England World Cup latest: Thomas Tuchel set to leave it late to name XI to face Ghana on Tuesday

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Thomas Tuchel has always been a coach who likes to sleep on his team selections, making final decisions on the day of the game. But at this World Cup, he is leaving it later than ever. I'm told he sat down with the players to inform them who was starting in the opening game against Croatia less than three hours before kick-off. He spoke to them as the kit for the stadium was being loaded onto the team bus. Tuchel's reasoning is sound. Not only does it limit the number of tactical leaks that have