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The groups!
The lineups are in and so they appear to be this. Marc Guehi turns into the 129th England captain:
England: Pickford, White, Konsa, Guehi, O’Reilly, Anderson, Mainoo, Palmer, Rogers, Foden, Gordon. Subs: Trafford, Steele, Henderson, Maguire, Bellingham, Rashford, Burn, Solanke, Barnes, Bowen, Garner, Spence, Livramento, Corridor.
Japan: Suzuki, J Ito, Watanabe, Taniguchi, Nakamura, Sano, Kamada, Doan, Mitoma, H Ito, Ueda. Subs: Hayakawa, Osaka, Sugawara, Seko, Fujita, Y Suzuki, Machino, Maeda, Hashioka, Tanaka, Ogawa, J Suzuki.
Marc Guehi will captain England for the primary time this night. {Photograph}: Eddie Keogh/The FA/Getty ImagesShare
Up to date at 14.03 EDT
Preamble
Whats up world! Lets see what footballing spaghetti sticks when Thomas Tuchel flings it on the Wembley wall this night? It may not be the best doable promote, however watching spaghetti stick can solely be extra entertaining than the watching-paint-dry distress reported by those that – in contrast to, I would as properly admit it now, myself – endured Friday’s 1-1 draw towards Uruguay. Since then England’s gamers have gone from drawing to withdrawing, with John Stones and, considerably suspiciously, a load of Arsenal gamers dropping out of the squad citing one thing or different. That is England’s final outing earlier than June, after they squeeze in a few friendlies earlier than the World Cup will get beneath means, and feels prefer it ought to be extra vital than it seems like England really feel like it’s. However simply perhaps, hopefully, it is going to are available in time, and maybe only some hours, to really feel vital. And so, right here we’re. Welcome!
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