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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is only three short months away, and England are looking to finally bring football home.

It’s been a tough decade for the England national team, with so many close calls, losing in the last two Euro finals and bowing out of the 2022 World Cup to France in the quarter-finals.

Gareth Southgate‘s long tenure is over, and England have turned to one of the best knockout-stage football managers in the world, Thomas Tuchel.

Being the manager of the English National Team is one of the most heavily scrutinised positions in all of sports because fans have been waiting far too long for a trophy.

The last time England lifted a major international trophy was the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

They are one of the favourites in North America this summer to finally end the drought, and, in my opinion, they have the most talented team in the world.

What they’ve needed for a long time is a manager who can take them to the next level, and after their qualifying campaign, it seems that Thomas Tuchel is the man to do it.

In this England tactical analysis, we will look at some of the tactics Thomas Tuchel used throughout qualifying and what is possible for England under his system.

Italy faced Northern Ireland at the New Balance Arena in Bergamo in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Playoff semi-finals, and Italy secured their advancement to the playoff final with a 2-0 win.

This qualification was crucial for Italy to gain more confidence and be better prepared for the finals, as they still have nightmares about the World Cup playoffs and needed a win to confirm their ability to beat opponents in these playoffs and avoid failing like in previous editions.

On a mental level, the win over Northern Ireland will certainly give the team a boost ahead of the second match, which will surely be more complicated as they are away to Bosnia & Herzegovina.

On the other hand, Northern Ireland failed to achieve their objective.

They struggled to surprise Italy with counterattacks and failed to convert set-pieces into dangerous opportunities.

The match marks Northern Ireland’s end of the qualification journey to the World Cup, with disappointment over their failure to qualify for this World Cup edition after having finished third in relatively complicated Group A.

In this tactical analysis, we focus mainly on Italy’s attacking solutions and how they broke Northern Ireland’s defence through surprising long passes, exploitation of second balls, and reliance on vertical passing in the second half.

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