HONEYMOON IS VERY OVER

Tuchel faces wrath of fans as only Kane goal averts total humiliation

- BY SIMON MULLOCK

There were over 6,000 travelling fans who probably wished they had accepted the invitation on behalf of Burn (right).

What is certain is that the honeymoon period for Thomas Tuchel is over before the cake has been cut.

After the Three Lions were booed off at half-time for playing like pussycats against a team whose players earn a living in places like Luxembourg, the Dominican Republic and the part-time reaches of the Spanish lower leagues, it took a goal from Harry Kane to make sure total humiliation was averted.

Tuchel is only the fifth England manager to win his first three competitive games.

Mind you, none of Ron Greenwood, Glenn Hoddle, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Fabio Capello went beyond a quarter-final, so looks can be deceiving.

It’s a lame excuse that he picked an experimental team to face a nation that languishes 173rd in the FIFA rankings and have won just 14 of their 218 internationals.