Alessia Russo out of England’s Nations League fixture vs Scotland

England manager Sarina Wiegman has confirmed that Alessia Russo won’t be available for Friday’s Nations League match against Scotland. “,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}},{“key”:”cblkb”,”text”:”The 24-year-old was called up for England’s Nations League fixtures this month, with Wiegman keeping faith with the majority of the squad who reached the final of the Women’s World Cup last month.”,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}},{“key”:”348k3″,”text”:”However, Russo won’t feature against Scotland as \”she needed a little more rest\”. Wiegman, however, confirmed that the striker is in contention to play against the Netherlands on Tuesday.”,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}},{“key”:”a5796″,”text”:”She said: \”She (Russo) is fine. Before camp I had a conversation with her and I decided she needed a little more rest. She won’t be available tomorrow but we are preparing her for Tuesday.”,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}},{“key”:”2mfm3″,”text”:”\”You can’t really see that separately. She is one human being, physical and mental. You cannot see that separately. We had a conversation. We have a team programme and we modify individually. Especially at this stage with the games coming up, we already talked about the calendar, it is such a short turn around. “,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}},{“key”:”5dpi3″,”text”:”\”You have conversations with players and then you have a feeling. We monitor them really well too. In these conversations, you become aware of things and I made the decision for her and thought ‘Hmm, this is not right.’ She really needs a couple of days rest. You want to perform at the highest level and you have to do what’s right and take care of players.\””,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}},{“key”:”sh7m”,”text”:”Russo scored three goals for England at the Women’s World Cup and has 29 caps to her name. “,”type”:”unstyled”,”depth”:0,”inlineStyleRanges”:[],”entityRanges”:[],”data”:{}}],”entityMap”:{}}”>