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England manager Thomas Tuchel says Alex Scott’s injury is a “one-off. Strange one” and there was no risk involved with him playing against Croatia. The Bournemouth midfielder is set to be out for six to eight weeks with a thigh issue.
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00:00And with Alex, it's a bit of a strange one, I'm very sad about it.
00:05Alex trained both training sessions before the match full against Croatia,
00:11he did extra work after the training sessions, we knew that he was in treatment,
00:15but there were only green lights from himself, from the medics.
00:21When we were aware that there is a slight discomfort throughout the match,
00:25we asked him if he wants to come off, he said no.
00:28After the match he said, OK, it was the right thing to do,
00:31but I could have played 90 minutes, I don't feel an injury,
00:37and even on the day after, here, before we did the scan, he felt that he's not injured,
00:42so it's a strange one because it does not match the objectivity of the scan
00:48and the prediction of the time that he is obviously going to miss,
00:53it doesn't match his feelings and doesn't match at all the process into the match and during the match.
01:00There was zero risk taking from our side, there was no awareness that there is any risk
01:06of something could happen like this, it's a kind of a one-off, strange one.
01:10So, let's say this one.

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