After an unexpected 1-2 home defeat against Greece on Thursday, England‘s footballers won 3-1 in Finland in Group B of the Nations League today. Albion did not lose to the Northerners even in the thirteenth match, beating them 2:0 in London a month ago. Austria beat Norway 5:1.
Jack Grealish opened the scoring at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki from close range in the 18th minute, whose Manchester City will face Sparta Prague in the Champions League on October 23.
Alexander-Arnold added the insurance in the 74th minute with a successful free kick, which was followed up by Rice. In the end, Hoskonen lowered. Finland lost the fourth game in this year’s LN.
Reigning European runners-up England remain three points behind leaders Greece, who beat Ireland 2-0 at home. Shortly after the change of sides, Bakasetas decided, substitute Mantalos added a safety in the set-up. Slavist midfielder Zafeiris started for the home team from the 72nd minute.
Austria beat Norway in Linz thanks to two goals by Arnautovic, the second of which he scored from the penalty spot. Not even the gunner Halaand, who became the best scorer in the history of the Norwegian national team on Thursday with 34 goals, did not help the northerners. The Manchester City striker did not score this time.
Norway continues to lead Group B3, but in addition to Austria, Slovenia also caught up with it in terms of points, which won 1:0 in Kazakhstan thanks to Mlakar.
In the third performance league C, North Macedonia won 2:0 in Armenia and the Faroe Islands drew with Latvia 1:1. Malta beat Moldova 1:0 in the “boys” and Liechtenstein drew 0-0 with Gibraltar.
Nations League – Round 4:
Group B2:
Helsinki: Finland – England 1:3 (0:1)
Goals: 87. Hoskonen – 18. Grealish, 74. Alexander-Arnold, 84. Rice.
Pireus: Greece – Ireland 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: 48. Bakasetas, 90.+2 Mantalos.
Table:
| 1. | Greece | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:1 | 12 |
| 2. | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8:3 | 9 |
| 3. | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2:7 | 3 |
| 4. | Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2:10 | 0 |
Group B3:
Almaty: Kazakhstan – Slovenia 0:1 (0:0)
Branka: 55. Mlakar.
Linec: Austria – Norway 5:1 (1:1)
Goals: 8. and 49. from pen. Arnautovic, 58. Lienhart, 63. Posch, 71. Gregoritsch – 39. Sörloth.
Table:
| 1. | Austria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:4 | 7 |
| 2. | Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5:4 | 7 |
| 3. | Norway | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:6 | 7 |
| 4. | Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0:8 | 1 |
Group C4:
Yerevan: Armenia – North Macedonia 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: 72. Miovski, 85. Alimi.
Tórshavn: Faroe Islands – Latvia 1:1 (1:0)
Branky: 40. Sörensen – 69. Šits.
Table:
| 1. | North Macedonia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8:1 | 10 |
| 2. | Armenia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6:7 | 4 |
| 3. | Latvia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3:8 | 4 |
| 4. | Faroe Islands | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4:5 | 3 |
Group D1:
Vaduz: Liechtenstein – Gibraltar 0:0
ČK: 90.+3 Bent (Gibraltar).
Table:
| 1. | Gibraltar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3:2 | 5 |
| 2. | San Marino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1:1 | 3 |
| 3. | Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2:3 | 2 |
Group D2:
Of Qali: Malta – Moldova 1:0 (0:0)
Safe: 87. Then z pen.
Table:
| 1. | Moldova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4:1 | 6 |
| 2. | Malta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2:2 | 6 |
| 3. | Andorra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:3 | 0 |
