Thomas Tuchel's England staggered through a nightmare match against DR Congo earlier this evening, trailing 1-0 for most of the event.
In the end, the Three Lions prevailed through a Harry Kane brace, with a header in the 75th, then a thunderous right-footed strike into the roof of the net in the 86th.
Prior to that, Thomas Tuchel made a bizarre but brilliant position change with Declan Rice to right-back, but why?
Thomas Tuchel explains baffling but brilliant Declan Rice position change during England vs DR Congo, 2026 World Cup
In the 70th minute, the England boss substituted right-back Djed Spence for forward Eberechi Eze.
In doing so, Tuchel switched Rice from midfield to full-back, just five minutes before the Three Lions' turnaround.
Speaking to ITV on the process behind the position change, Tuchel said: "Anthony Barry had a brilliant idea... to put Declan there.
"To have his quality from the side, get more difficult crosses [to defend] in there. To give more support to Bukayo... a bit more connection.
"Full credit to my assistant coach," confessed the England manager, who then praised his team's "commitment" in coming back from behind during a World Cup game for the first time since 1966.
Gary Neville expanded on the Arsenal man's position change-up, as pundit for ITV during the post-match reaction.
The ex-England international and Manchester United man described how he was "crying out for it" in the second half vs DR Congo.
"He went to right-back for Arsenal in a game against West Ham a few months ago, and I thought it was the wrong decision from Mikel Arteta," said Neville.
"I was actually crying out for it in the second half, to put him [at right-back]... what it did was make that little triangle, combination [thrive]," he continued.
A tight-angled cross from Rice was latched onto by Anthony Gordon, who put it back in for Kane's first goal and equaliser.
