Matt Maher: Serbia stuffing serves both a headache and lesson for Thomas Tuchel
What a difference 90 minutes makes.
From Thomas Tuchel’s turgid England to Thomas Tuchel’s tremendous England thanks to one brilliant night in Belgrade.
One night, or one match, is usually all it needs to significantly shift perceptions of the Three Lions. Tuchel, despite being only six games into the job, will surely have already learned that by now.
Chances to impress come along so infrequently in international management. England will only play eight more matches before next summer’s World Cup and three of the next four are against Wales, Latvia and Albania, the kind of contests the Three Lions can never really win, even if they win.
Tuesday’s trip to Serbia was seen as the first big test of Tuchel’s reign and it was passed with flying colours.
