Tras quedar eliminados en la
pasada jornada tras perder ante Bélgica, los ‘pross’ golearon a la débil
Islandia y se despiden de la mejor manera de la Nations League
La selección inglesa, después
de errar en su intento de estar en la fase final de la Liga de Naciones, se
resarció ante la débil Islandia y acabó el torneo con un solvente 4-0.
Los hombres de Gareth
Southgate se quedaron sin fase final al perder en su anterior encuentro, contra
Bélgica, por lo que este partido contra los islandeses era poca más que un
trámite, ya que el rival ya estaba descendido.
Aun así, Inglaterra quiso dar
una buena actuación en casa, en Wemlbley, y se impuso con los goles de Declan
Rice, Mason Mount y Phil Foden, por partida doble, ante unos islandeses que
jugaron con diez unos 40 minutos.
No guardó mucho en el banco
Southgate, que había perdido por lesión a Raheem Sterling y a Jordan Henderson.
Volvió a confiar en Jack Grealish, que hizo un partidazo ante Bélgica y arriba
puso a Harry Kane.
El partido pronto se le puso
de cara, cuando una falta antes de los primeros veinte minutos la cabeceó solo
en el primer palo Rice. El del West Ham solo tuvo que girar el cuello para
cruzar la pelota y encauzar el primero del partido.
No tardaría en seguirle Mount,
que se aprovechó de una pelota sin rematar por Kane para regatear a un defensa
y cruzarla tranquilamente ante el meta islandés.
La selección del norte de
Europa viene de la decepción de no meterse en la Eurocopa, tras perder en el
playoff con Hungría, y de llevarse el varapalo de caer a la Segunda división de
esta Liga de Naciones con cero puntos.
Se desintegraron los
islandeses, cuya máxima empezó a ser la de intentar achicar aguas todo lo
posible.
Y fueron afortunados de irse
solo 2-0 al descanso, porque Foden, Saka, Mount y Kane tuvieron ocasiones muy
claras para ampliar la renta.
A los nueve minutos tras el
parón, encima se quedaron con diez por expulsión por doble amarilla de
Saevarsson.
Inglaterra no hizo sangre y
bajó el pistón, aunque el 3-0 y el 4-0 acabaron cayendo por su propio peso, con
un remate raso y un disparo desde fuera del área a cargo de Foden.
Inglaterra acaba tercera de
este grupo 2 de la Liga de Naciones, con diez puntos, los mismos que Bélgica,
mientras que Islandia es colista, con cero unidades.
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