Fear not! If we can navigate our way past DR Congo – who are ranked 41st in the world, only a place above Scotland – then we should have a right-back in place for a clash against Mexico at the Azteca. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Tuchel said in the build-up to this regading James and Quansah: ‘They’re getting closer and closer. I saw both of them on the pitch. In the nature of the injury, Jarell is a little bit ahead of Reece, but the race was close even to make it into a match squad this time.
‘So we need to make sure that we have more matches. That is the main focus and then they will be available very soon.
‘First of all, I trust my players. I’ve seen them since weeks, I picked them and that’s what football is all about. You have injuries.
‘It’s not worth to be too long upset about it and focus on the problem. Find the solution, this is team sport.
‘We would love to have Reece with us, we would love to have Jarell with us, but they’re injured at the moment so other players will step up and we will push this over the line tomorrow as a team no matter what happens.’
