{"id":101349,"date":"2025-11-17T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/tuchel-lays-down-law-to-bellingham-after-england-stars-frustration-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:50:32","slug":"tuchel-lays-down-law-to-bellingham-after-england-stars-frustration-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/tuchel-lays-down-law-to-bellingham-after-england-stars-frustration-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuchel lays down law to Bellingham after England star’s frustration | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n LONDON: <\/p>\n

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Thomas Tuchel warned Jude Bellingham to respect his decisions after the England midfielder showed frustration at being substituted during Sunday’s 2-0 win against Albania.<\/p>\n

Tuchel’s side wrapped up a flawless World Cup qualifying campaign as Harry Kane’s late double sealed their eighth successive Group K victory.<\/p>\n

Bellingham<\/a> was back in the England starting line-up for the first time since June after Tuchel restricted him to an appearance off the bench in Thursday’s win against Serbia.<\/p>\n

But the Real Madrid star, who had already been booked, was visibly unhappy when Tuchel replaced him six minutes from the final whistle in Tirana.<\/p>\n

Having seen Morgan Rogers waiting to replace him on the touchline, the 22-year-old waved his arms in the air just after Kane’s second goal.<\/p>\n

It was the latest flare-up involving Tuchel<\/a> and Bellingham after the England boss was forced to apologise for revealing his mother found some of the midfielder’s on-pitch antics “repulsive”.<\/p>\n

Bellingham’s talent is without question but he has long been a polarising figure amid reports some in the England camp believe he is too self-absorbed.<\/p>\n

Tuchel raised eye-brows when he left Bellingham out of the October internationals while claiming the star had been desperate to be involved.<\/p>\n

He then told Bellingham he would have to fight for his place in the team at the World Cup because Aston Villa’s Rogers had played so well as his replacement.<\/p>\n

The German was quick to lay down the law to Bellingham after Sunday’s incident.<\/p>\n

“That’s the decision, and he has to accept the decision,” Tuchel said. “His friend is waiting on the sideline, so you need to accept it, respect it, and keep on going.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to make more out of it but I stick to my words. Behaviour is key and respect towards the team-mates who come in.”<\/p>\n

Asked if Bellingham’s reaction showed disrespect for Tuchel’s team-first ethos, the England boss said: “I’m going to have to review it. I saw that he was not happy.<\/p>\n

“I think to a certain degree if you have players like Jude, who are so competitive, they will never like it, but, as you said, my word stands.<\/p>\n

“It is about standards and level, and it’s a commitment to and respect to each other. We will not change our decision just because someone is waving their arms.”<\/p>\n

Constant progression\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although he shook hands with Tuchel before taking his seat on the bench, Bellingham’s frustration will cast a cloud over England until the squad reconvene for a pair of friendlies in March.<\/p>\n

By then, Tuchel will have seen England’s World Cup draw in December as they move closer to the tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n

Some critics claim the paucity of opposition provided in Group K may have given a false impression of England’s quality.<\/p>\n

But after a slow start, it has been an impressive first year for Tuchel.<\/p>\n

England are the first European country to finish a World Cup qualifying campaign of at least six matches by winning them all without conceding a goal.<\/p>\n

Runners-up at the last two European Championship tournaments, they will be among the World Cup favourites as they chase a first major trophy since 1966.<\/p>\n

“I don’t dare to think about a starting eleven at the World Cup because there are so many months to play,” Tuchel said.<\/p>\n

“I just told the guys, I think we constantly progressed throughout the three camps. This is what we wanted.<\/p>\n

“Congratulations to them, it was a pleasure to fight with them and push them from the sidelines.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON: Thomas Tuchel warned Jude Bellingham to respect his decisions after the England midfielder showed frustration at being substituted during Sunday’s 2-0 win against Albania. Tuchel’s side wrapped up a flawless World Cup qualifying campaign as Harry Kane’s late double sealed their eighth successive Group K victory. Bellingham was back in the England starting line-up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/whatsapp-image-2025-11-17-at-3-00-47-am1763370226-0\/whatsapp-image-2025-11-17-at-3-00-47-am1763370226-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t