Penjelasan Tuchel soal Cedera Livramento dan Pilihan Chalobah

Manajer Inggris Thomas Tuchel memberikan penjelasan mengenai situasi cedera yang menimpa Livramento dan alasannya menjatuhkan pilihan kepada Chalobah untuk mengisi lini belakang.

"Tino was of course very disappointed and sad. All of us were.

It was a bit of a shock when he had to stop training and he had a feeling that this could be an injury that could cost him the tournament.

He was unfortunately right after assessment," kata Thomas Tuchel.

Tuchel menegaskan bahwa pemulihan Livramento memakan waktu terlalu lama sehingga posisi tersebut harus segera dialihkan demi kelengkapan formasi empat bek.

"We got the information that it's about four or five weeks, which is unfortunately too long to keep on rebuilding and reintegrating him into the squad.

We took the decision to send him home, which is disappointing," kata Thomas Tuchel.

Penambahan Chalobah dinilai memberikan fleksibilitas taktis karena beberapa pemain bertahan lain dapat digeser untuk mengisi posisi bek sayap kanan dan kiri.

"We called Trevoh Chalobah, because we can free up Jarell Quansah as a full-back on both sides. Djed Spence can play as a full-back on both sides.

Trevoh comes as a centre-back alternative, which gives us full coverage in the back four," kata Thomas Tuchel.

Sebelumnya, Tuchel juga sempat menyatakan bahwa pencoretan mantan pemain Liverpool tersebut merupakan murni keputusan olahraga yang harus diambil meskipun memicu perdebatan.

"We had a call. I tried to explain the situation but Trent just has to accept it.