Declan Rice turned on the alarm on Wednesday unable to train with his teammates due to illness, but the England and West Ham midfielder was able to train on Thursday, 48 hours before Saturday’s quarterfinals against France. This was announced by his partner and half Kalvin Phillips. Another good news for England. to join the return of Raheem Sterling, in time for England-France.
“Declan (Rice) is back in training and feeling good,” said Phillips, who partnered Rice at the lynchpin of England’s midfield at Euro 2020 (which was played in 2021 because of the pandemic). Phillips, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City midfielder, was asked on Thursday if he would be willing to take over from Rice in his absence.
Rice, important for Gareth Southgate (England manager) as a catcher and metronome, is vital to the English midfield and fell ill on Wednesday. Due to a shoulder injury, Phillips played just 53 minutes (spread over four games) for City. The ‘citizen’ (he signed for City from Leeds in the summer) had only played 40′ before Southgate gave the list for the World Cup, but the coach called him up because of his importance in the Euro Cup, where England are runners-up after losing the final on penalties against Italy.
“I don’t think if I could have started in the first phase and against Senegal. The players played well. I have to be ready to help the team win,” said Kalvin Phillips. After coming on on 57′, he set up the third goal in a 3-0 draw against Wales to Marcus Rashford. And he came on in the 82nd minute of the 3-0 draw against Senegal.
Source: La Verdad
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