speaking, working, fighting, building teams, all of the above.
Premier League title race
I'm completely in awe of Arsenal and what they are doing and what Mikel has built there... anybody who speaks ill of them or speaks about them in a negative way, I certainly wouldn't agree with.
World Cup 2026 preparation
We learnt a lot in the Club World Cup about training facilities, about the heat... we get feedback from our players about what it was like to play, the way the grass moves the ball, what type of boots to wear on the pitch.
International management philosophy
In international football, the X's and the O's and the tactics, they are part of the game and they're important. But in international football, really, Thomas and I will get 50 training days with the guys before we arrive in the US. For me, the petrol in the car is the team spirit.
Tactical analysis
We have set piece specialists now, so it's almost become football plus set pieces. But that's not how Thomas and I see it. I think all of the great teams over the times have always been good at set-pieces.
