England confirm O’Reilly out of Czechia match

England confirmed on Tuesday that Nico O’Reilly would miss its Nations League match against Czechia in Prague, leaving manager Thomas Tuchel to adjust his defence after the team’s 3-2 opening defeat to Spain. Ezri Konsa’s availability remained unresolved in the supplied reporting, which did not establish the match result. O’Reilly and Konsa had both missed England’s group training session on Monday and followed individual programmes at Tottenham Hotspur’s training ground. Tuchel said then that each had a minor issue and that medical checks would determine whether either could play. He said the final assessments were due on Tuesday morning. England later confirmed O’Reilly would not be available for the Group A3 fixture. The report did not give a reason for the decision beyond the injury concern already described, nor did it establish whether Konsa had been cleared to play. That left Tuchel with at least one defensive change to make, while the status of a second potential change remained unclear. Lewis Hall was identified as an option to replace O’Reilly at left-back. Myles Lewis-Skelly, who had played in midfield against Spain, was another possible choice for the position.