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<\/p>\nEngland defender Jarell Quansah will miss Saturday\u2019s World Cup quarter-final against Norway, and the last four should the Three Lions progress, after being handed a two-game ban by FIFA.<\/p>\n
Quansah was shown a straight red card against Mexico in the last 16, but only after a VAR review.<\/p>\n
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Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n The absence of the Bayer Leverkusen man adds an extra headache to Thomas Tuchel\u2019s selection at right-back.<\/p>\n Chelsea captain Reece James has missed the last three games after picking up a hamstring injury and is the only natural right-back in Tuchel\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n Djed Spence and Quansah have deputised at right-back, but both have struggled. <\/p>\n James remains a doubt for the last eight after missing training on Wednesday. Ezri Konsa was forced to move to right-back for the final half hour of England\u2019s dogged display to win in Mexico and could start there with John Stones coming into central defence.<\/p>\n READ MORE <\/p>\n First Socceroos transfer domino falls as breakout star seals big European move<\/a><\/p>\n Teen freak \u2018Roos can pinch from Poms… and other loyalty fights that loom: \u201830 WC squad predicted<\/a><\/p>\n Making sense of the World Cup\u2019s biggest conspiracy… and why it simply won\u2019t go away<\/a><\/p>\n England defender Jarell Quansah will miss Saturday\u2019s World Cup quarter-final against Norway, and the last four should the Three Lions progress.Source: AFP<\/p>\n The English Football Association has reportedly been exploring options to appeal Quansah\u2019s suspension after USA striker Folarin Balogun\u2019s ban was controversially suspended by FIFA.<\/p>\n Balogun was cleared to play in the States\u2019 4-1 defeat to Belgium following a call by US President Donald Trump to football\u2019s global governing body.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere does this start and where does this end now? Can we overturn it or not overturn it? What\u2019s going on?\u201d Tuchel said after victory in Mexico City.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere to draw the line is the question that I ask?\u201d<\/p>\n England head coach Thomas Tuchel is said to be furious.Source: AP<\/p>\n However, England cannot appeal the decision which has reportedly left Tuchel infuriated. <\/p>\n \u201cEngland cannot appeal against Jarrel Quansah\u2019s two match ban under FIFA rules, but I understand Thomas Tuchel is furious at the decision,\u201d Sky Sports football correspondent Rob Dorsett tweeted. \u201cHe asked FA officials to lodge their dissatisfaction to FIFA\u2019s disciplinary committee in the strongest terms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England defender Jarell Quansah will miss Saturday\u2019s World Cup quarter-final against Norway, and the last four should the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2620,34674,2071,301806,2490,372492,2755,372491,4517,43,92964,2184,5140,44,102335,2640,41,39,42,40,75167,2614],"class_list":["post-790142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-bayer-04-leverkusen","tag-belgium","tag-central-defence","tag-donald-trump","tag-england-defender","tag-florida","tag-global-governing-body","tag-hamstring-injury","tag-headlines","tag-john-stones","tag-mexico","tag-miami","tag-news","tag-reece-james","tag-thomas-tuchel","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-two-game-ban","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}