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Livramento ruled out of World Cup due to injury, Chalobah called up by England

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Anna Carreau & Anthony Paphitis

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Tino Livramento has been ruled out of the World Cup on the eve of England's opening match against Croatia on Wednesday and has been replaced by Trevoh Chalobah.

[p]Newcastle's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/livramento-valentino/fkessXOF/"]Livramento[/a] sustained an injury in the weeks leading up to the tournament, but picked up a calf problem that could keep him out for up to six weeks.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chalobah-trevoh/2N61AJte/"]Chalobah[/a], who worked with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] boss Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, has been called upon to replace the 23-year-old, having initially been named on the standby list.[/p][p]He will not join up with the squad until after the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/croatia-K8aznggo/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=b5qGuKMs"]match against Croatia[/a].[/p][p]FIFA rules state that an injured or ill player can be replaced in a squad no less than 24 hours before their opening match.[/p][p][b]The news is a blow for England, with the versatile Livramento being able to cover both right and left-back.[/b][/p][embed guid="138eb145-365d-4c92-af94-7d4f84e2b478" url="https://x.com/England/status/2066873454838587820?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]He played the second half of England's 1-0 warm-up win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/rLctHkpU/"]New Zealand[/a], but was an unused substitute for their final friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/costa-rica/C4ePE2kq/"]Costa Rica[/a].[/p][p]Chalobah has one England cap to his name and made his debut in a 3-1 defeat to Senegal in June last year.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]

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