The Three Lions were left frustrated with the officials in a dramatic and ultimately victorious knockout game in Mexico City.
England defender Jarell Quansah was sent off after VAR advised referee Alireza Faghani to consult the pitchside monitor.
Shortly after Faghani was again sent to the VAR hub and awarded Mexico a penalty.
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Tuchel was baffled by both decisions, however, and said the officiating at the World Cup is ‘just not good enough’.
The England boss also complained that ‘three of the VAR officials’ were from south America.
‘They’re just not good enough. The referees are just not good enough,’ Tuchel said on BBC One after England advanced to the quarter-finals.
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‘The fourth officials are just not good enough. That’s the bottom line. Did I see that right that three of the VAR officials are from south America?
‘In a match like this? I think so, that’s what I saw. If that is correct…
‘VAR overturns the decision for the [Mexico] penalty. Is it a clear and obvious error? For sure not. But VAR get involved.
‘Earlier he doesn’t even give a foul and they overturn it and give us a red card. The referees are not good enough.’
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