Tuchel's half-time rocket ignites England in 4-2 win over Croatia

England's World Cup opener against Croatia. Two matches in one, really. The hinge? Thomas Tuchel's halftime dressing-down."Tuchel gave them an absolute rocket at half-time," Gary Neville muttered on ITV. "Blasted them." Neville wasn't wrong. Those first 10 minutes after the break? Fantastic stuff.Jude Bellingham struck in the 47th minute. That goal uncorked the floodgates. For the next 12 minutes, Croatia's Dominik Livakovic was under siege. Seven saves. A desperate triple-stop in 85 seconds, denying Nico O'Reilly, Anthony Gordon, and Ezri Konsa. Then Harry Kane forced two more. Nine shots in that 12-minute stretch alone. England ended with 11 shots on target. Only Germany has managed more at this World Cup.Let's be clear. Croatia isn't some Sunday league side. They were second in 2018, third in 2022. Not exactly cannon fodder.Anthony Barry, Tuchel's assistant, admitted to ITV at halftime that England played with "fearful patterns" and "nervous energy." Blunt, honest. The second half? Pure antidote. "We went full gas," Kane crowed later. "They could not live with it."But hold on a minute. The Dallas stadium was a glorified fridge. That A/C certainly helped England's relentless pressing. Can they keep that pace? Against tougher teams? In actual summer heat? We'll see about that. Tuchel's halftime tirade said it all, didn't it? The first half confirmed what England *really* looks like when the chips are down.