ENGLAND MUST BE FEELING DELIGHTED THIS MORNING WITH THEIR SUPERB PERFORMANCE AGAINST FINLAND LAST NIGHT! IF ANYONE WAS IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT HOW THIS MATCH WOULD GO (AFTER LEE CARSLEY’S SELF-PROCLAIMED ‘TINKERING’ WITH THE SQUAD LINE-UP AGAINST GREECE THE OTHER NIGHT), JACK GREALISH PUT THAT ONE TO BED EARLY DOORS AT JUST 18 MINS. INTO THE MATCH WITH AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER! FROM THEREONIN, THE ENGLAND FANS COULD BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF, WITH ENGLAND ONCE AGAIN SHOWING THEIR CLASS, WITH 70% POSSESSION OF THE BALL THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, AND 15 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, (WITH FINLAND HAVING 13 SHOTS, AND 3 ON TARGET.) AND THEN, IN THE 74TH MINUTE TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD SCORED A BEAUTY FROM QUITE A DISTANCE, FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY ANOTHER STUNNER FROM DECLAN RICE AT 84 MINS! FINLAND’S ARTTU HOSKONEN, (SEEMINGLY DETERMINED TO GET ONE BACK, AND NOT MISS HIS OPPORTUNITY) WAS HOVERING AROUND THE GOAL POST BY THIS TIME, AND JUMPED UP AND HEADED THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET AS SOON AS THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF, (WHICH WAS AT 87 MINS.) MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING GAME CULMINATED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO ENGLAND, WITH ENGLAND’S MORE CONVENTIONAL LINE-UP HAVING ENABLED THEM TO GO BACK TO A MORE FAMILIAR FORM OF CREATIVITY. (IF IT’S NOT BROKE – DON’T FIX IT!) MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOR SUCH FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT! (AND TO JACK GREALISH FOR RECENTLY BECOMING A DAD!)
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : FINLAND VS ENGLAND – 13/10/2024
