The Three Lions’ journey at the Qatar 2022 World Cup will begin soon. This is a unique World Cup trinkets. From time to time, the world’s greatest event has always kept a sad and memorable story in it. With only 33 days left to 20 November 2022, where the 22nd edition of the Qatar 2022 World Cup begins, a number of the mainstay players of the participating teams have suffered injuries. Some are confirmed to be completely absent, some are giving hope of recovering in their time.
England, who are in Group B, can be said to be lucky enough to join teams such as Wales, the United States, and Iran, which in fact can be overcome by the team nicknamed The Three Lions. Bad news befell Gareth Southgate’s team. One of his mainstay players, Reece James, suffered an injury during the fourth matchday of the 2022/2023 Champions League when his team, Chelsea, faced AC Milan, Wednesday (12/10/2022) early morning WIB.
Group E in the match which was held at the San Siro, Chelsea beat the hosts with a score of 2-0. Jorginho scored both goals through the penalty spot and Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang. Reece James winced in pain in the 63rd minute and was unable to continue, his place being replaced by Cesar Azpilicueta.
“Reece has a knee injury and has to be treated by a team of doctors for 8 weeks,” the Blues said in a statement. Thus, it is confirmed that Reece will miss the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Guardian said Reece’s condition was a major blow for the England national team. The player who was born in London, England, December 8, 1999 (22) is predicted to be the best wing back for the England national team.
The same thing was experienced by Trent Alexander-Arnold who injured his ankle and Kyle Walker who injured his thigh. It is still doubtful that he will recover in Qatar, so Gareth Southgate has prepared Kieran Trippier as an option to replace Arnold and Walker. Besides England, at least there are also Brazil, Argentina, or France who are worried because their mainstay player is injured near Qatar 2022.
Finally, the Brazilian national team striker Richarlison grimaced and even shed tears when he had to leave the field due to injury in the 11th Premier League match between his team Tottenham Hotspur versus Everton. In a match that was held at the Tottenham Hotspur Arena, Saturday (10/15/2022) Tottenham Hotspur won 2-0 over their guest Everton. Both goals were scored by Harry Kane through the white point and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Richarlison had to be pulled off in the 51st minute due to pain in his calf and his place was replaced by Yves Bissouma. Luckily according to the news, his injury is not so serious and is predicted to recover in Qatar. Angel Di Maria and Paulo Dybala are also being speeded up to recover in order to continue to strengthen the Argentine team at that time.
Likewise with the French Team. The defending champion is still hoping for three of his injured players to recover in time. They are Paul Pogba, Wesley Fontana and N’Golo Kante. The biggest quadrennial event in Qatar is the 22nd edition since 1930. A total of 32 teams were divided into 8 groups in the event which was held from November 20 to December 18, 2023.
In this edition, the Asia zone gets 6 teams. Each Qatar as the host. South Korea, Japan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are the top four qualifiers, and Australia is the result of the play-offs between zones. You are anticipating who will come out as the winner? Let’s see and we will find out real soon.
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