Soccer-Tuchel hopes England players will look back on World Cup with pride
England manager Thomas Tuchel expressed hope that his team will eventually take pride in their third-place finish at the World Cup. Despite the disappointment of missing the final, Tuchel praised the team's reaction following their semi-final loss to Argentina.
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MIAMI, July 18 (Reuters) - England manager Thomas Tuchel said he hoped his players would one day look back on finishing third at the World Cup with some pride, despite falling short of their goal of winning the tournament.
A 6-4 win over France in a frenetic third-place playoff at Miami Stadium on Saturday gave England their best finish at a World Cup since their only triumph when they hosted the tournament in 1966.
"It's the first medal for 60 years, the best World Cup on foreign soil. So I hope that the players can be proud of that in some time," he told reporters.
"We are fiercely competitive, so like we almost don't allow ourselves to be proud of the third place because 18 months ago we set ourselves the highest goal ... to make it to the final and win the World Cup.
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