Lee Carsley interim England manager at the time Thomas Tuchel took office in January, this Tuesday he called Jack Grealish for the Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland, despite the fact that the English winger has not played since October 20 and the date of his reappearance has been pointed out after the national team break.
Carsley, leaving the recently wounded John Stones, He called up four Manchester City players for what was his final list before Tuchel arrived: Rico Lewis, Kyle Walker, Phil Foden and Grealish.
Five games out
The winger was injured on October 20 in a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers and has not played a single minute since, missing a total of five games.
Despite this warning, Carsley decided to call in Grealish, who This will not make Guardiola very happy, who had already suffered when Rodrigo Hernandez He played his first minutes this season on September 8 with Spain against Switzerland, just two weeks before rupturing his cruciate ligament, and the worst experience was when stones He was injured in March in an England friendly against Belgium.
Guardiola was angry
“In friendlies, you can’t be injured. You can play, but you can’t come back injured. I know that players obviously don’t want to be injured and I always encourage them to join their national team, this is a pleasure, but if it’s a friendly, you can’t come back injured especially if then you have to play in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Real Madrid,” said Guardiola, remembering the episode with Stones and. as well as Kyle Walker’s during the same March vacation.
“I had never been so angry. I had never been so disappointed. A friendly and two injured players. I didn’t like it at all.” Guardiola said.
Now the two matches are official, both in the Nations League, where England are playing for promotion to League A, but City, hampered by injuries, are going through a delicate moment, with three consecutive defeats against Tottenham in the Copa del Rey. the League (2-0), Bournemouth in the Premier League (2-1) and Sporting de Portugal on Tuesday in the Champions League (4-1).
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
