{"id":791939,"date":"2026-07-10T03:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791939\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T03:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:13:08","slug":"jarell-quansah-handed-two-match-ban-by-fifa-for-sending-off-against-mexico-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791939\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarell Quansah handed two-match ban by Fifa for sending off against Mexico | England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jarell Quansah has been given a two-game ban for his red card in England\u2019s World Cup last-16 victory over Mexico<\/a>, leaving the defender devastated. Fifa announced the sanction on Thursday, saying it was for serious foul play.<\/p>\n

Thomas Tuchel must now decide what to do at right-back for the quarter-final against Norway in Miami on Saturday. Reece James, who has missed the last three matches with a hamstring injury, is a selection doubt<\/a> but it is understood that he could have some involvement, which points towards him being a substitute.<\/p>\n

Tuchel\u2019s most natural choice for the position would be Djed Spence. The manager could use Ezri Konsa there, as he did after Quansah\u2019s sending-off against Mexico. Tuchel has said that he would rather not disrupt Konsa\u2019s partnership with Marc Gu\u00e9hi in central defence.<\/p>\n

Tuchel was unhappy at the processes that led to Quansah\u2019s red card, which came in the 54th minute after he stretched into a challenge on the Mexico left-back, Jes\u00fas Gallardo. The referee, Alireza Faghani, did not award a free-kick but he reached his decision after being called to the pitch-side monitor by the video assistant referee where he considered slow-motion replays and freeze-frames.<\/p>\n

However, Tuchel also has a headache at centre-back, with Gu\u00e9hi nursing a hamstring problem and in a race against time to be fit. It remains to be seen if the Manchester City defender can train on Friday, leaving Tuchel with a decision to make over whether to start him or bring in John Stones. There are also problems in midfield as Declan Rice looks to get over a sickness bug before the quarter-final.<\/p>\n

The Football Association is likely to have made representations to Fifa about the processes that led to Quansah\u2019s dismissal. There is no right of appeal against a red card at this tournament, albeit the possibility of one being overturned has been opened by Fifa\u2019s hugely controversial decision to suspend Folarin Balogun\u2019s one-match ban<\/a> after the striker had been dismissed in the USA\u2019s win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n

Bukayo Saka said: \u201cI just found out. Very frustrating for sure [but] it is what it is. We have to deal with it, adapt and get ready. I don\u2019t know what to say [about Balogun\u2019s red card being suspended]. It was Fifa\u2019s decision.\u201d Nico O\u2019Reilly added: \u201cI\u2019m gutted for him and he\u2019s not happy about it \u2026 but the decision is made now and he\u2019s got his head around it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarell Quansah has been given a two-game ban for his red card in England\u2019s World Cup last-16 victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-791939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}