England I have to win this Thursday in Greece in Athens and, although the match was complicated at the beginning of the second half, they won (0-3). Without most of its usual stars (controversial casualty) and co Harry Kane starting from the bench, the Madrid player Jude Bellingham led the ‘pros’ by scoring the first goal (by Ollie Watkins) and the second (of the goalkeeper Vlachodimos own goals). Curtis Jonesmaking his debut, sealed 0-3 with a spectacular backheel goal.
England are now top of League B group 2, tied on points with Greece, with the last matchday remaining (England-Ireland and Finland-Greece). Only the former will be promoted to League A. English favor Hellenes Greece beat 1-2 at Wembley.
The penultimate match of Lee Carsley as interim coach England. He has a match on Sunday Ireland at Wembley and took office on January 1 Thomas Tuchels. Dramatic and surrounded by controversy because of the nine fatalities that in some cases raised suspicion, even for Harry Kanecaptain of England and that he expressed his discomfort.
Carsley left on the bench Harry Kane start against the Greek team (he came in the 66th minute). The nine casualties in question: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Phil Foden and Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton) and Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton).
The truth is that the big event in Athens started very well for England. In the 7th minute, a combination of Jude Bellingham-Noni Madueke-Ollie Watkins allowed the two-time European runners-up to go ahead. A good pass from Bellingham was taken advantage of by a stellar Madueke (in his first game as a starter for England) to make a great play on his wing and assist Watkins, who started in place of Harry Kane and just needed push the ball into the net.
With an advantage on the scoreboard, England played excellent football, with freshness and quality. Madueke shined, as did Bellingham, who found space and where many of the pros’ attacking plays went through. But he committed the sin of not scoring another goal in that phase where he was clearly superior. Meanwhile, Jordan Pickford had to make his first big save of the night to deflect a great shot from Kostas Tsimikas.
Everything changed in the second half, when Greece started to attack and attack and England started to suffer. Pickford had a lot of work and did well on several occasions, such as when shooting Fotis Ioannidis. It was a very complicated night for the English team. However, despite the chances they had, Greece couldn’t score.
Until Bellingham put England ahead again with a shot that hit the post and was headed in by Odysseas Vlachodimos, the Greek goalkeeper, into his own goal in the 78th minute. More: Curtis Jones, again showing he is in great form and making his senior debut, makes it 0-3, a rare backheel goal, after a Jarrod Bowen play and a pass from Morgan Gibbs-White at 83′.
Source: La Verdad
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