The England men’s football team celebrated its victory in London on Sunday UEFA League of Nations match.
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The British beat Belgium in the second group match of the A league in Wembley Stadium with 2: 1 (1: 1).
In the 16th minute, Romela Lukaka was nominated to lead the penalty with his own earned and realized 11-meter penalty kick. Towards the end of the first half, the Belgian broke the rules after a corner kick in their penalty area, and a “pendulum” was assigned to the second goal, realized by Markus Repford.
In the second half, in the 64th minute, after a hit by Mason Mountain, the ball hit the high circle in the rebound and reached the goal – 2: 1 in favor of England.
The two teams last met in the World Cup finals last year. Both in the subgroup and in the fight for the third place, the Belgians were superior, winning with 1: 0 and 2: 0.
The English have not won the “red devils” in official tournaments since the 1990 World Cup, when they were 1-0 in the quarterfinals, then scoring David Plet in the 119th minute.
Later in this group, Denmark and Iceland will compete with each other.
Leading the group with seven points in three games is England, Belgium has scored six points, Denmark has one point and Iceland is still empty.
In the even strongest A league, Croatia beat Sweden 2: 1 (1: 0) in the third group home game.
Croatia took the lead in the 32nd minute, when Nikola Vlašič fouled from about 11 meters. In the 66th minute of the game, Sweden defeated the Croatian defense, and Markus Bergs equalized the result. Six minutes before the end of the regular time, the Swedes played carelessly in the defense, which allowed Andrejs Kramaričs to reach 2: 1.
Later in this subgroup, the World Cup winner France and the current European champion Portugal will compete. These two teams, with six points in two games, are at the top of the group, Croatia has three points in three games and Sweden is a beige.
Meanwhile, in the first group of the elite league, the Netherlands played 0: 0 (0: 0) with Bosnia and Herzegovina away, unable to use their superiority. Poland and Italy will later play in this group.
In the first group, there are two and three games for the Italian and Dutch teams, Poland has scored three points in two dues, and Bosnia and Herzegovina has two points in three games.
Meanwhile, in the B League match on Sunday, Erlin Braut-Holland stood out with a “hat-trick”, helping Norway to destroy Romania with 4: 0 (2: 0). At this level, Finland beat Bulgaria 2: 0 (0: 0), but Ireland fought a draw with Wales 0: 0 (0: 0) at home.
In League C, Estonia did not hold a two-goal lead and played 3: 3 (1: 1) against Northern Macedonia at home. Rauno Sapinen scored two goals for the Estonians, but Gjoko Zajkov became the main character for the guests, who scored 3: 3 two minutes before the end of the regular time.
Lithuania, on the other hand, played 2: 2 (1: 0) with Belarus in the same league match at home. Karolis Laukžemis, who once played in Jelgava, reached a draw 15 minutes before the end of regular time.
Also in this league, Armenia in the Polish city of Tihi fought a draw 2: 2 (1: 0) with Georgia, but Kazakhstan played at home 0: 0 (0: 0) with Albania.
Ten more games will be played in the UEFA League of Nations tonight.
In the League of Nations, the group winners earn the opportunity to play in a higher group next year. Namely, the team that wins in one of the C groups gets a chance to start in one of the B groups, while the winners of the B groups will be strong in the A groups next year.
Teams that have won the first two places in their groups but have not previously qualified for the 2022 World Cup will be eligible to participate in the World Cup qualifiers.
The League of Nations tournament is in its second year. In the first season of the League of Nations, Portugal was crowned the winner.
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