The training facilities across U.S NFL grounds and universities aren't exactly kept to the same conditions as Anfield, Old Trafford, the Etihad, or the Emirates, but Tuchel doesn't want to make any excuses for the Three Lions
England's World Cup opener against Croatia in Dallas is edging closer and closer and the Three Lions have been adjusting to the sweltering Floridian heat and humidity at their training camp in Tampa Bay.
One of their first training sessions in Florida came on a boiler of a day with conditions of 32 degrees Celsius with 66 per cent humidity; a stark contrast to the 17°C in Manchester and just about 50 per cent humidity.
It makes a massive difference in the way the body is able to dispose of sweat and regulate temperature, which adds a whole new element to training camp that would otherwise not be too much of an issues elsewhere in the world.
Images of Bayern Munich's Harry Kane wiping pools of sweat off of his face with a training bib, Everton's Jordan Pickford barely looking like he knows where he is, Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins sprawled out on the pitch clutching a water bottle for dear life, and Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham in a heap gasping for air bent over on the training pitch paint the picture.
There's an intrinsic balance that needs to be struck between training at the right intensity, but not completely overdoing it and making sure the recovery is precise down to the very last little detail. And it's not just the heat they're worried about.
For their World Cup opener against Croatia, England might not be dealing with the same conditions plaguing them in West-Central Florida due to the Dallas stadium being indoor with its retractable roof, but that hasn't stopped Tuchel from not wanting to make any excuses because of the intense heat in training, or the way some of the pitches are laid down in large blocks of grass.
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"I saw a photo from a journalist which made me a little bit worried and concerned, but let's decide when we are there. If there are any issues, we can always react to it."
"The plan is to play 45 minutes with two complete teams, to expose everyone to the same amount of minutes. Then we can continue for the next three days with the same load of training."
"That is the plan and at the moment we are sticking to it," Tuchel said of the Raymond James stadium in a press conference ahead of their tuneup friendly vs. New Zealand on Saturday, via BBC Sport.
Video of some of the Senegal national team players reacting to the way the ball bounced on the pitch in Charlotte, North Carolina ahead of their friendly against the United States was doing the rounds on social media, adding question marks to the standard of the pitches for this summer's tournament.
The way the ball moves can have a massive impact on the eb and flow of matches and the United States' mechanisms by which they maintain their pitches for American football is clearly a lot different than European football.
Adapting To Florida Heat And Humidity
Hopefully for, not only England's sake, but everyone else participating in the World Cup, the United States pitches don't create too much of an issue that can take away from the spectacle that will already see pauses for hydration breaks due to the heat and humidity.
What the Daily Mail has called a "plug and play" pitch in Tampa Bay is what England are worried about, but that's not an official FIFA stadium for the World Cup, adding hope that there's higher standards for the official grounds.
