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15th July 2018
12:23pm BST

"He didn't have a good enough World Cup to be chosen for a match ahead of [Jamie] Vardy, [Danny] Welbeck, [Marcus] Rashford – people with probably better condition from a physical and psychological point of view."Physical and psychological.... double whammy from Mourinho.
Marcus Rashford was brought on for Sterling in the second half of the game and looked more threatening, but Vardy and Welbeck didn't get on.
Mourinho also expressed sympathy with England's back-up goalkeepers, neither of whom played a minute at the tournament, even in the third place play-off.
"I think also for a second goalkeeper to feel I didn't even play in the third match of the group phase, I'm not playing in the third vs fourth match, when can I play?" Mourinho said. "I think it's quite frustrating for a guy like Jack Butland or Nick Pope."
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