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Thomas Tuchel makes three changes to the side sent out to thrash Latvia 5-0 last month. In come Reece James, Marcus Rashford and debutant Nico O’Reilly, taking the places of Djed Spence, who drops to the bench, the injured Anthony Gordon and the unselected Myles Lewis-Skelly. Tuchel’s selection means Morgan Rogers keeps his place in the number-10 role ahead of the recalled Jude Bellingham, who must make do with a place on the bench.
The teams
England: Pickford, James, Stones, Konsa, O’Reilly, Anderson, Rice, Rogers, Saka, Kane, Rashford.
Subs: Wharton, Spence, Trafford, Jordan Henderson, Dean Henderson, Foden, Chalobah, Burn, Bellingham, Eze, Bowen, Quansah.
Serbia: Rajkovic, Pavlovic, Milenkovic, Terzic, Mimovic, Ivan Ilic, Gudelj, Lukic, Kostic, Zivkovic, Vlahovic.
Subs: Petrovic, Grujic, Radonjic, Jovic, Katai, Veljkovic, Milosavljevic, Erakovic, Luka Ilic, Stankovic, Samardzic, Veljko Ilic.
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
… but having said all that, we’re nothing if we’re not a broad church. Something for everyone!
Preamble
England have already made it. So what else substantially is there to say? Apologies to those who are genuinely interested in the public-facing workshopping of the eventual World Cup starting XI, but these MBMs also have to provide a service to the constituency that considers a third international break in as many months to be a serious imposition on their precious leisure time and a severe test of patience, and that’s who this particular preamble is aimed at. They don’t ask for much, let’s give them this one at least. Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT, and the Premier League is back a week Saturday.
