Thomas Tuchel has left Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly out of his England squad for tonight's World Cup qualifying clash with Serbia in Belgrade.
The Three Lions go into the game hoping to take another step towards qualification for next summer's showpiece event, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Tuchel is allowed a 23-man squad for this evening's fixture against Serbia.
And the German has opted to snub Lewis-Skelly, with Tino Livramento and Djed Spence his left-back options for the showdown.
Thomas Tuchel has left Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly out of his England squad for tonight's World Cup qualifying clash with Serbia in Belgrade
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England will go into the match against Serbia on the back of an uninspiring 2-0 victory over Andorra on Saturday night.
Lewis-Skelly played the full 90 minutes in that fixture, which makes his omission from the squad all the more surprising.
At club level, the 18-year-old has struggled for regular action this season.
He was afforded just 18 minutes in Arsenal's 1-0 win over Manchester United on matchday one, while the teenager also made a cameo off the bench in the Gunners' emphatic 5-0 victory over Leeds at the Emirates Stadium.
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Prior to the international break, he was an unused substitute in Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
England have struggled to shine under Tuchel so far
He has won four of his five matches since replacing Gareth Southgate, with the Three Lions yet to concede in their World Cup qualifying match.
But Tuchel is hopeful tonight's fixture can bring out the best of his players.
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Myles Lewis-Skelly won't be involved in England's World Cup qualifying match with Serbia
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“Our young players will not be afraid. They are not afraid of anything," he said.
"The group was excellent throughout the week and everyone deserves to play.
"We have some difficult choices and some narrow decisions to make. We will have a strong bench and age is not decisive.”
England star Harry Kane also revealed he was excited for the looming clash.
The Bayern Munich forward added: “I’ve been to Serbia before, we played Red Star at this stadium with Tottenham.
“It was a pretty hostile environment — just the walk from the changing room to the pitch. It feels like a mile-long walk.
“There’s a lot of fans, you hear a lot of noise, a lot of banging.
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“The ideal situation would be to have a comfortable game and win but we know that’s not always the case, so there might be times we have to stick together, to defend as a team and ultimately find a way to win.
“When you do that against these types of oppositions in these stadiums, I feel that builds an extra layer of togetherness you can’t form without matches like this.”