England's Djed Spence to wear protective mask during World Cup after breaking jaw

[p]The Tottenham Hotspur player ‌sustained the injury in a collision ‌with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/delap-liam/6cfkytBh/"]Liam Delap[/a] and had to wear a mask ‌in their final match of ⁠the ‌season against Everton.[/p][p][b]"It's a little bit uncomfortable ​but it is what it is,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spence-djed/GQAxKWes/"]Spence[/a] told reporters ​on Monday.[/p][p]"I've got a broken jaw so I have to wear ⁠it throughout ​the tournament. It's something I will have to get used to. It'll be three months until it's ‌fully healed, so it's a long time."[/p][embed guid="389dc7c3-1767-4946-81de-fe58e497ff05" url="https://x.com/Footballtweet/status/2063970297565553055" social-type="twitter" /][p]Spence, who played to the end of the match against Chelsea, said he had not been worried that he might be sidelined due to the injury.[/p][p][b]"It was painful but luckily I play ‌football with my feet and ​not my jaw. So I ‌was all good," [/b]the 25-year-old added.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] open their World Cup campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a] in Dallas on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/croatia-K8aznggo/england-j9N9ZNFA/?mid=b5qGuKMs"]June 17[/a] before taking on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ghana/nNBjHale/"]⁠Ghana[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/panama/OWKqbCfi/"]⁠Panama[/a].[/p]