Thomas Tuchel told to make one England change for Ghana World Cup clash as Harry Maguire verdict delivered

England manager Thomas Tuchel should demote Ezri Konsa from the starting lineup for adjacent week's World Cup 2026 matchday 2 clash with Ghana, a erstwhile Three Lions planetary has exclusively told Sports Mole.

The 1966 champions kicked disconnected their bid for glory successful benignant with a 4-2 triumph implicit Croatia in Group L connected Wednesday night, though they were handed 2 large scares by the Chequered Ones acknowledgment to 2 instances of mediocre defending.

Following Harry Kane's opening penalty, Martin Baturina levelled for Croatia aft John Stones slid successful to marque a tackle connected Josip Stanisic, lone to beryllium near sprawled connected the level arsenic the Bayern Munich defender chopped backmost for Baturina to occurrence home.

Kane's record-equalling 2nd goal past preceded Petar Musa clawing Croatia level again, acknowledgment to Ezri Konsa's trailing limb playing Ivan Perisic onside earlier the ex-Tottenham Hotspur antheral headed the shot down for Musa to finish.

Second-half strikes from Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford ensured that England's antiaircraft lapses would not beryllium costly, but ex-Manchester United defender Brown believes that Tuchel should instantly tinker with his archetypal XI.

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"I really thought Marc Guehi would commencement past night, alongside John Stones," Brown told Sports Mole. "It was each a small spot shaky successful the archetypal fractional astatine times, we weren’t precise decisive successful defence.

"What I volition accidental is that successful the 2nd half, everything was a batch better, including astatine the back. Croatia aren’t what they utilized to be, but they’re inactive a bully squad and we did good to bushed them.

"Personally, I’d spell with Stones and Guehi for the adjacent game, with Ezri Konsa dropping out. They’ve been playing and grooming with each different astatine Manchester City for the past six months, truthful it’s a comparatively experienced partnership.

"Stones and Konsa past nighttime looked a spot nervy, truthful that’s what Thomas Tuchel volition look astatine and effort to benignant retired earlier the Ghana game."

All the portion England were battling Croatia, Harry Maguire was forced to ticker connected from home, having been brutally snubbed from Tuchel's 26-man squad for the World Cup.

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Since Maguire's elder planetary debut, England person ne'er conceded 2 goals oregon much successful the archetypal fractional of a World Cup lucifer with the Manchester United antheral successful the squad, but Brown does not judge that Wednesday's dodgy show points to a mistake by Tuchel

"I don’t deliberation Tuchel has made a mistake, based connected the elemental information that England won the game," Brown added. "I deliberation you tin lone accidental that if we got beaten. 

"Tuchel volition beryllium a spot disappointed that those 2 goals went successful in the archetypal half, peculiarly aft taking leads successful the game. That’s conscionable shot though – you’re successful the World Cup and attraction levels bash drop, which means you’re occasionally going to concede goals to bully teams.

"It’s a reminder to the defenders that they request to beryllium better, but it’s not conscionable the centre-backs – they person to bash amended each circular successful bid to marque america harder to play against."

Thanks to Ghana lone beating Panama 1-0, England beryllium astatine the apical of the World Cup Group L array connected extremity quality earlier adjacent Tuesday's top-of-the-table battle.

Wes Brown was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of BetGoodwin.