England’s upstream team won Belgium

England had a sweet rematch against Belgium when coach Gareth Southgate’s army went upstream to win 2-1 at home. Rashford and Mount scored for “Three Lions.”

Belgium once lost England its bronze medal at the 2018 World Cup, the two teams met again after more than two years when they were in the same group in the 2020 UEFA Nations League and England managed a victory in home by 2-1. thus ascending to the top of Group 2, League A.

The visitors opened the scoring with an attack from Lukaku, but Rashford leveled for the home team before the end of the first half. Mount’s lone second-half goal helped England successfully reverse the tide against Belgium and take first place from the opponent.

So, after the first leg of League A, England leads Group 2 with 7 points after 2 wins 1 draw, Belgium is second with 6 points, Denmark is third with 4 points and Iceland is at the bottom of the table after Los three games lost.

At home England came in a 3-4-1-2 formation against Belgium. Walker, Maguire and Dier are the midfield trio, and Trippier and Alexander Arnold are the two attacking full-backs. The central midfielder pair is Henderson and Ricer, Mount Rock in the attacking position and the highest is the pair of forward Rashford and Calvert-Lewin.

Southgate coach’s army got off to a quick start at home, unfortunately they didn’t attack impressively, the visitors played a lot more when they hit easily In the 10th minute, Belgium warned the home team with a header from Lukaku that went off the post. Two minutes later, Carrasco fired at the locals’ goal, but the goal was not recognized due to an offside foul.

After 15 minutes, Dier decided to get the ball into a sprint situation with Lukaku. It was a wrong decision when the England defender dropped the opponent into the penalty area, the referee quickly pointed to the 11m spot. Lukaku took the penalty, completed the task of opening the scoring.

Forced to attack harder after being conceded, but England played like a chicken with hair, not holding the ball much better than Belgium. A completely mediocre game of “Three Lions”, but in a tribulation, England suddenly received a penalty.

In the 38th minute, in the situation of participating in a corner, Henderson was dragged by Meunier into the penalty area and the trick of the visitors’ defenders could not get through the referee. Rashford hit an 11-meter shot, also successfully fired to equalize the score 1-1.

After the break, England played better. In the 56th minute, Calvert-Lewin missed the chance to score with a header that sent the ball over the crossbar. Nine minutes later, England suddenly took the lead with a lucky goal. Mount shot from the left side of the area, the ball hitting the visitors’ feet and climbing into the upper right corner, leaving Mignolet unable to do anything.

Being caught in a chase situation, the Belgian team pushed the team to dominate the match, putting pressure on the home team, England actively played defensive counterattack. In the 72nd minute, Carrasco missed the opportunity to equalize the visitors with a 6-meter shot to get the ball out when only Pickford was in front. A minute later, driver De Bruyne was injured and had to leave the field.

Losing the star who organized the team’s best play, Belgium fell into a total draw. The visitors played weakly in the remaining minutes and suffered defeat when, during the second half, they never once reached the rival goal.

Team

Brother: Pickford, Walker, Maguire, Dier, Alexander-Arnold (James, 79 ‘), Henderson (Phillips, 65’), Rice, Trippier, Mount (Sancho, 81 ‘), Rashford, Calvert-Lewin (Kane, 65’) .

Belgium: Mignolet, Alderweireld, Denayer, Boyata, Meunier, Castagne, Witsel, Tielemans, De Bruyne (Verschaeren, 73 ‘), Carrasco (Doku, 83), Lukaku.

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