{"id":5609,"date":"2026-06-26T21:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:54:35","slug":"england-fullback-reece-james-sidelined-indefinitely-with-hamstring-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5609","title":{"rendered":"England Fullback Reece James Sidelined Indefinitely With Hamstring Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>England\u2019s key defensive piece Reece James will be sidelined for at least two games following his ongoing hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>James did not participate in training with the squad in Kansas City ahead of their group stage finale vs. Panama at New York\/New Jersey Stadium. He entered the tournament with prior hamstring issues with Chelsea, and was aggravated following their 0-0 draw against Ghana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>James played all 90 minutes against both Ghana and Croatia and is considered one of England\u2019s more trusted defensive players. With first place in Group L on the line on Saturday, having James out will cause a shuffle in coach Thomas Tuchel\u2019s lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With James out, Tuchel could turn to\u00a0Jarell Quansah, Djed Spence and Ezri Konsa as alternatives in Saturday\u2019s starting 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>James is competing in his first World Cup but has been to two with England. James was part of the Three Lions\u2019 2022 roster, but was ruled out due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>England will advance to the round of 32 with a win or draw over Panama, and could clinch first place if Ghana finishes with a win or a draw.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY England\u2019s key defensive piece Reece James will be sidelined for at least two games following his ongoing hamstring injury. James did not participate in training with the squad in Kansas City ahead of their group stage finale vs. Panama at New York\/New Jersey Stadium. He entered the tournament with prior hamstring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}