Jones got sent off at the end for fighting with the celebrating Croats was quite the brawl!

Also Armenia and North Macedonia should not be taken lightly they will always be prime for an upset or two.

 

 

 

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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for his support in convincing Premier League clubs to release players for World Cup qualifiers in red-list countries.

 

Infantino says clubs have a responsibility to let players travel during September's international break.

 

It comes after clubs in England and from Spain's La Liga said they would not release players for matches in red-list countries.

England squad for matches against Hungary, Andorra and Poland:

 

Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone (West Brom), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley)

 

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Conor Coady (Wolves), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Tripper (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

 

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Declan Rice (West Ham)

 

Forwards: Patrick Bamford (Leeds United), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

 

 

Surprised Sam Johnston has kept his place and surprised he didn’t leave West Brom, guess GK isn’t England’s strongest position at the moment!

England XI: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Phillips, Rice, Mount, Grealish, Sterling, Kane.

 

Anyone watching the game tonight?

Fan reaction to taking the knee in Hungary was disappointing but sadly not at all surprising.

20:04

GOAL - Lithuania 0 Northern Ireland 1 (Danny Ballard 20')

20:03

GOAL - Italy 1 (Federico Chiesa 16') Bulgaria 0

20:02

GOAL - Andorra 1 (Marc Vales 18') San Marino 0

19:58

GOAL - Poland 1 (Robert Lewandowski 12') Albania 0

19:50

GOAL - Sweden 1 (Alexander Isak 5') Spain 1

19:49

GOAL - Sweden 0 Spain 1 (Carlos Soler 4')

19:48

HT

Half time - Australia 2 China PR 0

19:47

GOAL - Estonia 1 (Mattias Kait 2') Belgium 0

20:08

GOAL - Andorra 2 (Marc Vales 24') San Marino 0

20:07

GOAL - Estonia 1 Belgium 1 (Hans Vanaken 22')

20:14

GOAL - Estonia 1 Belgium 2 (Romelu Lukaku 29')

20:11

GOAL - Poland 1 Albania 1 (Sokol Cikalleshi 25')

20:30

GOAL - Poland 2 (Adam Buksa 44') Albania 1

 

20:26

GOAL - Italy 1 Bulgaria 1 (Atanas Iliev 39')

20:25

GOAL - Liechtenstein 0 Germany 1 (Timo Werner 41')

20:18

GOAL - Czech Republic 1 (Antonin Barak 34') Belarus 0

20:52

GOAL - Estonia 1 Belgium 3 (Romelu Lukaku 52')

20:52

FT

Full Time - Saudi Arabia 3 Vietnam 1

20:52

Penalty Scored - Lithuania 0 Northern Ireland 2 (Conor Washington 52')

20:48

GOAL - Iceland 0 Romania 1 (Dennis Man 47')

Sterling scores for England and gets pelted with cups.

What’s the score Mack?

Seen it was 0-4, easier than I thought as Hungary did better than the sum of their parts in June!

I was half watching the Germany game while FaceTiming and it looked like a good first step and improvement compared to the Euros. Looked a lot more dangerous and dominant. Sure it was piss easy opposition but Flick hasn’t been in the job long And so we’re only just getting that first taste of what he can offer

Matchday 4

 

Qualification:

Armenia

Belgium

Croatia

Denmark

England

France

Italy

Portugal

Sweden

Turkey

 

Play-Offs:

Austria

Czech Republic

Germany

Israel

Netherlands

Poland

Russia*

Serbia

Spain

Switzerland

Ukraine

Wales

 

*Russia are actually banned from the 2022 World Cup but can apparently play as a team of independents.

 

 

Only four 100% record remain: Denmark, England, Sweden & Switzerland.

What does Russia playing as a team of independents mean?

Disgusting scenes in Hungary with the racist abuse and beer cup throwing at the England players, England taught them a lesson on the pitch however with the 4-0 win. You can see how strong the bond is between the England players even if they play for different club teams they're all so unified and I think it's incidents like what happened tonight that bring them closer together.

What does Russia playing as a team of independents mean?

Same as the Olympics where they can play but can’t call themselves Russia.