{"id":116071,"date":"2026-03-28T12:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/tuchel-disappointed-by-boos-for-ben-white-in-england-uruguay-draw\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:34:44","slug":"tuchel-disappointed-by-boos-for-ben-white-in-england-uruguay-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/tuchel-disappointed-by-boos-for-ben-white-in-england-uruguay-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuchel, disappointed by boos for Ben White in England-Uruguay draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuchel expresses his disappointment at the fans&#8217; reaction to Ben White<\/h2>\n\n\nCoach Thomas Tuchel expressed his &#8220;disappointment&#8221; at the boos from English fans towards Ben White during the 1-1 draw against Uruguay. Despite this, the strategist insisted that the Arsenal defender should &#8220;take it easy&#8221;.\n\nWhite, who made his first appearance in four years as a substitute in the 69th minute, was greeted with boos by a portion of the 80,581 attendees at the stadium.\n\nThe 28-year-old player scored his first international goal, putting England ahead, but was booed again before conceding a penalty in stoppage time for a foul on Federico Vi\u00f1as, which Federico Valverde converted.\n\nWhite left the 2022 World Cup in Qatar prematurely for what the Football Association described at the time as &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;, although multiple media outlets reported that it was a disagreement with the coaching staff of then-coach Gareth Southgate.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0327%2Fr1634807_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Ben White recibi\u00f3 una recepci\u00f3n mixta de los fan\u00e1ticos ingleses despu\u00e9s de marcar en su regreso al deber internacional contra Uruguay.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Ben White received a mixed reception from English fans after scoring on his return to international duty against Uruguay.<\/em>\n\nSouthgate later revealed that White had rejected a subsequent call-up and was not selected again until Tuchel turned to the right-back after Jarell Quansah withdrew from his latest call-up due to injury.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was told he was booed. I didn&#8217;t hear it on the field because I was involved in the changes and instructions.<\/p><cite>Tuchel<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe coach added that the player should take it easy, and that the coaching staff will protect him. In addition, he hopes that this episode can be left behind so that White can &#8220;write new chapters&#8221;.\n\nNoni Madueke and Phil Foden left the match prematurely due to injuries.\n\nUruguayan midfielder Manuel Ugarte also appeared to receive two yellow cards, but avoided a red card, although it was later confirmed that the first of those yellow cards was actually for defender Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Gim\u00e9nez.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think it was not a good performance at all by the referee throughout the match.<\/p><cite>Tuchel<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe coach also questioned the lack of review of a hard tackle on Foden and considered the penalty awarded &#8220;very, very soft&#8221;.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuchel expresses his disappointment at the fans&#8217; reaction to Ben White Coach Thomas Tuchel expressed his &#8220;disappointment&#8221; at the boos from English fans towards Ben White during the 1-1 draw against Uruguay. Despite this, the strategist insisted that the Arsenal defender should &#8220;take it easy&#8221;. 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