Declan Rice captained as Thomas Tuchel made seven changes to England’s starting XI
Thomas Tuchel has it made seven changes to his team that will start the third place qualifier in the World Cup between England and France.
Captain Harry Kane is on the bench, meaning Declan Rice is wearing the armband to start in Miami, live on talkSPORT.
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Rice is one of only four players to retain their spot on the roster with Marc Guehi, Djed Spence and Morgan Rogers the other survivors of the battle.
There is also a start for former Brentford striker Ivan Toney, while Dean Henderson starts in goal to make his World Cup debut.
Kobbie Mainoo is not in the team as he suffered a concussion on Friday in training.
Mainoo is yet to register a competitive minute at the Three Lions in North America this summer as he was called up ahead of the likes of Adam Wharton and James Garner.
Jarell Quansah returns from serving a two-game suspension for his sending off against Mexico and starts at right back.
Ezri Konsa returns to the heart of the defense as a substitute for Argentina while Eberechi Eze joins Rice and Rogers in midfield.
Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford have also moved into the sides, while Morgan Rogers has moved into the number 10 spot.
England XI: D. Henderson Quansah, Konsa, Guehi, Spence, Rice, Eze, Rogers, Saka, Toney, Rashford
A consolation game
England’s hopes of winning a first major international silver medal since 1966 were dashed against Argentina in midweek.
Anthony Gordon fired England ahead ten minutes into the second half.
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However, Tuchel’s changes made England stay deep as Argentina pushed forward in search of an equaliser.
Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez struck in stoppage time to break England hearts as the 2022 winners set up a final against 2010 winners Spain on Sunday.
‘It’s not in our DNA’
And after the game, Tuchel blamed England’s ‘football DNA’ for their exit from the World Cup, rather than his tactics.
“At this moment, my feeling was that there was no framework in the world that could help us,” he said.
“Because we weren’t doing anything and we weren’t physical enough, we didn’t stop the runners coming into our box and the delivery wasn’t right.
“I haven’t seen the details yet, but I think that right after the goal, the pressure changes and the possession of the ball drops a lot.
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“We couldn’t get duels; that’s why we went deep. It wasn’t the plan, but it happened.
“(We) couldn’t stop the athletes from the second line, the midfielders, with our gaps, and the delivery was at a high level.
“You have to get back to the ball; otherwise you won’t be able to break the pressure, and you won’t be able to regain momentum.
“I think that handling the ball plays an important role; maybe it’s not in our DNA as it is in our DNA in Spain or in our DNA in Argentina and Brazil, to take the ball and control the game with the ball.”
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