'It's the only way forward' - Tuchel says rout in Rijeka can help heal England’s World Cup wounds

Would it be going overboard to describe it as a masterclass? No, it was a fantastic victory. It's an outstanding result, of course. The performance underlying this result is just on the highest level, from the first minute to the last minute. I think there were four or five minutes after the 3-0, where we gave the big chance away and had some ball losses and conceded some half-chances but overall the speed and the technical quality today and the hunger of the ball was on the very highest level. I'm very happy about the attitude, which we finished the game. In the second half we never let go, we were very humble, we were never arrogant in how we approached this game and made it really a 90 minutes complete performance from start to finish. I think that's the only way to move forward. Even if you still feel pain, you have to play with the pain. If you still feel disappointment, you have to play with the disappointment. That's just the nature of sport. It was not an easy camp in the beginning. It's, by the way, also not the end of the camp. It was not an easy camp in the beginning and after this long tournament for multiple reasons. But then straight away, like first training session Tuesday, the build-up to the Spain game. We had an excellent performance against Spain, we had not the result, the reaction to the result in Czechia. And now the build-up, like I said, the focus in the meetings, the translation of the meetings onto the pitch and to bring it within these circumstances in Croatia against a Croatian team to win this dominant performance. That's the way to move on. I said it many times, we will always have a scar, we will always feel pain, we will always feel disappointment. That's just the way it is. But this is the way to move forward. We adjusted some stuff after the World Cup and we played now in the same manner all three matches. We're getting better at it and the team buys into it. This is the most important and that's why full credit to the players. Yes, at the moment it seems like and you always need to. The level that you showed last week is never enough in the next week. That's just the nature of football. It's like you can never stand still. If you stand still, it's like on these electric escalators. How do you call that? If you stand still, you just go. If you walk against the escalator, you have to walk to even maintain your level. You have to develop and you have to push for the next level. Otherwise, other teams will catch up. That's why it's always necessary to reach for the next level. Like I said, we adjusted some things. That's the blueprint going forward, isn't it? Yes, of course. But there's also the danger. It's just a completely different match and we should not over-expect. That's why the focus is now on the seven goals. Now I expect it's always seven goals and now it's this amount of chances. There will be very, very different games coming up for us. The next one is a very different game. That's why I look mostly on the attitude and the work rate and the work rate together as a team. That was on the highest level. Then we will overcome also difficult other matches because that's just the nature of football. Nothing is easy. If it looks easy, it's always hard work behind it. We have to get going again. We have to stay humble. That's why I loved our approach and how the players acted. The attitude was, I think, also very pleased for that. Now, hopefully, we will push them to get ready, to take recovery seriously, to get ready for the last step in this camp.