The main thing about the application of England for the World Cup: Maddison and Wilson returned after 3 years, Rashford after the Euro, Maguire is still better than Tomori

Let's start with the goalkeepers.

There were four keepers on the tentative list, in addition to those called by Dean Henderson. Pickford has been selected by Southgate as number one in past World Cups and Euros. With Pope, England have won eight out of ten matches, and Newcastle are the least missed this season, on a par with Arsenal Ramsdale.

Henderson is on loan at Nottingham and bottom of the mostbet-az.info table, and Dean has less international experience . It is not surprising that it was he who became the fourth extra.

With the positions of full-backs, it is still the same difficult story. We've already talked about the problem on the right side of Rhys James's injury: Kyle Walker is not completely healthy, Trent is not very reliable, there is Kieran Trippier, but he also recently received an injury. Southgate eventually called in Ben White, who spends the entire season at Arsenal on this edge.

With the right flank of the defense, the issue can be resolved at least through options, but on the left there is practically no alternatives to Luke Shaw. After all, Ben Chilwell was not allowed by an injury to the back of the thigh, only Trippier remains to replace, and he very rarely played on the left, in fact, only in the national team. Bukayo Saka also appeared there somehow.

Calvin Phillips, who played only a few minutes this season in the Premier League due to shoulder problems, will go to the World Cup. He had just played [in a League Cup match], Southgate recalled. This is a super player, so it's worth the risk. But what shape will Phillips be in? Over the past five months, he has not played even 60 minutes in total in official matches.

Maddison and Wilson have not been seen in the national team since 2019, Rashford from penalties in the Euro final

Many were surprised by the challenge of James Maddison, and Gary Lineker, as a Leicester fan, was pleased. Both reactions are logical. Maddison has only had one cap, three years ago, and his club has been floundering in the relegation zone for a long time this season. But Leicester have come through in the last three weeks (four wins in five games), and Madison has been a great help in the Premier League, he now has six goals and four assists, with four scored and three he gave in the last month and a half. And in general, in the calendar year, only Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min and Kevin de Bruyne scored more than him in the Premier League.

Southgate was reminded of the story: in 2019, Maddison was left without an application for the match with the Czech Republic due to illness and he went to the casino that same evening. The tabloids were noisy, but even then the coach was calm, but now he said: This incident was not a problem for me. Unfortunately for him, he was too bloated. The decision to include Maddison, it turns out, was actually taken two weeks ago.

The same story with the challenge after a long break and Callum Wilson in the England team, he played the previous time in 2019, but a bright season made a dream of World Cup reality. Contributed six goals in ten matches of the Premier League: among the victims of Man City and Tottenham.