England national football team coach Thomas Tuchel has said that his team will be underdogs at next summer's World Cup and that there is no chance of success if the team does not unite.
The England national team has played in two consecutive European Championship finals, but has not reached the final of a World Cup since 1966.
England will qualify for the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico if they beat Latvia in Riga on Tuesday and Serbia fails to beat Albania or Andorra in their upcoming matches.
"We will come to the World Cup as outsiders because we haven't won it for decades and we will play against teams that have won it multiple times during that time, so we have to go there as a team or we have no chance," Tuchel said, as reported by Sky.
Speaking about the squad, Tuchel said that he is trying to select players who can unite the team into the best team, as England needs the best team at the World Cup.
Tuchel took over the national team in January and won five of six games, after the team was defeated in a friendly match by Senegal.
He had three meetings with the national team and will have two more before the World Cup.
"If you've never won Wimbledon, you can be one of the favorites, but not the favorite. There's Brazil, there's Argentina, Spain, France and they recently won the competition. That doesn't mean we don't have a chance and we know that very well. First we have to qualify, and then we will know exactly why we're going there," Tuchel said.
England will play a friendly against Wales tonight, and against Latvia on October 14th.
In the Group K table, England is first with all 15 points, Albania is second with eight points, and Serbia is third with seven points, but also with a game in hand. Latvia has four points, and Andorra is last with no points.
The first-place teams from each group will qualify directly for the World Cup, while the second-place teams will play in a play-off.
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