{"id":79792,"date":"2026-07-12T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/declan-rice-in-bed-for-nearly-three-days-before-norway-match-thomas-tuchel\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:21:57","slug":"declan-rice-in-bed-for-nearly-three-days-before-norway-match-thomas-tuchel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/declan-rice-in-bed-for-nearly-three-days-before-norway-match-thomas-tuchel\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Rice in bed for nearly three days before Norway match &#8211; Thomas Tuchel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">England boss Thomas Tuchel says Declan Rice spent most of the three days before their World Cup quarter-final win against Norway in bed with sickness.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rice started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/cgl33l55100t\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">the 2-1 victory against Norway<\/a> but looked like he was struggling in the stifling heat of the Miami Stadium before being substituted after the break for Arsenal teammate Eberechi Eze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England went 1-0 down when Andreas Schjelderup scored for Norway before Jude Bellingham equalised just before half-time and also grabbed the winner for the Three Lions during extra-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The win set up a semi-final against Argentina, who beat Switzerland, that will kick off at 20:00 on Wednesday, 15 July and be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cx268mlg3lgo\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">shown live across the BBC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We had some players struggling in the heat,&#8221; said Tuchel. &#8220;Ezri Konsa was one of them with cramps and the hamstrings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Declan, we made a decision in half-time to become more offensive, to have a bit of an offensive shift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I made the decision when we were 1-0 down and didn&#8217;t want to go back on the decision because of the equaliser.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c3eyqdwq392o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Rice was a doubt<\/a> for the Norway game as he had already been suffering with a neural issue affecting his hamstring and lower back, and it was exacerbated by illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He trained on the eve of the quarter-final but made way at the break.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tuchel added: &#8220;We had to take Elliott [Anderson] or Declan out [and] knowing that Declan struggled after the last three days where he was most of the time in bed, I knew he cannot survive 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There was a possibility that it goes 120 [minutes], so I didn&#8217;t want to waste another change, so the decision was to take Declan earlier out than he needed to go out, just to save us another change later down the match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rice, who helped Arsenal win last season&#8217;s Premier League title, has started five of England&#8217;s six matches at the 2026 World Cup, with the group game against Panama being the only one he has missed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cpd3wv3v1eeo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England boss Thomas Tuchel says Declan Rice spent most of the three days before their World Cup quarter-final win against Norway in bed with sickness. 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