Lee Carsley takes charge of his first home England game following his appointment.
Lee Carsley is set to hand a shock start in an experimental line-up for England’s Nations League clash against Finland tonight.
Carsley kicked off his reign as interim England boss with an impressive 2-0 victory over Ireland last Saturday.
Former Ireland youth internationals Declan Rice and Jack Grealish got on the score-sheet as they both netted in the first-half.
The Three Lions resume their Nations League campaign tonight as they host Finland at Wembley Stadium.
And Carsley is ‘pondering’ changes ahead of taking charge of his first home game since his appointment.
According to The Daily Mail, Rico Lewis is in line to start at left-back against Finland.
The Manchester City defender, who can also operate in midfield, has just one senior cap to his name, having played the entirety of a 1-1 draw at North Macedonia last year.
Rico Lewis in action against North Macedonia. Image: Getty
Rico Lewis in action against North Macedonia. Image: Getty
John Stones and Ezri Konsa are set to replace Marc Guehi and Harry Maguire at centre-back.
Angel Gomes, who came off the bench to make his senior international debut against Ireland, is expected to start, too.
The former Manchester United youth star was one of four uncapped players to be named in Carsley’s first England squad.
Carsley has confirmed that he will make changes to the starting XI to manage workload.
“We have to be realistic that the players that didn’t have a lot of time off in the summer, came back having maybe not played as many minutes, to expect them just to go into, especially, a game in Dublin at the tempo that we thought it would be and the physicality,” he explained.
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“I didn’t want to put them in a position where if they didn’t do well, you could almost see what they didn’t do well.
“It just gave us a chance to do a bit more work with them during the week and then put them in a position… and there’s maybe four or five that needed that extra work and that extra day’s training which will hopefully help them.”
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