Tuchel's press conference from this morning in Florida (evening in USA):
16 mins:
Concerns raised about state of the pitch
16.45:
He plans to field two completely different teams, one in each half to give all squad members a run.
(NB: the four Arsenal players won't be available but numbers will be made up with a group of young players who are only there for the camp and not part of the tournament squad)
Weather conditions: first three days of training in Florida were overcast and not hot but only the past 24 hours were sunny.
Lightening storms continue to be a problem - England traiing held up for one hour today by lightening strikes in the area.
22.30: In the NZ game, is the priority minutes in the legs or partnerships?
"Tomorrow the focus is more on the minutes....everyone will be given some minutes.
More about connections within each area of the field - back four, wings, when do we initiate the high press etc.
The focus tomorrow is more on the minutes and connections between two or three players.
In training today we spoke about NZ and the special things that NZ does, in their deep build up and about their structure and how we can initiate the high press"
28.45: Everyone is fit and available for tomorrow. No injury concerns in the squad.
29.25: Tuchel has emphasized previously in the conference that he isn't thinking forward to what's required vs. Croatia in their WC opener and implementing that in the NZ game.The focus is on themselves right now, he will switch the focus to Croatia the week before that game.
He will still be processing his options over these two friendlies, depending on performance and fitness, though he has a clear idea of 14 or 15 starters for the WC already.