Thomas Tuchel has voiced his frustration at being unable to watch his England players sing God Save the King due to a cluster of photographers blocking his view.
Under official tournament regulations, photographers are required to remain behind the LED advertising boards and are restricted to designated areas behind the goal or alongside the team benches.
However, they are permitted to line the touchline during the national anthems to capture images of both teams ahead of kick-off.
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Tuchel was far from pleased after his sightlines were obstructed, declaring, via The Mirror : "I have to tell you something, I'm begging FIFA to change the position of the photographers in the national anthem."
"I could not see my team during the national anthem and I was waiting for this moment, it was a very, very special moment today. I was standing in front of a wall of 50 photographers, half a metre away and I could not see a single player.
"It ruined a little bit of my experience today, it is very emotional. When I was young, even when I started coaching this was too big to dream of, to have this kind of a career. I'm very grateful for everyone who helped me along the way."
Ahead of the game against Croatia , Tuchel made clear he would not be joining in with the anthem himself.
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"Not yet," he announced at the team's base in Kansas City. "I think we are not there yet. At the very end [of the tournament], maybe. I am still a bit shy. I don't want to offend people and don't want to have the focus on that now."
He was then asked whether he'd learned the words, to which he replied: "It's not so difficult."
When pressed on whether he considered himself an 'Anglophile', he added: "Yeah, it feels like that. I can't explain it but it felt like this from the first weeks at Chelsea . It just felt so good to be in the country and in the city of course, and be a part of the Premier League.
"Everyday was a gift, almost. It just felt like to be in the right place. I cannot say often enough, I'm grateful, and it's an honor for me to be England head coach and nobody wants it more than me.
"I feel basically at home when I land, when I fly home [to England]. I would say now "I fly home", I fly home to my home in London and it feels like home when I land in London and I'm in England."
