Rice started in England's midfield in Miami - his fifth start of the tournament - despite concerns over the Arsenal star suffering with a stomach bug
Tuchel opted to keep him in the starting XI, with a view to assessing him mid-game, and with his usual high-energy style curtailed in the first-half, a call was made to replace him at half-time with Gunners teammate Eberechi Eze
Rice watched the rest of the game from the bench, and there are some fears he could miss the Argentina semi-final, if Tuchel is not satisfied by his recovery in the coming days.
"We had some players struggling in the heat. Declan, we made a decision at half time to become more offensive, to have a bit of an offensive shift.
"Knowing that Declan has struggled after the last three days where he was most of the time in bed, I knew he couldn't survive 90 minutes.
"There was a possibility it goes 120 minutes, so I didn’t want to waste another change, so the decision was made to take off Declan earlier than he needed to go out, just to save us another change later in the match."