{"id":289,"date":"2020-09-05T18:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/?p=289"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T11:18:44","slug":"iceland-0-1-england-uefa-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jedvine.co.uk\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"ICELAND 0-1 ENGLAND (UEFA Nations League)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a id='s4yy-hGfTwtRqKPwIn2C3Q' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1270827451' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;' rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'s4yy-hGfTwtRqKPwIn2C3Q',sig:'ytoPZUy3twPKalpCbpQTsls2--fP4KEQCDO8TocQ5vw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1270827451',caption: false ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MATCH EVENTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>70&#8242; <span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Kyle Walker<\/span> (Second Yellow Card)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>89&#8242; <span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Sverrir Ingason<\/span> (Second Yellow Card)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>90+1&#8242; <span style=\"color:#00a513\" class=\"has-inline-color\">GOAL <\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">&#8211; Raheem Sterling<\/span> (Penalty)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OVERVIEW<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England began their Nations League campaign with a last-gasp win against Iceland. With two sending-offs and two last-minute penalties, it was a truly dramatic way for Southgate&#8217;s men to get the result they wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England&#8217;s opening pressure appeared to have brought an early goal, with Kane diverting Sterling&#8217;s cross into the back of the net, but it was incorrectly given as offside. It was the only real chance of the first 45 minutes, with England struggling to fashion any clear-cut opportunities against a well-organised Iceland defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game seemed to be drawing to a feeble conclusion, until Kyle Walker&#8217;s petulance came back to bite him. After a soft yellow in the first half, he slid in recklessly on Traustason, and he was dismissed for the last 20 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game sparked into life right at the death. Sterling stabbed a shot towards goal, and Invasion was deemed to have blocked it with his arm. It was the centre-halve&#8217;s second bookable offence, and the numbers were levelled at ten-on-ten. Sterling calmly passed the resulting penalty past Halld\u00f3rsson to give England the lead in the 90+1&#8242; minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game then pulled one last surprise on us. From the resulting kick-off, the ball was launched forward, and Joe Gomez appeared to foul Fridjonsson in the box, and the Blues had a chance to level the game! But, just two minutes after Sterling scored his chance from 12 yards, Bjarnason struck his over, leaving England counting their lucky, lucky stars. They snatched three vital points in their bid to finish top of their Nations League group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PLAYER RATINGS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">ICELAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannes Halld\u00f3rsson &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hjortur Hermannsson &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sverrir Ingason &#8211; 3.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kari Arnason &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\u00f6rdur Magn\u00fasson &#8211; 4.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arn\u00f3r Traustason &#8211; 5.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birkir Bjarnason &#8211; 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victor P\u00e1lsson &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u00f3n Thorsteinsson &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albert Gudmundsson &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u00f3n B\u00f6dvarsson &#8211; 5.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arn\u00f3r Sigurdsson &#8211; 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emil Hallfredsson &#8211; 5.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\u00f3lmbert Fridjonsson &#8211; N\/A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">ENGLAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Pickford &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle Walker &#8211; 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Gomez &#8211; 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Dier &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kieran Trippier &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Declan Rice &#8211; 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Ward-Prowse &#8211; 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Foden &#8211; 5.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jadon Sancho &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#d60000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Raheem Sterling &#8211; 7.5 (MOTM)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Kane &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danny Ings &#8211; 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold &#8211; 6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mason Greenwood &#8211; 5.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Written by Jed Vine<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed from Getty Images MATCH EVENTS 70&#8242; Kyle Walker (Second Yellow Card) 89&#8242; Sverrir Ingason (Second Yellow Card) 90+1&#8242; GOAL &#8211; Raheem Sterling (Penalty) OVERVIEW England began their Nations League campaign with a last-gasp win against Iceland. 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