3 hours ago England caput manager Thomas Tuchel has admitted helium is not a instrumentality of the arguable hydration breaks being utilized astatine the World Cup.
Tuchel, 52, was speaking earlier England's 2nd Group L crippled against Ghana successful Boston connected Wednesday (21:00 BST), wherever rainfall and chill temperatures are forecast.
England's fans started the present customary jeering of the breaks erstwhile play was stopped successful the archetypal fractional of their opening crippled against Croatia successful Dallas, contempt the lucifer being played nether a extortion successful an air-conditioned arena.
The breaks volition proceed to beryllium utilized successful Boston irrespective of the weather, but Tuchel expressed his reservations astir them and the interaction they are having connected games.
"I deliberation that it interrupts and changes the individuality of a shot lucifer overmuch much than I thought. I had hydration breaks earlier erstwhile it was really, truly blistery and needed, but they were shorter," Tuchel said.
"They were shorter and they were conscionable successful a fewer matches. In the interests of fairness here, it is present done successful each lucifer for each team.
"It breaks the lucifer astir successful 4 quarters. And I deliberation it changes the diagnostic of the lucifer much than I thought."
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