Croatia 0-7 England: Thumping win reinvigorates Thomas Tuchel's project after World Cup blow - but next Spain test will define progress towards success
England's national football team secured a historic 7-0 victory over Croatia in the Nations League. The win serves as a morale boost for manager Thomas Tuchel following the team's disappointing World Cup exit.
Why it matters
The result is significant for the trajectory of the England football team as they rebuild under Tuchel ahead of future international tournaments.
"We will always have a scar, we will always feel pain and disappointment. But this is the way to move forward." <p>Thomas Tuchel knows England's frustrating, much-criticised semi-final defeat to Argentina at the World Cup will hang over him and his team right through until the Euros in 2028 - and even beyond.</p><p>But in Croatia on Saturday, a thumping 7-0 win was a performance and result to reinvigorate Tuchel's England project.</p><p>It was a historic scoreline: Croatia's heaviest defeat. No team had scored more than four goals away to them before.</p><p>Of course, the Nations League is not the World Cup and this ageing Croatia side, a shadow of their great teams of the past, could not provide an elite examination.
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