England vs Ireland results in friendly football 13/11 2020

Final: England 3-0 Ireland
Scored: Maguire (18); Sancho (31); Calvert-Lewin (56 pens)

After the friendly match with Ireland, England will enter the last two matches of Group A2 of the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League. In which, especially important is the confrontation with the number 1 team in the world, Belgium, next Sunday. Currently, after 4/6 matches, England have 7 points, 2 points behind Belgium (leader). Thus, if you want to compete for first place to attend the Nations League final (for the top 4 teams of the 4 groups in League A), England will have to beat Belgium in the opposite half.

In such a context, the friendly match against Ireland is really a real test in terms of personnel when almost the biggest players are not on the starting list. Fortunately, only midfielder Harry Maguire, midfielder Mason Mount or forward Jadon Sancho will likely still play against Belgium after a few days.

In particular, Maguire, despite making a mistake that led to a goal that caused the home side to lose 1-0 to Denmark at home last month, remains to be trusted in this battle. In addition, Coach Southgate conducted a series of tests against Ireland’s “green army”.

For example, with two wings in the 3-4-3 diagram are Reece James (right) and Bukayo Saka (left). Both are asserting their footholds in their strong positions in the two managerial teams, Chelsea and Arsenal, which originally hailed from the club’s training facilities.

Or on the attack line alongside Sancho are Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jack Grealish. One is Everton’s number one striker, he has played a prominent place since the start of the 2020/21 season with 11 goals in all competitions (8 in the Premier League) and the other is the Aston Villa driver, also playing very all right. flowers this season. Even Grealish is considered the most creative midfielder in England today.

“Los Tres Leones” entered the game in a friendly enough way, true to the essential nature of a friendly match. However, the danger is always on the Irish side due to the superior quality of the staff. Although they only pitch the ‘B-team’ field and most Irish players are no strangers to their teammates on the other side of the line because they play together in the Premier League, it is clear that England’s ‘reserve’ players prove it. out to eat completely.

After some moderate threats, the home team also quickly found the opening goal. In a corner situation, Harry Winks hung the ball favorably for Maguire to score the first time he wore the captain’s armband with a header.

In the 27th minute, still from the corner, captain Maguire headed in, but this time goalkeeper Randolph (West Ham) blocked the save for Ireland. In the 31st minute, the score rose to 2-0. Receiving the ball from Grealish, Jadon Sancho distributed a few beats in the 16m50 area before sinking in a decisive corner, putting the ball in the corner of the net in the incapacity of the rival.

Until the end of the first half, England always maintained an overwhelming stance and Ireland did not even take a single shot (regardless of whether the goal was scored or not) on Nick Pope’s goal. At the beginning of the second half, the goalkeeper in the MU jersey, Dean Henderson, was ushered onto the field by Pope.

In the 47th minute, Jack Grealish had a graceful technical process before crashing into the far corner from the left, but the ball missed. A few minutes later, midfielder Tyrone Mings cleverly stole his heels after a pass from Aston Villa teammate Jack Grealish to give Saka a chance to score, but unfortunately the 2001-born boy ended up straying. tightly.

However, in the 55th minute, Saka delivered an 11-meter penalty to “Tres Leones” after forcing the rival to commit a foul in the 16m50 area. Striker Calvert-Lewin had the opportunity to score a second goal in the England jersey after four appearances and did not miss.

After he had scored, Calvert-Lewin felt quite comfortable as he was taken off the field as Jack Grealish, who had completed the game. Exactly until the 72nd minute, Ireland had the first goal of the game that came from Alan Browne’s effort to break the offside trap and the dunk spike (currently with Premier League team Preston), but Henderson used his foot. to stop. successfully destroyed.

In the 73rd minute, prodigy Jude Bellingham (born 2003) made his England team debut after replacing Mason Mount. Remember this talent was once scrambled by a number of great men, but decided to join Dortmund in the 2020 summer transfer window.

The rest of the game, England remained completely overwhelmed, although many times it was almost … walking on the field because the gap was safe and the minds of many players were thinking about the next games. Therefore, the 3-0 score remains the same until the final whistle.

Thus, the Southgate teachers and coaches have completed the plan outlined for the friendly match with Ireland: the victory to regain their spirits after the defeat against Denmark and the pillars are almost completely nourished for the important match. with Belgium in the UEFA Nations League in a few days.

TEAM

ANH (3-4-3): Nick Pope (Dean Henderson 46 ‘); Michael Keane, Harry Maguire, Tyrone Mings (Maitland-Niles 61 ‘); Reece James, Harry Winks, Mason Mount (Bellingham 73 ‘), Bukayo Saka; Jadon Sancho, Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Abraham 63 ‘), Jack Grealish (Foden 61’).

IRELAND (4-3-3): Darren Randolph; Matt Doherty, Shane Duffy, John Egan (O’Shea 14 ‘), Callum O’Dowda (McClean 61’); Cyrus Christie (Kevin Long 61 ‘), Conor Hourihane (Molumby 71’), Jeff Hendrick; Daryl Horgan (Brady 61 ‘), Adam Idah (Curtis 71 ‘), Alan Browne.