A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted how England will get on at the 2026 World Cup under the management of new boss Thomas Tuchel. Tuchel has penned an 18-month contract with the Three Lions that will see him take charge of the nation for the 2026 tournament. The former Chelsea and Bayern Munich gaffer will have the hopes of the nation on his back as he looks to go one better than Gareth Southgate 's efforts at the Euros last summer.
And he seems pretty calm about that pressure, insisting he "doesn't feel" the weight of expectation - even in the hot-seat for the England national team. That may be because he's confident that he will be able to build upon the foundations laid by Southgate over the past eight years. And a World Cup simulation on a supercomputer has the exact same idea, predicting that Tuchel will surpass Southgate's best ever World Cup effort on his first attempt.
READ MORE ON ENGLAND The whizzes behind SimWorldCup have suggested that England will manage a THIRD PLACE finish at the 2026 World Cup in North America. Their simulation sees Tuchel's men breezing through the group stages and pushing all the way to the semi-final before suffering heartbreak to a familiar foe - Spain. A 1-0 defeat to the Spaniards in the semi-final would set up a third-place play-off against Uruguay - a match which England are predicted to win 1-0 themselves.
That would be one step better than Southgate managed during his first tournament in the 2018 World Cup. Most read in Football By Andy Di.