LONDON (Reuters) - England can handle their Euro 2024 qualifier against Ukraine on Sunday with a reduced squad and will not call up players to fill in for the absentees, manager Gareth Southgate said.
The England coach has been left with 21 players to choose from with defenders Luke Shaw suspended following two yellow cards against Italy and Reece James withdrawing from the squad with an injury."To call somebody from the outside would be potentially quite complicated, you've no idea where they might be, what their training load has been over the last few days.
"They're all good... We've got to get the balance right of continuity, consistency, but also freshness." But they will be up against a spirited Ukraine side, who, due to the Russian invasion, will be required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.
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