England are in a World Cup quarter-final. Again. Except this time it feels different — because Thomas Tuchel is the one who got them here, and nobody is entirely sure how to feel about that yet. The Miami Stadium hosts the tie against Norway on 15 July, and before a ball is kicked in that match, it's worth sitting with what England have already done to reach this stage.
BBC Sport has put together a full goals compilation from England's run to the last eight — and watching it back, a picture of Tuchel's side starts to form. Not the chaotic, crossed-fingers England of tournaments past, but something more deliberate. More structured. The goals tell that story as much as anything else.
The details of individual scorelines and group-stage opponents aren't the point here. The point is the accumulation — a knockout-round place earned, not stumbled into.
When Tuchel took the job, the reaction ranged from cautious to genuinely baffled. A German manager, no Premier League experience, handed the England brief. The timeline had opinions. It still does. But a World Cup quarter-final has a way of quietening a room.
His England press high, transition quickly, and — crucially — look like they know what they're doing in the final third. Whether that holds against Norway is the question that matters now.
Norway arrive in Miami as a genuine threat. Erling Haaland at a World Cup, in form, at the knockout stage — that's the fixture. England's defensive shape will be tested in a way the group stage probably didn't demand.
Tuchel will have watched the compilation too. He won't have enjoyed it as much as the fans did.
The quarter-final is where campaigns become stories. England have the ingredients. Miami is the stage.
England are in a World Cup quarter-final. Again. Except this time it feels different — because Thomas Tuchel is the one who got them here, and nobody is entirely sure how to feel about that yet.
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