Thomas Tuchel trusts England’s ‘special breed’ to find a way past Messi’s Argentina | David Hytner

Head coach praises his players’ ability to rise to the occasion and ‘put on a fight’ against the defending champions in the semi-final “A funny quote for you,” Thomas Tuchel says as he prepares to lead England in the World Cup semi-final against Argentina on Wednesday but peeks back at a subject that has attracted a few column inches of late. “You don’t have to be a horse to be a good jockey.” It is a line made famous by Arrigo Sacchi in 1987 when he was appointed as the manager of Milan despite being a relative unknown and having had no professional playing career. It worked out pretty well f

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