Manajan Ingila Thomas Tuchel ya kare matsayinsa kan ɗan wasan bayansa, bayan an tabbatar cewa Reece James zai rasa wasan Rukunin L na FIFA World Cup 2026 da Panama a New Jersey ranar Asabar (22:00 BST).
James, ɗan wasan bayan dama na Chelsea, bai yi tafiya ba daga sansanin Ingila da ke Kansas City bayan ya yi koken matsalar tsokoki a bayan ƙafa bayan jerin rashin kwallo da Ghana a ranar Talata. Duk da haka, Tuchel yana da fata cewa James na iya buga wasan zagaye na 32 mai yuwuwa mako mai zuwa.
BBC Sport ta fahimci cewa James yana cikin matukar shakka don matakin knockout, idan Ingila ta cancanci fita daga rukuninsu.
Zaɓin Tuchel na ɗan wasan bayansa yana ƙarƙashin bincike
Rashin James ya ƙara wa Tuchel matsala ta zaɓi. Tino Livramento ya riga ya koma gida saboda rauni a ƙafar ƙasa, yana barin manajan Ingila da ƴan ɗan wasan bayansa masu karancin yawa. Djed Spence, James, da Livramento ne kawai ɗan wasan bayansa na gaske uku da aka zaɓa don gasar.
Nico O'Reilly, wanda ya buga a matsayin ɗan wasan bayan hagu na Manchester City a kakar da ta gabata, yana cikin ƙungiyar — amma ya girma a Etihad Stadium a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya. Dan Burn ya taɓa buga a bayan hagu amma galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗan wasan tsaro na tsakiya. Ga maidowa a hannun dama, Tuchel na iya dogara da Spence da masu tsaro na tsakiya Jarell Quansah da Ezri Konsa.
Duk da ƙaruwar matsin lamba, Tuchel ya kasance ƙarfin hali idan aka tambaye shi game da zaɓinsa:
