Iceland vs England results

Scored: Sterling (90 + 1 pen)

In the final of Euro 2016, thanks to the achievement of defeating England in the eighth round, Iceland officially became the biggest phenomenon of the tournament. And even though we had to stop in the quarterfinals due to a 2-5 loss to France, Europe continued to admire Iceland’s fairytale-tinged journey.

After that 2016, Iceland continued to win tickets to the 2018 World Cup final. However, the successful cycle ended for Iceland. They soon stopped in the group stage and then qualified at the end of Group 2 of League A (highest division) in the 2018/19 Nations League by losing all 4 matches against Switzerland and Belgium. If UEFA did not increase the number of teams in League A from 12 to 16, Iceland would have to go to League B.

Iceland vs Anh

In fact, after breaking up with talented coach Lars Lagerback in 2016 and then saying goodbye to captain Heimir Hallgrimsson (former assistant to … Lagerback) in 2018, Iceland no longer has the ‘Viking quality’ as before. Under current leader Erik Hamren, they are more fragile and no longer have strong resistance.

Meanwhile, after being eliminated from Euro 2016 by Iceland, the British made a radical revolution. Two village coaches, Roy Hodgson and Sam Allardyce, left respectively to cede their seats to Gareth Southgate, a young aspiring leader with no shortage of talent.

England vs Iceland match list

Drawing on a deep understanding of youth soccer in the misty country by successfully leading the Three Lions youth lines, Southgate is determined to blow a fresh, youthful breeze in England. And he had great success with his national team reaching the semifinals of the World Cup (2018) for the first time in 28 years.

Now he is richer, with more personality and courage. They often create blows: 5-0 against the Czech Republic, 6-0 against Bulgaria or 7-0 against Montenergo in qualifying for Euro 2020. More generally, England have scored 39 goals in just the last 10 games in total . sand.

Harry Kane soon struck Iceland against the net, but the goal was denied for offside

A terrifying attacking machine runs very smoothly and promises to get even more terrifying when the rising stars of the final 2019/20 season continually replenish it with firepower like Jadon Sancho, Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham or Jack Grealish.

In the game against Iceland, with Rashford’s absence due to injury, Jadon Sancho set out to attack alongside the two familiar names Harry Kane vs Sterling in a 4-3-3 scheme that favored the attack. Meanwhile, current City youth number one Phil Foden (born 2000) made his England debut.

Phil Foden made his England debut at age 20

Side by side with Foden in the midline is Declan Rice (West Ham), over 1 year, but 7 times for the national team with the senior Ward-Prowse (Southampton) (1995) and twice dedicated to the Three Lions. On defense, a talented young Alexander-Arnold with superb performances at Liverpool has failed to conquer the right-back position, which has belonged to Kyle Walker for many years.

As midfielder Maguire was eliminated from the national team after a police incident during his trip to Greece, coach Southgate decided to use the Joe Gomez vs Eric Dier duo, in which the Liverpool player is very versatile and has a face. Tottenham’s payroll is back for central midfield. Also, the left wing of the defense belonged to Kieran Trippier, who was a true right back.

And James Ward-Prowse was the first time he got the lead kick in the Three Lions (twice before, it was a substitution).

Tuyen Anh joined in the excitement and actively deployed the attack despite being a guest. In the 7th minute, Iceland’s net vibrated after Harry Kane hit the ball less than 1 meter from Sterling’s chance, but the referee reported offside.

In the 9th minute, Jadon Sancho gave Kyle Walker a swing of his foot to hit the ball and the ball missed the goal. Overall, despite their superior ball control rate and diverse attacking organization, England cannot create enough pressure to think about crushing the home team.

Sterling and his teammates were completely stalled in the first half, despite being superior in time to control the ball

Even in the 28th minute, the Three Lions had another game when Sterling pushed his way through the middle from the left and finished with a shot from near the 16m50 line, but the ball was too light to cause difficulty for the opponent. . Towards the end of the first half, the situation was not much better for the guests.

Hosts Iceland has partly recreated the image of the historic Euro 2016 finals by showing cohesive, extremely robust and scientific football. So even though she kept the ball more than 70%, she still had to enter the halftime break with a score of 0-0 and the number of dangerous shots counted without a hand.

He was left with just 10 on the field after Kyle Walker received a red card.

Everything in the second half did not change. English players continue to hold the ball diligently, attacking persistently, but the effect is almost nil. That situation forced coach Southgate to change personnel. In the 68th minute, Danny Ings (22 goals in the 2019/20 Premier League) was brought out by Phil Foden to reinforce the attack.

But when Danny Ings did not have a touch, the Three Lions fell at a personnel disadvantage when Kyle Walker received the second yellow card and had to feel sorry for leaving the field. Although there are only 10 people on the field, the British still want a victory.

It took Sterling 90 + 1 minutes to lead England to victory with an 11-meter goal

That’s why Arnold (the defender must bring the offensive tendency) and MU prodigy Mason Greenwood entered the field. In which, Greenwood also had the first game for the national team as Foden. However, mutations were not created as Coach Southgate expected.

But “the 90’s are not over yet.” In the last minute of the official game, Sterling said the ball touched Ingason’s hand after his shot in the 16m50 area and the referee thought the same. The British not only received a penalty, but Ingason was also expelled. Sterling himself successfully completed the 11-meter result to open the scoring.

The drama escalated when just over a minute later, the referee decided to fly 11 meters for Iceland after Joe Gomez fouled a host player. However, Bjarnason, a 32-year-old midfielder from Brescia (recently relegated to Serie A), shot the penalty too much and the ball went flying.

So the British can still go home with victory in their hands. Although there were 3 points in the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League opener as a target, it is clear that the performance of the Three Lions is not convincing. But results like these will help England not to fly too high, beyond its real capacity, because to reach a title they still need to improve a lot.

EQUIPMENT

Iceland XI (4-4-2): Hannes Halldorsson, Hjortur Hermannsson, Sverrir Ingason, Kari Arnason, Hordur Magnusson; Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Hallfredsson 76 ‘), Birkir Bjarnason, Victor Palsson, Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson (Sigurdsson 66’); Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson.

England XI (4-3-3): Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, Joe Gomez, Eric Dier, Kieran Trippier; James Ward-Prowse, Declan Rice, Phil Foden (Danny Ings 68 ‘); Jadon Sancho (Alexander-Arnold 73 ‘), Harry Kane (Greenwood 78’), Raheem Sterling.