England vs Iceland results today 11/19 Nations League 2020

Final: England 4-0 Iceland
Scored: Rice (20); Mount (24); Foden (80, 84)

After a 2-0 loss to the world’s number one team Belgium a few days ago, England were definitely third in the final group of the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League regardless of the final result. This position has no meaning because it is not allowed to participate in the Nations League final (only for the top 4 teams in League A) but it cannot be relegated (only the last team must go to League B).

In such a context, coach Southgate will see the final UEFA Nations League game this season with Iceland at Wembley as an opportunity to train and test reserve factors, but in the end he still threw quite a bit. The pillar that if there is nothing out of the ordinary (injury or catastrophic decline), they will almost certainly attend the final of Euro 2020 next year.

It’s about goalkeeper Pickford, right-back Kyle Walker, midfielder Harry Maguire, captain Harry Kane or even Jack Grealish, a midfielder who has played quite well in recent times. The test is only in some positions of central midfielder Mason Mount (Chelsea), left winger Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) or winger Phil Foden (Man City).

It seems that the 50 year old military leader has more “blood to win” than expected and certainly some English teams are not interested in that because many of their key faces are destroyed in a futile match. With such formation plus a local field factor, “Three Lions” had little difficulty beating the visitors from Iceland right after kickoff.

Just because the game has no professional value and many players don’t have a great need to perform well (because the position is too safe), just play sparingly, not attacking. In the end. Obviously it is possible to sympathize when some names play in the “nutritious” style because they still have to think about the host club and the dense schedule that awaits them (3 days / game).

Therefore, the first 15 minutes passed, although the ball rolled mainly on the Icelandic side (the time to control the ball in England was over 80%), but the home team did not have a soul attack. However, only until the 20th minute, “Three Lions” found a goal, but from a fixed position when Phil Foden hung the ball into Iceland’s penalty area from the left wing and Declan Rice moved to select the point. falling and shaking your head dangerous enough to get the ball into the net.

Thus, the central midfielder born in 1999, wearing West Ham, had his first international competition goal. Rice also seems to be a Southgate favorite lately when playing regularly. Shortly after the opening score, Grealish dropped the ball favorably for Saka to finish, but goalkeeper Kristinsson brilliantly saved Iceland.

However, the gap soon widened. In the 24th minute, the visitors’ defense was chaotic as they fended off an attack from England and Mason Mount deftly dribbled an opposing defender and then crossed his left foot crossed to score a third goal on the jersey. UK national team.

In the 30th minute, England went from defense to attack very quickly, finishing with a stretch by Phil Foden, but Ogmundur Kristinsson (playing for Greece) successfully blocked. In the 35th minute, a young Man City star was still trying to find a goal with a left-footed shot near the 16m50 line and the ball narrowly deflected the goal.

Then Captain Harry Kane made two consecutive shots in minutes, but the ball missed its mark. For the remainder of the first half, the ball continued to appear rarely in the English field, so Iceland continued without taking any shots exactly as before.

After the break, nothing changed and Iceland only had enough strength to increase … the time to control the ball. But in the 54th minute, the visitors only had 10 people on the field after Saevarsson pulled too hard on Saka’s hand in the 16m50 area as the young Arsenal star ran away to catch a pass from Harry Kane. The referee could not do more than get a second yellow card.

It was not until the lack of people that Iceland had the first shot in the match when captain Kari Arnason (who played in the country) headed the ball in a corner in the 58th minute. But as mentioned, many English players are not interested. In this match, making it impossible for the “Three Lions” scenario to rush to attack to make the most of human resources.

Coach Southgate himself is also quite “crafty” at adjusting personnel, even targeting … defense (taking Mings Winks defender and midfielder onto the field) rather than focusing on attack. It should be remembered that it was the only attacker (Jadon Sancho) who contributed to the Tres Leones’ third goal.

In the 80th minute, the young Dortmund star collaborated with Saka on the left wing before pushing the ball to former teammate Phil Foden (both grew up in the Man City youth academy and both were born in 2000). orderly to score the first goal in the colors of the national team.

Without stopping here, in the 84th minute to receive the ball from the Winks, Phil Foden led several times before launching an unstoppable shot with his left foot near the 16m50 area to secure a 4-0 victory for England. So the Three Lions have achieved their goal: to close the UEFA Nations League with a jubilant victory. Happily, young faces with a bright future ahead of them dominated the scene of this match.

TEAM

ANH (3-4-3): Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker (Tyrone Mings 64 ‘), Eric Dier, Harry Maguire; Kieran Trippier (Maitland-Niles 85 ‘), Declan Rice, Mason Mount (Harry Winks 64’), Bukayo Saka; Phil Foden, Harry Kane (Abraham 76 ‘), Jack Grealish (Jadon Sancho 76’).

ICELAND (3-4-3): Ogmundur Kristinsson (Halldórsson 46 ‘); Sverrir Ingason, Kari Arnason (c), Hjortur Hermannsson; Birkir Mar Saevarsson, Victor Palsson, Birkir Bjarnason, Ari Freyr Skulason; Runar Mar Sigurjonsson (Eyjolfsson 62 ‘), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Sigthorsson 73’), Albert Gudmundsson (Thorsteinsson 73 ‘).