England VS Finland - UEFA Nations League 2024/25 - Talksport commentary

players are all waiting in line waiting for the anthems it's not quite the delay we had in Dublin the other day as the Applause ring out for Harry Kane who lifts that golden cap above his heads and gets some flowers from the Finland Camp as well how lovely is that 100 caps for England only 10 have done it truly extraordinary from Harry Kane who when he was on loan at orian on loan at mil wall the nor spell wasn't particularly great it was on the bench at Leicester with Jamie vardy remember that's a famous picture they both went on to play together for England now Harry Kane takes his place in the lineup and we bring you the Finland national anthem [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it's the Finish national anthem and it is finished and now let's respect God Save the King [Music] all [Music] [Music] well no singing from the England boss tonight of course 6 weeks ago Lee carsley was here probably singing along at Wembley to see Bruce Springsteen play Live Well Carley's the boss at Wembley tonight it's England finlands with former England Captain Stewart Pierce and your England commentator on talk sport is Jim brownford thank you Adrian and a very good evening to you but the first that what he hopes will be a fair few Wembley glor days it was three months ago that England were last here at Wembley but what turned out to be an ominous dress rehearsal for the Euros there were elements of that ONN defeat to Iceland that proved prophetic for the tournament itself possession that was easy to come by but which lacked a cutting edge two3 of the ball just one shot on Target and his play did little to suggest that England would get within 3 minutes of extra time in the final how much of a contrast will tonight be new coach and a remodeled team with different ideas the you have inherited the England job with such an impressive Legacy of Tournament results that emulate all better the clamor for stylish success has never been higher tonight there are four changes of the team that began the new era with such a vibrant opening 45 minutes in Dublin the full deut for Angel Gomez second star for Rico Lewis with stones and conso recall to and of course a 100th cap for Harry Kane it's pck in goal Alexander Arnold Stones Conor and rice and Gomez Saga greish and Gordon and K Finland make four changes to the side beaten by Greece retki stall hosan iof and uran Howa and Schuler in Midfield Yensen Kamar and keskinen and TAMU puki referee tonight is Morton K from Denmar now the call the game starts wly Stadium will pay tribute to Spen and Erikson who led England to the quarterfinals of three successive major tournaments and whose words in his last interview gave a poignant insight into the character of a manager much love and respected by his players I hope you'll remember me as a positive guy try to do everything he could do don't be sorry smile take care of yourself and take care of your life and live it the Applause he's also in recognition of Kevin Campbell former England coach cig Shakespeare eort and Tommy Banks who played in the 1958 World also we always for Kevin Campbell Craig Shakespeare Tommy Banks and Sven Ur the Finish players in there change G of all blue tonight and they will kick from right to left in the first half England in all white Wembley's first glimpse of how the future is potentially shaped on on a night of Honor for one of the Lynch pins of the immediate past as Harry Kane reaches his England Century his manager is involved in a game at Wembley for the very first time he started but can his side get past the Finish Line will be Finland that will get us underway just waiting for the signal on this near touch line Le carsley controlling the edge of the technical area just wiping a little bit of rain away from his brow we are underway Finland looked very susceptible to the press in their game against Greece the other day and straight away the ball is played back to the goalkeeper retki who slices it straight out for a throw that he's taken on the England right Harry Kane working it towards the edge of the penalty area it be chased by Anthony Gordon will pick it up down on the far side on the corner flag just in front of the Finnish supporters he's played it back here for Rico Lewis who's making his home deut for England today Stones laying back for Angel Gomez the diminutive French the French based midfielder the player from Le work down towards the left hand side here for Gordon gets to the by line pulls it back inside the penalty area greish works it away to Gomez now back for Stones Stones goes to the left hand side again for Gomez and England with just about every kick the ball since about 5 6 seconds in this could be a long night for the finish and delighted to say it won't be a long night for us in the company of Stewart Pier evening Jim yeah you're right in what you're saying there Finland have come out they took Center they kicked the ball out of play and since then they've looked absolutely woeful to be honest with you and uh this is a real bonus for England looking forward to seeing the combinations there between uh Gordon and greish that we saw at the weekend and uh one or two in the side as well with Lewis being uh utilized as a left back instead of C wheel I think he'll offer us more game forward well already the Netherlands lead Germany by a golden l in their match in League a with Reyers scoring that goal in the third minute we're a couple of minutes in here there a long diagonal from Jon stones out of the England right hand side beautifully brought down by sacka Got Rice making a run ahead of him it's flicked inside the penalty area and half clear Alexander arold will chase after it Gomez as well just brushed off it by kesan he was able to make his way for but there was a heavy Touch under Jes from G mod foul and Englander in a position to bring it away with Dean rice just on the edge of the center circle and get it over halfway and work it back for Gomez again yeah kesin in there picked the ball up drove with it and just lost his footing no uh no hesitation from the referee about giving a free kick at all and it'll be one of those games Finland Bank up behind the ball with with all 11 players and it will be important we move the ball quickly and look to mix the game up both short and long and with t Pooky in the side you wouldn't expect that Finland will try and press there was a a half-hearted attempt for them to press against Greece in that game in perus on Saturday which wasn't particularly effective they certainly look much more susceptible to the Greek press the first goal came that way and you would imagine that England here at every opportunity when the ball is with the fins deep inside their and half Eng will be pressing the life out of him but the vs have got to get it first for that to happen Gordon on the left hand side motions to cross turns back the other way Kad and thear post heads it down couldn't find anyone inside the sixy box and pela comes back to knock it away for a corner England getting themselves into a fine position early on great ball stepped up to the far post for Kane just Tred to head it down but his teammates couldn't get there inside yeah I think it's really important tonight Jim that we do put the ball in the box at the early possible convenience and hurry Kane found himself an absolute acre of space at the far post so a corner over taken on the England left first off the game Kan stands by the penalty spot all eyes on him Jon Stones just behind him coner making a run towards the near post it's in towards the Villa man off the top of his head and cleared by stall out towards the England left hand side easily brought down by GRE sh can feed rice and then Gordon strad away Gordon heavily involved in these early stages he'll go back behind Square Alexander Arnold working into his right hand side for the Kaio Saka sacka down towards Kane Kane out on the right wing for a moment here Finland just can't get out of their own half this has been 4 minutes of utter England dominance so far just feels already as though it's a matter of time before car's men Take the Lead it might come now with a right fo shot from the edge of the area from Rice who was just flicked off off his toe in the nick of time by Schuler and finen will be able to get it away down the left hand side With Ur and anywhere will do stones bopping up gets there ahead of pooki and England will be able to build from the back again yeah the the thingss are certainly showing in this early stages of the game that they are absolutely no match at all for England and it's it's important England have done extremely well in his early stages mixing it up it's been short on occasion but they've also hit raking passes and got forward and in the Box quickly here's kesan making his way forward the aine player who off his debut for half an hour the other day against Greece makes his first start tonight England that got it away from kesin and laid it back for pitford who was put under quick pressure by pooki and it was a slightly rash touch from him but it's hit Pooky last gone out of play for a goal kek that'll be taken actually by Jon Stones way to our left hand side for England 6 minutes gone still nil nil Finland starting this campaign with a 3-0 defeat in the game against Greece the other night and they were always lucky to get away with three one winning five coming into tonight they had one six in the previous nine before that not got a bad Nations League record throughout their history but they are ranked just around the 60 Mark in the both of the the world ranking lists at the moment similar to Island they'll have possession over on the far touch line ball is laid towards Gordon B's just got a tap on the ankle and stayed down for a moment he's back on his feet now Gomez first play to start a game for England who plays in the French football for 30 years back from him to Lewis Lewis to greish Gish outwards Gordon on the left Gordon to Lewis Lewis going further back we say he's the first in just over 30 years had to speculate who the last one might have been a little bit of time to think about ball over on the left hand side with Jack greish again for England Finland have probably had literally three or four kicks of the ball in England territory in the opening s minutes Alexander Arnold back for Gomez again Gomez behind Square toward WS Jon Stones able to bring the ball forward Ric loose with a shock of black hair out towards G taking on stall on the outside that's not a bad ball in but sacka just lost it in the the flight he couldn't get his head on it he'll come back out towards Alexander Arnold clever little reverse from him sacka chipping it deep to the far post Kane coming around the back with a volley which has hit the nearest Defender stall and FES Over the Bar and out of play for a corner yeah I think it's really important tonight Jim that when we do get the ball out in wide are is put it in the Box the center forwards and the attacking Midfield players will know they've got to get on the ball and what I'm liking to look of at this moment in time every time Gordon's got it or greish has got it they've traveled directly at the opposition goal up TI certainly signs of intent from England Six players inside the penalty area ready to attack this latest Corner Alexander arold gone out to the England left to take this it be a right footed in swinging delivery rice making a run toward WS the near post it's Kane coming around the back retki who played such an important part in laus's fantastic season last year punches it away and England will pick it up in a deeper lying area again with Gomez another good ball down the left hand side of the penalty area for Gordon first time ball in from him looking for Kane Finland backpedaling gathered away from the edge of their sixy box now played out to W Genson and on the right flank he's just been able to buy a throw of Gomez which will be taken by his right back stor so we're 8 and 1/2 minutes it's in England now Finland now really good start from Lee Carley's man here but we get to force rid that SK into a decent set yeah in all honesty I don't mind that Jim we're on the front foot I'm really enjoying what we're doing I'm enjoying seeing deam rice in advanced areas and not playing just in front of the back line I mean he's just dropped in to receive it now but Gomez is the one who the security and as we see there deam rice pops it off and then he gets forward into a number 10 position have a he does that Kane comes back the other way past him inside the center circle receiving the ball from the center halfes for a moment but there is a good fluidity of luming amongst these England players Mar Le the 11th successive manager to get off to a winning start only three have won their first two games as England boss Joe Mera Ron Greenwood and most likely Steve McLaren that's part of 20 years ago now it's a little less than that here's the rice down towards the England right hand side for Saga he's got two doubling up on him in front of him ban forces him inside Alexander Arnold coming from right back into a central position there to receive the ball F the chasing Shadows still back it goes from Gomez to the edge of the center circle for ezri cona cona can bring It Forward scker on his right hand side hugging the touch line now s will come in off the right hand touch line level with the right hand edge of the Box before very swiftly turning it left footed back to Alexander Arnold real zip on the playing surface it's I've been tipping it down with rain for the last hour hour and a half or so here in North London and it continues to come down with real ferocity but it's making for a very quick playing service which will suit England you would think stones to coner Stones playing on the left of the two Center halves incidentally coner on the right and he's got it now back towards stones Gomez to his left greish further forward to his left and that's the pass that he plays now he goes out toward towards Gordon again Gordon feeling as though he's got the beaing of stall got Yensen doubling up in front of him back he goes for greish to Gordon Gordon level the edge of the Box he's dropping the right hand shoulder and stretches out his right leg to bring the ball under control never giving any of the finished players a chance to win it back back it goes for Gomez there's a quick switch of play from the left hand side of the area to the right Alexander Arnold driving in in it looks as though it might have hit an arm no real complaints and it was outside the area anyway and Kamar the former Rangers and leads man can bring it forward and he eventually will win a throw and that provides a little bit of rest bite for Finland who've been barely second best over the opening 11 minutes yeah I think it's really important in games like this we have to keep our WID whether that be the two Advanced players in Gordon SAA or alternatively if they do come off their purches on occasion it's got to be the fullbacks that advance and keep keep wide and when it does arrive there we've had a few passes across the pit it's got to come in the Box f i those B to the former England Captain Stuart Pierce and you're listening to coverage of England Finland in the UFA Nations league with K 18 plus always drink responsibly like fo ball comes back for you at the weekend from the Premier League sa Hampton against Manchester United are offering on Game Day live as pooki gets the ball inside the penalty area snatches it a shot very quickly Rico Lewis came across the block and he's conceded the first Corner which will be taken on the Finish left hand side and urum will come across to take it good play by TAMU puki who is with 42 goals finland's alltime leading Marksman Finland flooding the area just in front of Jordan Tak for three in the 6yd Box the ball has traveled a long way greish there to stab it clear and Finland forced to go all the way back to the goalkeeper renski who comes outside his penalty area and England can very quickly get the back line forward to hold a very high line he's punded over the top of them Lewis has done really well there back pedaling and was just given a shove but was still able to volley it away from casan Rice picks that up goes back for pford it was a ball that he probably didn't want at that angle or with that pace under pressure from puki but he got it away off the island to safety and almost a half half way for a throw that'll be taken on the Finish left hand side n yeah pford received one earlier that he looked a bit uncomfortable on it was on his right foot that one was even worse for him not on his left foot sort of between the two to be honest with you and uh just managed to steer it away stall getting it for for Glenn Kamar who's playing in a slightly more advanced role for his National side than he ever did at either Rangers or leads tires in the game against Greece he was almost playing as a false nine up top alongside chelman who's been dropped tonight in the favor of pooky's return has played that little bit deeper tonight than he did ad in pereus so far they get a free kick Finland and take it quickly to uran he'll play back for even off to retki and the goalkeeper can let the ball come to a stand still on the edge of the D no real press from England there uh significantly maybe they feel that the center halfes be less able to deal with the Press but they allowed retki cheap possession on the edge of the D now the pressing was pretty good the other day and in terms of the the pressing stats it was one of the best pressing performances that England have offered for a couple of years in terms of XG it was the highest for England since they beat San Marino at home back in 2021 an XG of nearly four shows the attacking intent of this Lee carsley side long switch of play here back down towards the England right sack has controlled it need and that's a good reverse ball from him good run from Dean right across the 6-y Box RI saved well but that's another illustration of the much more advanced role that Delan rice has got under Le car than he ever had under gar have yeah as I say he was considered as a holding Midfield player I think in previous uh regimes but um now we're seeing Dean and we always felt as though there was more in him he's doing it for Arsenal playing more advanced and it's good to see him I think for England I think he's got so much more to offer Gomez gets the ball for here for Rico Lewis now to WS gon now on that Left Flank back inside WS greish in this free roll he's got just a let around but he often finds himself playing an inside left rice for towards Alexander Arnold eam rice controls it again Alexander Arnold into the feet of sacker and swiftly back and then the Liverpool man works it to his left hand side for Jon stones is now in the 80s in terms of englands B towards coner it's Gomez so are you is the first for more than 30 years to be playing his Club football in France to play for England the last one Trevor Steven back in 1992 on the books of maray Chris W was a marsel player and played for England at the same time earlier that season hog at Monaco back in the 80s but other than that that is it soome only the fth player to win an England C whilst playing football in the French league he's got it again now Gomez right on Q adwards the left for G G shown Inside by stall fires in a right foot across off the top of kamara's head rice is up there to attack it it's clear puki does well he's back to the direction of play to a lay back for Kamar and he slices it up field very quickly but straight out was a ball that was looking for Cas but only found touch stones another long switch this time out towards Gordon St stopped it from getting there 16 minutes in possession has been really easy to come by but these some goal scoring opportunities less so no probably the best ones come from when gon's popped the ball in the boxs and it arrived at the far post on Harry Kane's head that's why I think it's so important when we do work the opportunity to cross it we do get it in the box and probably also as well Jim a good tactic in games like this is play it and follow your pass into a center forward or an advance flat and follow a pass it is so difficult to to track you as a run event coner to Lewis down towards Gordon Gordon's first motion always just to drop the left shoulder and cut inside on his right foot back for Kane Kane switches it bottom right hand corner of the area Alexander Arnold fires in across with his left foot it was clear Stones helps it on Rico Lewis will take over back for Alexander Arnold again Lewis on the edge of the penalty area here for England finds Dean rice Alexander Arnold tried to deliver Finland banked up behind the ball in this 4231 formation pooki giving Chase I don't think he's going to be able to persist with this work rate over 90 minutes and that might well be part of the game plan tonight to bring chelman on a Midway through the second half or so Qui he run himself into the ground defending from the front here's Gordon and this time he's gone back the other way past St he fires it in he's taking a reflection wider than near post and he will get that third Point yeah really good Play Once Again by Golden him the interaction between him and Gish that you can tell they enjoy playing with each other on the same wavelength and it's important that when he does uh get into those wide areas he done brilliantly there and just couldn't find the cross just a bit low the tactic of playing and following tonight Jim will unlock the finish and I've not seen us do it as yet but that's what should be happen at times get it a center forward pins his man or an advanced player pins his man shove it in the feet and off you go rice stands right in front of the goalkeeper England have got more bodies closer to goal this time as the corner comes in retki has punched it clear not particularly effectively it's picked up inside the penalty area by sacka Kane's peeled out of the right hand side of the box to link up the play bagy goes for Gomez the deepest of the England Outfield players he finds greish under immediate pressure from puki he's able to rain possession and work it to the left for de and rice now back in front of a 4 500 or so traveling finish supporters England have possession again Alexander Arnold over on the right hand side into W Kane who stretched he couldn't quite get there even off was there first and then he's eventually able to volley it clear from the edge of the penalty area that looked as though it might be Harry Kane's moment as it came inside the box but even off who struggled against the Greeks did well to make sure that he was there first and the I Harry Kane G number 67 for his country well I don't know it was luck or judgment there Jim by even off but he managed to get himself out of trouble a little bit facing his own goal just looped it up in the air and dealt with the second goall uh the Dutch have been leading Germany since the opening couple of minutes have still the way of it Czechs lead Ukraine 1 n but those the only goals in the Nations league so far tonight the other game in this group still nil nil Island against Greece there's greish just forced way first time that he started backto back games for England since 2021 three years ago now the ball threaded through Kane good save radeski dive to his right and the shot that was hit right down the middle of the goal here with pure Brute Force really and say now the cross comes in it's headed Away by hosiner and the Counterattack could potentially be on here kesin leading the way he's got pooki to his left hand side Stones back pedaling pooki's got to try and time his run kesin might be able to go alone checks and hits a right footed shot which drifts one wouldn't have counted anyway whistle has gone for a foul inside the England penalty area that's the first thing that we've seen that was remotely Lively from Finland coming Fort well it certainly was and I'll tell you what they went absolutely like a theme train straight for the goal Kenan it was and he couldn't find a pass now greish at the other end England working it forth quickly with Gordon back for relish to Lewis to Gomez Gomez looks so able in possession as soon as I say that he smack on straight at Alexander arold and his Ricochet back towards halfway but he he just plays head up and the clever riverse ball there sack is in angled side the deflection was horrible and radeski did really well to react lying on the ground to stick up a hand and stop it looping over him off even off and into the net for 1 n good save cuz he was committed went down to save the initial shot the deflection took all the power out of it but put more loop on it retki reacted well yeah it's the second time that Gomez has played a ball that's bisected the uh the Midfield line and it went straight through to sacka and it he just didn't get good contact on it I've got to say and it's ended up being deflected the goalkeeper done well eventually will bring It Forward again Gordon under Jess with a slightly heavy touch stall the defending and then hosin knocking it away Adam stall making just his second appearance for his country tonight approached to play for Finland over the summer country of his mother's birth he was born in Sweden played all his Club football in Sweden Finland now for just the second time tonight here sacka on the corner of the penalty area lovely curving ball in and there is a magic moment that is denied by an offside flag k with a diving header he thought he marked the century with a goal the flag was up immediately R must have been really really tight there came right on the shoulder of the far Defender and that's the sort of ball we need to come in sacka D well drop back in on that left for and he's just whipped the ball in it and I've got to say it was absolutely top quality defending there Hoskin and I think it was or maybe stall has just stepped out and just caught him offside good defending and also to give the Danish official credit that's outstanding officiating on this near touch line to see that he's offside Replay that we've shown isn't from the perfect angle but he looks as though he's probably a couple of inches off with his left foot must be close because the restart hasn't been ordered yet so they must be drawing the 3D lines on we're are not seeing those pictures the goal check still continues so this could yet count well I've got to say if one of those boots of these was slightly offside they're so golden you couldn't miss them was that layer of golden paint if they took that off he was probably on yeah personally I think he's offside I'm looking at this yeah it's like his left foot excuse yeah his left foot just straight off side I mean Harry Kane can't do any more than that it's just really good defending by The Defenders yeah stall pushing forward Jud it to Perfection and the offside call which was a brilliant one from the ass referee with players moving in opposite directions to each other that call is up hell and play restarts at nil n credit to Dennis rasmon who raised his flag there you make a really good point though some of the officials that that we have both in the Premier League and at International level it astounds me Jim how they get it so right so often yeah I couldn't remotely do it not a chance that was a that was a great call I suppose it's a 50/50 call but got it right cona plays to his left hand side for Gomez and they get it right their success rate on those 50/50 calls is about 93 94% something it's just extraordinary how they do it the ball play for again for England down towards Alexander Arnold who came to me it just tried to Dart it in with a right footed half volley and take the pace off it at the same time it's going off the top of his foot and gone out of play for a goal kick going to be taken away to our right last time these two sides met was at anfield back in 2001 aarti man will remember him gave Finland an early lead that they had until half time came back with goals from Michael Owen and David Beckham they win it by two goals to one now the Press is on retki plays it for it was rice that was applying the Press on the midfielder schula who hurriedly got it back to his goalkeeper Kane chased him down but it was clear and Finland got away with it will work it out on the right hand side and win a throw over on that far touch line what's your overview then Stu the of the opening 25 minutes here at Wembley on talk sport well England have showed high energy which I've really enjoyed but they've lost it here kesan edge of the area and he's hit the crowd well just as we were saying that the balls broke Dean rice has lost it and hinan should have done so much better he's opened the goal up he's inside the box and he skyed it when he had two to his left more importantly he should be hitting the target there I think England have started on the front fo good high Tempo the two things I think they've got to do slightly better is don't over complicate it once it goes in wide areas load the Box up and put it in the box and secondly those little give and goes shove the ball into people's feet and go and follow it here's rice for towards Alexander AR misplace pass from him he was looking for the run from sacka to his right might get it right England recycle and get it back very quickly with ezri johon in the center circle he plays it Forward again for Gomez so the group as it stands at the moment four points for Greece and England one point a piece for Ireland and Finland both games tonight in this group nil nil as greish works it to the England left for Anthony Gordon Gordon back for Angel Gomez again greish putting his head down and running with intent to trying to get between stall and Costa then it was cleared away from him and then help back over the top by fing towards Pooky Stones denied him any further progress goome is always in the right place at the right time just darting around picking up possession and getting it back and then chipping one over the top for Kane's run but cinan was between him and the ball and he goes through very quickly for retki in the Finish goal gomez plays we we talked about Adam warton's debut and he came on for half an hour at Newcastle back in June but gomez plays with that same Freedom as if he's always been playing International Football just doesn't look phaz by it at all Kim he's got a game understanding he knows what he's trying to do with the ball he knows when to keep it simple and more importantly he's played free very very good outstanding forward passes Mao Saka gets to the by line right foot of ball get UPS away out for a corner which were taken on the England right hand side it's their fourth Corner 28 minutes in still nil N Signal is given by sack who is raised the both arms above his head Kan stands Inside the 6yd Box this time Gordon between the goalkeeper and the goal line and then was pushed to the ground inside the 6-y box and referee blows his whistle has a word with P and I think it was JN stones that put him there now blows his whistle again to signal to Saka that he may now continue so again the arms get raised above his head little stuttering run up left footy ball fired in attempted a flick header from coner on the edge of the sixy Box didn't get anything on it and Kamar is going to be a to bring it away for Finland they thought about a Counterattack England did really well great discipline to quickly get their shake back behind the ball to stop any counter and then Gordon putting the pressure on Pilla forces him to go all the way back for his goalkeeper now be able to receive it again just outside the penalty area they even off to retki hel to Turning under pressure from Gomez has he fouled him referee says yes and he said no he was clean through on goal 8 yard out I've got to say the fins are their own worst enemies when they look to play out from the back when they've got the ball at the back under what they consider no pressure to play out they look very very nervous a couple of very notable wins over the last 10 years or so they beat France 2-n in a friendly EXT the France back in 2020 Denmark one nil in that ill fated Euro 2020 and those the successes they've had against top 10 opposition over the the last 10 years but two WIS out of seven is not a bad record for a side who themselves are ranked 63rd in the FIFA list and 57th in the yellow ratings at the moment Jack greish with possession England's record in the this kind of game very impressive 326 and one against sides ranked outside the top 40 so just the one and that was the last game here against Iceland 3 months ago the only game that they've lost in the last 39 ins sides ranked outside the top 40 here's JN Stone bringing the ball forth England just struggling to find The Cutting Edge so much possession great movement good Tempo everything but the goal for England up to this point Alexander Arnold back for ezri Con con's in a central position not quite a shooting position a great ball in from sacka great ball ought to find him as well and sliding in hosan Ste it away into the England fans behind that goal for yet another cor n n well I tell you what if Finland has done nothing else right tonight they've managed to get first Contact in and around their goal mouth and they've done it once again there Osan brilliant interception what a ball by coner sack a great run in behind and just went kan's waiting to tap it in the goal at the four post the interception so that same signal given from sack of the both arms raised above the head Kane makes his way forward Gordon still stands by the goalkeeper there are three around the penalty spot allall coming in attack this now in towards the near post looking for a flick first Contact from a finished player and it's clear by stor comes back out towards Paya Saka again he's dropped his shoulder but couldn't take the ball with him as he did his best to get past peskin ball then played by Rico Lewis back for Gomez Gomez to Alexander AR stops it with his first touch rolls it forward with his second movement comes ahead of him from initially Gordon coming out to the right then from Rico Lewis he's worked it back instead towards Gomez but it's a step back to come immediately forward again Gordon finding himself on the right flank just for a moment now different fallback to try and take on didn't try and take urin and on in the end just laid it back Alexander Arnold's got it good long diagonal from him rice coming in on the left hand side of the penalty area coner still forward from that previous qu could them haven't got it away yet here's Lewis to greish greish trying to find the way in couldn't get it in stri as he was micked away for him by the retreating p and out to play for Corner number six yeah working really hard to try and create space um but I'll reiterate again somebody in the front line has got a pin a Defender and say just shove it into my feet and come and join me and uh you'll find that so much opens up if they do that 7624 The Possession to England here corner taking short sacka with a shot takes a deflection off Kamar goes out of play for another corner corner counts 71 in England's favor but 76% possession only one shot on target so far and that is the principal problem that England is suffering with at the moment just got to retain an element of patience and that's the crowd and us as well as the England players usual six4 for this corner goes over Stones Kane pulls it back sacka taking a touch going wide of the first Defender and then following a left footed shot past hesin and but over Red's Bar had a play for a goal KCK and it remains nil nil as we approach the final 10 minutes of the first half yeah sack's done really well there cut inside an opened up before the international break gym I covered the uh the Arsenal Brighton game and you had a couple of instances is in the game where you think just tidy your footwork up a little bit from crosses from free kicks from corners and well you say we saw a loose shot there and a loose corner just prior to that bers out of play for a throw that be taken on the Finnish right hand side they've never beaten England lost nine of the previous 11 games between the two and the exceptions being a goal is draw in hinki but last time the two sides met on finish soil suicides will be leaving on finish soil again next month what game is live for you October the 13th here on talk sport England got Greece here between now and then that's October the 10th the month of tonight coner finding himself on the right wing for a moment the referee has pulled hesan up for a foul 14 on the other there free kick taken quickly rice out towards Lewis Lewis towards Gordon G coming back inside doesn't try and cross it this time lays it back for Angel Gomez Gomez just trying to CP it in Kane have made a good run goal side of him hos but it was headed away comes back towards sacka sacka with that trademark move onto his left foot hoping to open up the angle but Ura went with him every step of the way and deflected the shot to relative safety back it comes in again from gz over the top of Kan got the top of his head to there was a push your game on even off as he tried to attack that ball and a free kick goes finland's way inside their own penalty area 35 gone elsewhere the Czechs won Ukraine won the Dutch still leading Germany 1 n everything else is nil nil including Island against Greece don't forget Ali McCoy Gabby AB Bon laal will be back on talk sport breakfast tomorrow morning from 6:00 a.m. they giving you their opinions on what's happened tonight and if you fancy something different on your morning commute there's always the Chris evans's breakfast show weekday from 6:30 a.m. on Virgin Radio and to listen to Virgin Radio you can download the Talk sport app or the Virgin Radio app or listen on da sacka locking the ball forward here and puki with a rare moment of possession for Finland inside England territory takes it down towards the leftand touch line it's lost possession to Dean rice rice toe poking it back towards his own Corner flag Alexander Arnold had time to run round the ball and clear up towards halfway even off beeding Kane to it ostin goes back to his goalkeeper and Gish urges his teammates to come and join him in the Press played for by retki hurriedly again in towards pela feet and now schula is going to be able to bring it away he done well to be fit today cuz he went off in first half injury time with a haming problem the other night but has been able to play and so far show few effects of the problem that he had forced on the back foot just for a Mo first of tonight's paper airlanes is lying now as the tritus on the pitch just about 6 yds outside the England box here conon on the angel Gomez Gomez inside the center circle waiting for movement ahead of him Rico loose provides it back for Gomez that his right once are coming forward again every England player is within 20 yards of the edge of the a threaded in brilliantly for K's run and Hoskin and again forced into a last ditch interception slid to the way and it goes out for yet another England corner there I'm teth of the night sa will come across to take it you keep knocking at the door loud enough sooner or later you're going to get an answer I think well it was hoson once again with a last D sliding effort they're just getting caught out and he's just got there in time just to cut out they were it the doors are open eventually and when they do two or three will come in comes the corner from sacka Deep towards the far post where Kane was waiting but again there's been a push it was Lewis on hosan this time he's down on the edge of the sixy Box hoson plays his Club football in Poland he scored an own goal against Scotland back in June is the set half partner even off plays in Germany with in TR Brown five so not high profile clubs for the two set of halfes but at the moment they're repelling everything in can throw at them Dean rice has got it and will bring it forth for England back into finish territory again the rain continues to come down with ferocity England continue to have the ball that was a good run from Dean rice right hand side of the penalty area spinning even off and it took two to stop in and even then all they could do was ludge him back outside the penalty area sacka back in towards the feet of Kane Kane will be away on the corner of the Box lay it back out towards sacka K making it run down towards the de ball by the time he got his right foot to that and convinc he was over the line for a goal kick and so is the assistant referee he just clicks it back in it might even have shaved the bar on its way back through the penalty area but the cross came after it have gone out and it's a goal keep that retki will take and it's looking increasingly likely that Finland might be able to get the half time with a clean sheet in t yeah they might do as I say what'll improve that is we had a situation there we had Kane sacker and rice all in the point of the box here on the right hand side what uh certainly sacka needed and rice as well was Harry Kane just a pin his Defender and just say look I'm going to stand here shove it into me feet and come and join me he didn't do that he's trying to get on the ball and help out and play and what we need is someone to sort of it's It's almost like a game of chess gy you know where you just take one of the opposition out that benefits the rest of the team Gomez looking for here for Gish England just for a moment forc back inside their own half and well back inside inside the Roa Pala putting the pressure on greish another thing that was noticeable from that game that Finland played against Greece the other night was that when they did press if you could turn them over and get past that first line of press then it was very easy to make quick and incisive Headway up field they haven't been nearly as committed in trying to win the ball back high up from England as they were against Greece really learning from their mistakes sacka gets it out towards gon lch down the line for Rico Lewis left hand side of the of the area greenish was waiting but a sacker actually took over almost took it off his teammate's toes he's got it again in front of that pocket of finish support back towards greish greish level the left hand edge of the penalty here just trying to play a little give and go with sacka who is waiting now the stall is there to be able to clear Lewis controls it chess it down he's under pressure from Pooky and his with stood that pressure quite beautifully Pooky playing his Club football out in his state now is at Minnesota United after that successful spell with Norwich England Bring It Forward again sacka just waiting to try and be able to clip the ball inside the penalty area almost guilty of over playing in Lewis urge to shoot go Square Alexander aren will shoot and fires it low across the ground pass retki but probably 68 in wide of the far post yeah unfortunately as I say when it come out across the face of goal to Trent Alexander he's hit it and what he needed to do just cut across it slightly say he got a bit of curl on it but sadly for England it just went past the far post with a great angle just behind the pole I think the goalie might have just got a finger to it if I'm being honest no he didn't that was close from Tren Alexander Arnold to what would have been just his fourth International goal Dennis unar the former bright Striker equalized from Germany it's 1-1 in their game with the Netherlands now fin will be on to break it's a nice touch from keser he will continue his run forth but Yensen never really stood too much chance of being able to find him just Stone stood in his way and blocked it that's gone out of play for a corner but just for a moment if they could have worked that effectively was two against one well they probably had I would have said three or four decent chances where the balls managed to break for them and off they've gone and it's either been equal numbers or alternatively a player overload but um sadly for the fins they've struggled to find a pass and clinical run hesan go across to take this corner fi Inside the sixy Box four making runs from Deep for kesin and's outswing it was a really poor low flat delivery that Lewis could volley away come back for uran inside the center circle he finds Kamar Kamar goes back for his goalkeeper retki 20 yds from the halfway line just fighting one over the top Alexander ronal did well cran the neck musle and heads it away past stall and back to his goalkeeper Jordan pford who bows it out quickly and Lewis gets it forth that's stall still out of position the right back is aw Gordon taking everybody on good challenge from Hoskin again who shown up really well the set of half at the heart of the Finish back line he slids that one out of play for a throw that is taken quickly by Rico Lewis stall made his way forward to the last Corner couldn't get back in time England exposed the space but not quite effectively enough Lewis has it now Lewis rolling it for looking the greenish and then a challenge on the edge of the penalty area on Gomez gives England a free kick what five six feet outside the penalty area his momentum saw him fall in the Box he wasn't trying to play for that it was just his natural momentum as he continued his run for but the fringement was clearly out and it is a free kick to England it certainly is he done brilliantly there Gomez I think for England he's been the standout play this evening I think at the other end of the pit husan has made sure it stayed a clean sheet L far this is a good chance for him well we talked about free kicks and direct free kicks the whole summer now if this isn't hit goalkeeper Side by Trent Alexander then you what I'm going to drop and walk out the stadium okay or offer my Services as a free kick specialist well I'll see you on Saturday then because he's going to go over the wall here we'll see there are four in the wall there's one line down behind it Alexander Arnold blasts it and blasts It Wide of the far par think have just lined up a thre man wall just waiting to see the replay the angle was deceptive here I'm delighted to say Stuart Pier we still got you for the second half I can't tell you how frustrated I am with three kicks honestly all you've got to do is hit the target the goalkeeper edging for the one over the top of the wall there three players blocking the shot two of them half got in the way in stones and rice they should be pulling off to the right hand side not the left hand side but where the players shooting the ball so that's as we go into one minute of Val time that's a lack of communication is it from the from the players in that mini wall and Trent not knowing exactly where he's going exactly that they should know exactly what side of the goal he's going if they if they're going up and down over the wall them as blockers stand their ground don't move if he's going to go their side goalkeeper Side open side it's down to them to make sure that they move but move in front of the opposition's walking now pford has come out and swept up quite beautifully he's found Lewis one last attack for England before halftime Lewis the greish the Reign is abated Alexander arold bringing it forward now on the right hand side is Mao sack Saka curving it in left footed Kane waiting for it he gone over his head and stalls going to get the touch to steer it away loose will keep it in over on that left hand side for England and the referee will add just a few more seconds but not enough for England to get the ball back inside the box in the next phase of Play It's polite Applause really at the end of the first half for England as they leave the field there was a lot to get excited about very easy on the eye but not a huge amount of cutting Edge Harry Kane had the ball in the net for what we thought might be a 67th International goal on his Milestone appearance it was correctly brought out for offside and that's the closest we've come to the deadlock being broken half time yeah pretty frustrating let's take a look at the halftime highlights thanks to Carly halim highlights on talk Sport with Carly 18 plus always doing responsibly well Stuart Pierce as the players make their way down the tunnel uh I'm a little bit frustrated you frustrated with that free kick uh Mrs di just sent me a message saying so it wasn't South Gate's fault after all who knew he I I I know where she's coming from listen it the thing is when England play a team the on paper in the rankings or whatever or you know when you look at the clubs their players play for are so inferior they tend to bank up put players behind the ball we've seen that in all the stats of the game so far and it's really difficult to break down whoever's the manager it could have been Terry benen could have been Sven could have been Southgate it's Lee carsley it's very difficult to break down the players are better than what they're showing though it's up to them to come up with the quality surely they're having a lot of the ball yeah for for 45 minutes I I think we set a good Tempo to the game we moving it quite quickly I've not been frustrated with us uh Doling it around between Center Ares and holding Midfield player I think Gomez has been very very good in what he's trying to achieve definitely good forward passes I think if you're going to break him down when that ball arrives in wide areas the players in the middle of the pitch have got to get in between the goal post and say we need to overload the opposition here and the ball needs to come in number one secondly and I've talked about it in the first half when we're building up in this Arc around 30 yd out if you're on the ball you need Center forwards or Advanced players to pin their men the the back line the two Center RS just pin them and say to the likes of rice or sacker shove it into my feet and just run straight at me now what does that do the defender has either got to cover the runner and drop off the the person receiving the ball so he can turn or if he stays on the man on the ball you just Loop off left or right and you get played in so simple but no one it's not a part of the game that anyone's looking to do and we need to do it to break them down yeah it feel feels like somebody has to be telling them that at half time but they should all be smart enough to work that out it's a bit like the free kick and I'm with you with your frustration with Trent's Got to Get It On Target he's got to force the keeper to do something cuz there's a possibility the keeper might not be able to hold on to it and therefore he either puts it out and get a corner or he puts it straight back out into the box and somebody can bounce but they have to get it they know where the goal is these are really high quality players Tren is one of the most gifted with the ball at his feet dead dead ball or whatever has to hit the target is he trying to be too precise into the top Corner the problem he's got is he's got a wall in front of him uh covering the Blind Side for the goalkeeper the goalkeepers on the on the uh right hand side as Trent's looking he's positioned Trent has positioned three England players to block the goalkeeper view now those players should have the information from Trent Trent should be saying to them I'm going up and down over the wall to The goalkeeper's Blind Side so stay where you are and do not move that's if he's going up and down if he's not going up and down he should be saying to them you need to move but move in front of the wall so as they looking at Trent they've got to go to their right if you look at the replay of the free kick again one went to the right two went to their left stones and rice they're blocking if he Mish hits it and it's low and it's under red height they block the shot now that can't be right it looks brainless but it's a lack of communication maybe it's is it a lack of training ground time as well you could possibly say that 100% it is I mean if if Trent was take at Club level Trent would be saying like I did with with various teammates get out my way and go to your left get out my way go to the right you give them information but you work on that time and time again day in day out and if you want evidence of that the free kicks St F scored in the 1991 FA Cup final yet one of many one of many let's move there are several examples uh it's nil nil should I be this frustrated Stuart very quickly should I be this kind of I'm not bored I'm not angry I'm just a little bit frustrated cuz they're better than what they sh Aid in all honesty you turn up to Wembley frustrating I think there's something in your personal life and I can't put my finger on it at the moment but give me another 45 minutes and I'll get it out of you yes you should because we haven't scored yet and we're expecting to score three or four goals and this is part of the game that we've got to improve on when team Bank up behind the ball in the last third what do we have to do it might be a free kick work better that it's the back of the net it might be oh hang on I need to put a cross in the Box it might be I'm the Midfield player I've got to make the box when the ball's going out wide all of those things but you don't have a lot of time to work with these players it's fair to say um I think I need some chocolate so we'll uh sort that out thanks sh need some attacking football in the second half as well that's all thanks to Carling 18 plus 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more West Ham one earling harand three another earling harand hatrick Bradford may just have stolen all three points at the the had Stadium what a break from the bees onto Atara back onto his right foot watara for bber can you believe it in my expectation I think we are ahead the direction is the right one we need just to continue back to Palmer he shoots what a goal it's fantastic it's Cole Palmer game day is back 11 a.m. on Saturday rman chry will be at St Mary's with Stuart Pier no less Southampton against Manchester United is the 1230 kickoff the buildup from the awardwinning game day team 11 a.m. uh 2:30ish onwards I'll we bring you the goals as they go and I'll be at Liverpool against notam Forest I'll be there with Darren bent actually Troy Deanie Mickey Gray part of the team as what a team we've got on Saturday afternoon on talk sport for Game Day live around the grounds with all the goals as they go in uh on talk sport two at the same time man city brenford not on TV in the UK live commentary of that and got a big one on uh Saturday night Bournemouth take on Chelsea it's an extra for you live and exclusive and only on talk Sport and before all that Friday night H Sheffield Wednesday in the championship live commentary exclusive on talk sport 2 Hugh wien coft your host for that one let me uh bring you some of the scores excuse me some of the scores uh the rounds tonight in the UEFA Nations League in England's group it's Ireland nil Greece nil at halim elsewhere Netherlands one Germany two J kimick on halftime put in the Germans in front they were trailing in that game and National League halftimes Barnett won ringham one Boston won harle Bol nil dagam won Sutton nil EP Fleet bottom of the table nil old shot nil forest green one filed nil Halifax nil oldum nil rdale 2 mad nil South End 2 eastley nil woking one Wiston nil we have a woking fan and a Wiston fan on The Talk sport team tonight it's tense I'm standing right between the two of them and it's a good job I'm here as well YoVille nil Sol Moos one and York City 2 brain Tree Town one the Finland players just come out for the second half England had 77.3% possession had eight efforts to finland's two England had two On Target none for Finland but they were A Minor Threat on the break and back in 2010 so Alex Ferguson introduced a new rule at the man united Academy only black boots allowed for the young players at the time a 10-year-old boy living in sford had been with the United Academy already for 4 years by then and Fergie's new rule clearly made a huge impact on Angel Gomez cuz while every England player is wearing different color boots tonight the captain's boots are actually gold Angel Gomez is wearing black boots on his England Wembley debut brilliant old school football black boots old school England a little bit frustrating it is England nil Finland nil halim in the Nations league on to sport in second half coming your way with the former England Captain former World Cup semi-finalist and European Championship semi-finalist Stuart Pierce alongside your England commentator on T sport here Jim prer Adrien thank you while we were speculating about exactly how long TAMU puki was going to last leading the line the answer to that 45 minutes is being replaced at Halftime by chelman the kovia striker three League goals for him already this season though scored an own goal against Greece the other night he's going to come on and lead the line they're also making a swap at left back uran has come off and he's been replaced by ilari nisenan who's made 40 appearances for exitor after a couple of years at Dundee United so England playing against the league one defender in this second half England unchanged get the second half underway pick goal Alex under Stones coner of Lewis rice Gomez greish Kane and Gordon Finland picking from left to right in this second half as the rain picks up again putting a little bit of pressure on Trent Alexander Arnold here he will take it out towards the right hand touch line where the ball has been laid off by sacka and through the Midfield Awards St R Stuart Pierce still with us uh Stewart are you surprised that there are no changes at this juncture or is that pretty much what you expected bearing in mind that he waited until 77 minutes before he made his first the other night yeah I was pleased I've got to say on on Saturday that we didn't make changes and tonight I think on about the 60-minute Mark I think Mada will certainly uh will be coming on I would suspect uh looking down the list as well probably maybe even EA and probably Gibbs white as well whether he'll have a little look at livero at one of the fullback positions well that might be sooner rather than later because Trent has picked up a knock he's going to continue his run forward here greenish has found him born inside the penalty area misses everybody it was closest to Rice he sails out for a throw going to be taken on this near side I don't think he's anything serious for TR he just picked up a slight bang in the the opening seconds of this half he's just limping for a few moments but he's not indicating that he needs any medical attention and play continues with a finished throw been the lining up R desan goal stall hosan who's impressed even off and nisenan and peler and Schuler Yensen Kamar and kinan and shelman up front ball is with Jon stones in his right hand side is R cona con with another long diagonal ball for inside the penalty y trying to get greish goals side of stall and then as a coming together with Gomez and Schuler which has left the Finland player on the deck that's going to be a free KCK that they would take about 10 yds outside their own the nil nil and England have to make sure that they don't put themselves in a position where they were they to concede but just see everybody get a little bit nervous it's a long time since England had backto back home defeats to make sure that it doesn't happen tonight fin with a long free kick towards the edge of the penalty area and coner gets to the way some breaking news incidentally man City's nethan a stretch it off for the Dutch tonight just before half time in what looks like a serious injury and so it seems very unlikely he'll be involved to City against brenford live on talk sport 2 from 3 on Saturday afternoon we'll keep an eye on that boy here Anthony Gordon left hand side of the penalty area back to greish and flick around the corner greish across the edge of the 6yd Box Kane couldn't get there in time even off knocked it away and now rice finds Gordon England got a player down injured it's ezri cona at five or six yards outside his own penalty area and rice seeing that now stops and puts the ball out of play so that coner can receive some treatment and the England medical staff will go across to a tenter to coner who is lying on his side just outside the 6yd box and he looks in a great degree of pain this does not look good you seen the replay as he tried to turn and bring the ball away he caught in the back of the Achilles and then given a little shove on the the way out of the penalty area as well yeah he certainly was he was just caught I don't know whether he's rolled his ankle or or his knee I don't know what it is but he looks in a lot of discomfort and his teammates have identified that as well and normally they know straight away yeah Jordan pford indicated straight away to the bench that he fell but perhaps a substitution should be made B in Champions League action coming up next week they're away at young boys bed is where they start that's a game that you will hear live on talk sport 2 Tuesday night 5:45 less than a week to fill back in Europe's Premier competition that's part of a double bill of action that night we also on Wednesday uh after the Milan Liverpool game on the Tuesday on Wednesday it's Manchester City against inter and that is live here on talk sport at 8:00 next Wednesday so much live European football coming up for you and AR in action against the Atlanta Thursday that's another game that we will be bringing you the new look Champions League I think is going to be spectacular and we will be bringing you every kick that counts over the course of an absorbing Maiden season of Champions League football in this for a play's going to restart with a drop ball con has been LED away he's over on the Far Side always a good sign when an injured player gets taken off on the far side of the pitch the the dugouts are on the near side so that suggests that they think he's going to be okay will be able to continue and once play restarts coner just trotting up and down the touch line over on the far side with a little bit more speed every time that he does a repetition so I think he's going to be okay he's just wait for the signal to come back on England meanwhile in possession right in front of us with Anthony Gordon still nil nil here Gordon to greish into a central area and he's flighted one out towards The Far Side sacka can control it and does so on his upper chest has done well to bring the ball down play for into the feet of Angel Gomez by Alexander Arnold rice has got it concered back on Gomez just twisting and turning Alexander Arnold made a good early run for him he's gone out towards sacker instead back towards the right hand side fight it inside the area headed Away by stall before it got to Gordon and towards Rico Lewis Lewis Gomez the angle of the pass to Gomez forced him to go back to Stones he can play for though to his Manchester City teammate Jack greish Gish now to Anthony Gordon to greish again 15 yds outside the penalty era to Alexander Arnold once more Eng maintaining a level of patience essential against the side banked up behind the ball as Finland are Kane trying to take the ball on the turn couldn't bulldoze his way through had greenish and Close Quarters but could find him either con now steps up from the defensive line his first contribution since that injury he looks okay Lewis has got it Gordon to his left greish further ahead of him picked up Jack Gish good reverse ball Harry Kane tight angle across the edge of the sixy Box hard clear would have gotone out of play for goal kick one of the Defenders kept it in gon to greish was brought down into of the Box play goes on Alexander Arnold right footed ball comes in dipped Away by the goalkeeper for what would have been a corner but the referee said no advantage and he's pulled it back and it's a fre kick to England in the D just slightly left of s well once again if we don't hit the target here I'm definitely going home it's finished I'm done my work is done here good play by England took their time moved it moved it ended up coming out to Gish on the edge of the box he moved it to his right and then he sort of I think he was quite cute he's moved the ball and just for an insurance policy just went to ground and initiated a little bit of contact so Finland again line up a fourman wall with a fifth player line down in the draft excluded position behind the other five Outfield players are all back inside the penalty area as you'd expect retki won't be able to see an awful lot there are two England players standing past the wall Kane takes the free kick and he's rifled it through the Gap left by the two England players who got out of the way still down the middle of the goal redes got his body behind it and made the sa brilliant you can't ask for any more there as I say he's hit the target he's gone round the wall England players moved out the way and the goalkeeper got make an outstanding uh save with not much reaction time which to redes is great that he could do Alexander Arnold now chipping it in Kane was waiting he was poised it was diverted out of his flight PA by iof and had a play for a throw that it's been taken by Gordon Pala tried to wire into a challenge on Angel Gomez who saw him coming and just nudged it past him and England work it back out towards Alexander Arnold in to rice rice with a shot on the turn he's blocked Kane tries to pick it up even off needed time for second touch and get it away just about had it back in from Trent again greish threw himself at it hos and heads that one away you've got to say the Finish Defenders are just getting L glost touches and flicks on everything at this moment in time breish with a little reverse ball Kamara gets it away if you're a Finland supporter watching this you would be feeling now it's just a matter of time we're we're living on our nerves and indulging in a little bit of luck at the same time but then they had a spell very early in the first half that was like that and they got themselves out of it very ably Hoskin and stepping up to the playall a Denzel is equalized for the Dutch 22 in that game in Amsterdam between the Netherlands and Germany now the Czechs leading Ukraine 21 mtra goal up in Andor North Macedonia Armenia nil nil the macedonians down to 10 everything else is nil nil 11 against 11 including the other game in this group between the Irish and the Greeks in Du fin in possession in England territory for a moment but not for long OS of for to go back inside his own half fights p and he will go all the way back to his goalkeeper weski gets it for 95th cap for him tonight A Slovakian BKE keeper who International careers longer than Harry kanes in terms of longevity not caps here Stones now play toward towards Gomez Gomez is inside the center circle Greece have just taken the lead in Ireland in the other game in this group so extending their advantage at the top of the group as things stand at the moment it's Greece six England four Finland one Ireland zero point tally in this group as things stand right now with Greece leading by a golden L this one is nil nil Lewis there a a chatter a murmur in the crowd rather than active viperous support and I think that that's a byproduct really of the the fact that England are continuing just to not the head against the brick wall at the moment yeah we are as to say it's it's been quite frustrating they've just got little touches there but now we've got an opportunity here we go the Kane to greish to Gordon and straight out the goalkeeper greski saves with his chest comes back out for Gordon again chipped inside the penalty area first header from iov Kane overhead kick save by retki and then cleared by stor well what a way that would have been to mark his 100th game for his country well it was an awful clearance by the Finish Defender and it just felt to Kan the edge of the six and a hitch kick over his head goalkeeper once again equal to it England Bring It Forward once more now it's Kan edge of the penalty are he goes alone and scores it's a wonderful moment for a wonderful player and he becomes only the second England International of all time to score in both his first and 100 games for his country emulating the great so Bobby Alon Harry Kane gives England the lead the kind of predatory finish we've seen so many times over the course of his International career the deadlock finally broken by a masterful Moment from a quite masterful Striker well there's a few special moments in football and I think we're witnessed to one of them now fantastic 100th game he's hit that with a modicum of violence that flew pass the goalkeeper Finland trying to play out lost it great ball into feet and he created the space for himself on the edge of the Box moved it onto his favored right foot and just hit it near enough straight above the goalkeeper's head underside of La bar one New England goal number 67 for his country in 100 games it's only the fourth Nations League goal only the second from open play that he's ever scored England needed that it was a great moment though and if he's going to score one tonight you wouldn't want it to be a tapping you'd wanted to be a goal that was in contention for one of the better ones that he scored it certainly was that lovely little drop of the shoulder onto his right foot and then fire past the goalkeepers the pace that beon and straight in off the underside of the bar to give England a thoroughly merited lead England won Finland nil Harry Kane on 57 minutes yeah I've got a feeling I hope I'm not wrong on this but I think the floodgates might open slightly now Finland got nothing to hang on to they're going to have to come out slightly if they want stach out the game we go leis lays the ball back it's shipped over the top for Anthony Gordon Gordon on the left hand side of the penalty air working it in Rico Lewis snaps it with the outside of his right boot but wide and it could have been two in two minutes and it should have been to be fair golden done brilliant there he's opened up the goal he's hit it and would run being a bit hard on Rico Lewis he's took a touch he's bouncing up I think he's got to take another touch and be a bit more precise in his finish he snatched at it outside of the foot why he's a player that's never scored for his country that's understandable bearing you mind how few miles he's gone on the clock he's only got a couple of Premier League goals to his name uh but that was a chance for him now this doesn't look good for coner who was back down again inside the center circle just an exacerbation of that earlier problem he's being led off towards the the near touch line this time and I think that that might be the end of EZ's night I've got to say Jim I'm not sure how you go down so long and look in so much discomfort then come back on the pitch to start with and then all of a sudden you know 10 minutes later you're coming off the pitch it would have been a wiser move at this stage to actually make his own mind up and make a substitution from the offset so he's off and corwell is going to come on to replace them so cwell who made his competitive debut in Ireland also CT against Australia 11 months ago and he comes on for his third England appearance and he were playing in Center half on the left of the two stones goes to the right so England Mak the change they have the lead you're listening to the coverage of England against Finland in the UFA Nations league with KH 18 plus always drink responsibly England again with great play Gomez setting up Kane Gordon will take it on inside the penalty area and it's knocked Away by Schuler that was another example of Finland not being able to stand England's press and again it was that man Angel Gomez that led it and won it back yeah it was a super challenge by Gomez just read the play got in front of the uh finnished Midfield player and I've got to say Harry Kane's got to be a bit more unselfish there he should have been rolling sacker everything seems to be an audition for the future to be part of what's going on for England going into the World Cup that being the case Gomez has done himself no end of favors with couple of impressive performances over the last three days well what it's done Jim we've we've got a manager that knows the setup underneath the senior team and he's knowledge of that and he's his confidence in this boy Gomez is enabled him to pick him and more importantly I think he's been England's best player by far tonight and chance for Finland to make another change that's going to be straight swap on the right wing it's Freddy Yensen is going to come off and he will be replaced by Robin load another player who plays his Club football in MLS with Minnesota he's played more 100 games in the states with nearly 30 goals he's got the odd International goal as well he'll come on as a right winger a playmaker the number eight so load for Yensen and that's the third finish change England have made the one enforced by that injury to ezri cono they had the lead now with that goal for Harry Kane which incident his 16th in his last 22 games for England and his 16 first in his last 74 starts more goals for England than anyone else more goals as Captain than anyone else and another had to that particular tally as well this even England over on the far side with rice Kane is back in there backing load actually was able to turn the ball away from Dean rice coell knocks it forward though Kane dropping deep able to pick up possession will bring It Forward again then just in the nick of time as comes back goals side he pirouettes and neatly gets it and then threads a beautiful ball for for Gordon and he'll try his luck ball taking a little spiteful bounce off the Zippy playing surface but Desi got his body behind it and made the S it's 1 n 63 gone it was England Legends St yeah I think the game at this moment entire from England's point of view probably needs two or three subs and I think that that time should get near now I think maybe some fresh legs at this stage uh certainly in the advanced areas would certainly give us a touch of a lift to push on and probably get a score line that we were hoping for load Kamar hosan Pala defending sprain the passes around it's a great ball out to the left hand side for nisenan played for by The Exodus City man Stones mops up puts it out for the throw that'll be taken a finish left back over on the far touch line brce leading in Ireland by a golden n England leading here at Wembley by a golden n so it's still as you were Greece six England Six at the top of the table Greece top on goal difference at the moment and England face Greece next that one is Live a month tonight October 10 here on talk sport we'll be making more changes in a moment and we're going to see another International debut non mad who won 19 caps for the 21s under Lee carsley and scored seven goals in that time and he's going to be coming on Bari eza will be coming on as well part of a double change inent actually Cole just Embraces the pair of them slightly longer hug for manw at such a special moment for him and he'll be coming on very soon for his debut Fin and take this free kick was a 4-1 easily knocked away Alexander Arnold fielded it out towards Gordon oh that cynical he's just been pulled down almost round the neck by Schuler and that's the easiest yellow card that Morton crw is going to have to give all season well to be fair I might give him a shout and see if he fences a game fuer for Warrington wolves this weekend we're at hfield so we're tackling like that is a little bit High sa is coming up mad on for him and Gordon's coming off ezza will be his replacement so two straight swaps on the wins for England and great see M mad coming on player with more 50 go 50 games in the Top Line in the Netherlands before making his Premier League debut hatri already in the Premier League for him this season at wolves six goals in six games for the under 21s last season and he's a a popular edition to the roster of England's full Internationals he makes his way on Harry Kane just has a little word with him as he comes past and ezar is on on the left mad on on the right so your thoughts on the two men that have come off stew sacka and gon well I think they've been um reasonable tonight I've got to say I think they've had decent games received the ball well out wide um delivery into the box probably from sack's point maybe on occasion for for Gordon could have been slightly better if I'm nitpicking but I think it would have helped him if uh as I said someone sort of just showing the feet so they could bounce off and uh play little one two oh that's great play by e a good pouette from him greish left hand side of the area pulling it back not away only as far as Alexander Arnold left foot scoop for man did well recycles it right hand side of the penalty area twists gets it onto his left foot then comes again back onto his left and a third time now he gets the shot and count the deflections but second one took the pace out of it then meski was able to adjust and dive the other way to make a save one ning yeah as soon as madai picked the ball up you could tell he's looking to work something on that left foot and he managed to get the shot away but the Finish back line were up to him to just stifled the shot I think both wide players have had a couple of good games I've got to say Jim Over uh both in Ireland and this game I think they've been pretty reasonable I think Gordon's done enough to cement his place as first choice left Winger good ball fought here as a on side off ski just as as a try to get it past him stuck out of right hand he was able to claw the ball away from the Crystal Palace man to prevent him from adding to kan's goal One n it Remains The Chance is coming with a regularity you said you felt the once the deadlock was broken blood Gates might open and every time England push forward now they're causing an increasing number of problems here they are but we just managed to it's either been a finished Defender just getting a touch on it or as we saw there EA got a great first touch and then just couldn't manufacture his second touch to beat the goalie stones and W keeping the whip on the England right rice is lurking with intent around the edge of the penalty area pain near the penalty spot ezar unmarked at the far post England work it back through the Midfield to Gomez now cwell to Lewis two youngers in the England back line do well under pressure Stones can feed Trent Alexander on aralo on the England right hand side and then Gomez with three players coming to meet him just flick the ball away from the mall with impudent ears now cwell long ranging stride can bring the ball forward and find eza controls it this first touch flicks it down the line for his second great movement from Jack greish there's a good understanding and cohesion amongst the England forward players great movement and incisive Dynamic runs that are being made even know it's just the one goal so far just the three in the the two games that England have had against relatively limited opposition the signs certainly are Gomez down towards hezza heza faced up by skore getting away from low right footy clipped in Mad coming around the back Kane threw himself at it and it's hit the defender nanan but I think there was a push anyway maybe a hand ball po ually in there but the referee's given a free kick fin way anyway yeah I think he's gone with a push on the back there but I've got to say e has come in he's darted off the line dropped the ball you thinking now he's could not got it out his feet to put it in the box and he put a super ball into the far post both Mada and Kane coming in on the F post's clearance headed on by ASA to greish down the line from him to Kane the space in the middle Bry is making a great run forward Kane struggle to get the ball out from underneath his feet he had Ivanov with him England have still got it Gomez can bring It Forward he deserves a goal for the industrious performance that he's given tonight on his full International DAV he's gone back for Rice the c one now out to towards K Lewis showing for the ball PS a play for England much less regimented now than they the were last season that extra fluidity it's slightly easier to watch him slightly more effective rice Lewis side of the penalty area here for greish greish drags the ball back outside the box now Ventures forward again checks as it looks as though he's going to deliver across lays it back outside the penalty era eventually for cwell cell to Stones stones out towards Alexander Arnold for to try and hit inside the penalty area but hosin and he's there to mop up as he's done so many times toward tread Alexander arold juggles with the ball on his thigh for a moment Gomez takes it on back from him to C referee takes evasive action as the ball is sprad in towards rice ezer's got it ezar on the edge of the penalty area back outside the box again still maintaining this this patient approach trying to add a little bit of potency to the patience in the 20 minutes or so that remain shelman losing out moving it back again with Alexander on one that it remains with Harry Kane's goal 15 minutes ago Alexander arold back out towards s on in mad and a chance now for him to run at n good quick feet from Mad hoping that he could find Alexander Arnold outside and when he couldn't he just took over and had another go himself this going eventually is able to get back and into a decent position at Clear gets it away can't get it off the island and Eng come again with Alexander AR 1 n live on talk sport rice and towards Jack greish very interested to hear your views of this England performance and of course you can react with Jamie O'Hara and Jason cundy giving you the chance to have your say on this game and all the nights football as well Faker others will be bringing you all the reaction from the tunnel here from Lee gley I'm sure from Harry Kane as well the headline makers you can have your s03 7172 34 it's the number to call ball over on the England right hand side firing now EA coming around the back and he's voled it over the bar and wi of than a yeah it'll be one of those if the score line doesn't get accelerated from here in any way shape or for there'll be a little bit of frustration now I think the overall performance has not been bad we've created good chances and I I think credit to the uh the Finish backline have done extremely well on occasion just getting little Nicks and uh blocks in the way goalkeepers stopped a few but I I think we're still that agel problem a little bit Jim that we've not broke teams down readily in games where England have needed just that little moment of inspiration they needed something special we saw that throughout the Euros of course and have some really special moments and and it's been a special moment that has got England ahead in this one as well as I say it'll be very interesed to hear your reaction what you've made of it listening tonight 8371 7234 it's going to make for fascinating journey home for me here from from Wembley back to the sticks tonight North Macedonia down to 10 men they lead Armenia by a golden n Andor nil Malta one is still the score in League D and Albania n Georgia one in one of the other league b games as rice brings the ball four finds greish EA to his left hand side try to wait the ball perfectly in the end he just waited too long and EA couldn't get a shot in Gomez can feed ezza eza can get a shot in the second time of asking but he couldn't get the whip as he tried to curl it inside the far post started at too wide and it's drifted innocuously wide it remains one nil we got 16 to go yeah you spoke about that little bit of Cutting Edge and and there it was Jack greish Defender facing him up just to his left left left hand side EZ's saying just roll me in just give me a decent pass and he's just left it [Music] short the stats now 19 shots to two in England's favor but the fact that the XG is still significantly less than two shows that those 19 shots haven't necessarily been real clear cut chances it's winning goal certainly he's not going to have a high exg was AAL chance that Kan put away that's in contrast to the other night where the XG was just a shade under four for the two goals that England scor here's Jack greish again long Crossfield ball from greish he delighted to be given an opportunity again in an international show good ball M Kane that's his second just pulled back by n mad and Kane running onto it right with it into the bottom left hand corner it is two for the captain he's on the hatrick in game number 100 England two Finland n it's fair to say I think that hat trick will be coming there's no doubt unless he gets taken off for any reason is every chance that he'll get the hatrick tonight but great play by England really good play played it quickly made awake it once again received it set it off and went spun behind the back line and it was him who created did everything it what a finish I've got to say pull back across the face at goal and the cleanest of strikes go number 68 in game number 100 now Jared Bowen is coming to the edge of the technical area he's going to be coming on in a moment it's going to be an unpopular decision if number nine comes up on the board here for official nichel Rea as the numers four his handing them not going to make the change precisely yet we go for greish maybe we'll find out together in a moment play restarts Finland with the kickoff still kicking from left to right in there all blue finding themselves two goals down yet another country the hurricane has scored against scored against the vast majority of Nations that he's faced this the first time he's ever played against Finland Stones bring the ball forward here he's inside the center circle as he just flips it to his right hand side for dein rice rice goz it's going to be a man with a a cold heart that would stop Harry Kane being the man of the match tonight bearing in mind that England lead 2-n and he's got both the goals but Angel Gomez might take a couple of moral victories well as you know I have a cold heart you've asked the question and I'll give an honest assessment that's where I was going that the ball plays straight through the middle from pford out comes retki knocks it away looked as though just for a moment even off his Center half is going to turn it past him Englander got it again Kane Adrian urging him to shoot he had it inside his own half instead he's played a lovely lofted ball out towards mad right inside of the air it could be three in a moment his first shots deflected second one pulled back it's Rico Lewis coming around the back Center bezer who couldn't get any purchase in the shot through a very congested sit J box and hosin there to clear yeah it was good set up play by Kane there but it's MW who's looked very impressive since he's come on runs with the ball runs without it he's a real handful for a fallback B and gay will be the change it's going to be a double for England greish almost getting it through for ezar R sliding challenge stopped it St clears and now will be able to make the change going to do it now everything has stopped for a moment Lee car's got the ball in his hand and he's not giving it to one of his players to take the throw so the change is going to be made gay he for Stones the first one yeah I think Harry Kane will be coming off he's hovering around the uh technical area here as we thought and it is Harry Kane who will make way and not for the first time in his England career he leaves the field to a standing ovation but this not for what he's achieved tonight over 80 minutes but what he's achieved over a 9 and a half year International career that's brought him 100 caps and now 68 goals for his country Kane off there will be no symbolic hatrick and record equaling hatrick and this is 100 appearance but you still want to have some records to go for in the tank for the International Day that Li ahead he's done his job tonight he's done his job brilliantly over 10 years and a magnificent Ovation for him I've got to say two really really clinical finishes as well he made them look pretty easy but the violence that he put on the first effort creating it for himself and the second one as well set up really well by madake but you've still got to hit it cleanly and hit it with Precision had didn't take mad long to get his first International assist at it P Le the ball out to the right hand side of the penalty area it's clear Bowen who's playing through the middle now almost with Jack Rish alongside in kind of Finland wo and schul will work it out to the left hand side for Nisan n's giv it away Bo through the center circle and to the left hand side for Rico Lewis Lewis ring it down the line for Aza as it faced up by Hoskin then tried to get the ball inside the penalty a he's just been eased out of it there he's gone to ground and ending up in the the advertising mat behind the goal no complaints from as it was a strong but fair Challenge on him England recycle it and have it again with greish Gish mad looking for Bowen from Close Quarters couldn't find it fin will be able to bring it away they're going to make another change in a moment as well but they have a chance for a counter attack here but it was a poor balling towards load and a better pass for shelman might have caused England a few problems wasn't fourth coming and England will bring it forward and from this position with the 10 to go always important for clean sheeting we got out the habit of keeping clean sheets but backto back clean sheets at the beginning of this Nations League campaign would be another Bo for Lee Carley and his man yeah certainly will as I say Finland not so much this second half Jim but the first half out of 2 three four good opportunities to create a good finish but they couldn't take [Music] it Angel gz back towards Mar gahi gahi ended V Gomez again rice goes that a little bit deeper and then sticks his foot through it to fire a ball out towards greish greish and ezer have got a really good understanding on this Left Flank Bridge control he just rolled it down the line for Resa eza going inside the penalty a pull back towards Bowen uh but it was cleared away from him and put out a play for a throw still waiting for his first International goal Jared Bowen his 12th appearance for his country tonight A lot of those have come off the bench of course but it'll be sensing that tonight might be his moment the 10 men of North Macedonia two up now at home to Armenia the Czechs 3-1 up against Ukraine Adan will bring you all the full-time scores from the National League games as well uh tonight last I heard for those interested along side still woking one whe nil sorry Stu the ball over on the England right long Crossfield ball down towards greish England leading two N Lewis losing out load will bring it forward and then Lewis gets it back it's play towards ezza uh St appears professional to the end still frustrated by Wilson trailing as started literally throwing confectionary at the woking supporter here in the commentary box with us that is why we hire you it was a Jelly Baby by the way you don't have to justify your violence to me here's Lewis a play Four towards eza and now Gomez recycles it and now inside the center circle Gomez finds rice notice though with the typical Wilston Precision you missed him goes out towards Alexander Arnold play down the right hand touch line rice chasing after that wasn't the best of balls either it's gone out of play uh Finland they're going to make another change they're going to bring Leo valta on who's another one of the players that is based in Sweden he plays his Club football for spens side serus and he made his debut back in June for his country and he's coming on for his fourth substitute appearance the night still yet to start he'll come on in the Midfield to replace Schuler so that's another straight swap falter coming on just [Music] to a pair of fresh legs that Midfield now the attendance tonight has been announced as 7,221 which was certainly more than we're anticipating and certainly more than the eye test uh would have told you as well but that will be ticket sold but a crowd of 70,000 tonight we speculating before the game it could be England's lowest crowd for a Wembley game in Co conditions for 10 years but not to be here's Tren Alexander AR bringing the ball for England leading 2-n greish has got it greenish getting it to Bow into madw madw inside the air and little step over from him can't work the angle for shot but he can pull it back for Dean rice rice will turn and go back for Alexander Arnold again to Rice now to Gomez and Gaye works it all the way back inside his Center Circle for cwell who was ball out toward WS Lewis was slightly misplaced and hit hard enough that then became a lost course goes out of play throw to be taken by F on the right flank the other night St was great first half performance and England sort of went into the shells a little bit in the second half but by necessity with it still being nil at half time tonight they've been better in this second period than they were in the first here's mad trying to thread the ball in here after retki with another error with the ball at his feet got away with that but he presented it to madw but he couldn't make the most of the chance think have been better second half they have they've kept the tempo um longer I think and I think Gomez has played a big part in that I think he's played a lot of forward passes and for a player playing in that position you can be tempted to go sideways and backwards that's stall ball inside the penalty area for Finland it was whipped across the edge of the six- ydd Box by armman and he couldn't get Shellman in and it's go through towards Jordan Pigford but that was probably the best position that the fins had got themselves in for uh a good 4550 minutes or so four to go England leading by two goals to nil and Greece a goal up in Ireland so both sides with an identical record at the top of the group played two one two scored four conceded none and that will set up the England Greece game here at Wembley on October the 10th live on talk sport beautifully so much live football for you between now and then though Alexander Arnold chipping the ball forward headed away over on the far touch line by nisin and away from madw down towards dein rice rice with a bad heel and it goes back for Mark gayi now work down the right once more for Bowen to come on to Bow right hand side of the penalty ring the challenge is pulling it back Lewis will be able to mop up for England outside the penalty era after a couple of Reflections took it out of Harm's Way ezza Back for Gish Gish faced up by Hela lays it back towards ezza Lewis try a def little flick inside the penalty area for's run it didn't come off next phase of places Gomez Bring It Forward IND wz a good Ball Juggling from him the M if anything got in each other's way and Finland able to clear their lines again Friday night hevy Wednesday in the championship it's a talk sport to exclusive kicks off at 8 Game Day live Saturday Southampton against Manchester United build up starting at 11 St part of the Comet team longside s m about 12:30 kickoff down on the Hampshire Coast Saturday lunchtime and then Game Day live with Adrien darham Darren Ben and Troy Dei all the goals as they go in and man city brenford is live on talk sport 2 Saturday afternoon from three we've got it all covered for you and that is just Friday in Saturday coming forward again Rico Lewis towards the edge of the Finland penalty area ezza feathers the ball back into his path Finland are able to knock it away get it out to W arner over on the far touch line the Winger who's got a great reputation six goals in just nine starts for Finland back from him to Kamar four from iof bosland to pela and the blond head Central midfielder just guides the ball through the center circle and now towards the far touch line for Glenn Kamar NIS to load back out to the the city fullback again load the onside once he was the flag has stayed down now it comes up against him and it's a free Kick the England in their right back position with about 90 seconds to go here all over by the shouting England 2 Finland n the score yeah I think from Lee Carley's point of view you know no goals conceded in two games two winable games we knew that beforehand I think an improvement on performance I would say from the first game on Saturday evening um and the only downside I think we were available to maybe score more goals we haven't created the clearcut chances to do that though that is the one I'm the one thing I'm sure he'll be looking at the players that he's bought into the squad mowu Gomez uh to name but two have certainly done extremely well I think you know and uh worthy of their place and Gomez for me been the standing player will it be a discussion point between you and Adrien after the game and also on the phone then as well 03 71723 for what needs to happen to to translate this kind of performance into something that does have that more potency in front of goal but the the shot toown is up in the 20s we being as we've been saying that uh for all the possession that England have had in 20 odd shots the xgs not as high as they might like the quality of chances hasn't been as good as they would like his as we go into 5 minutes amounted time had a collective groan from the Finish players Gomez ezza clever little back heel flick stall smuggles it away P inside his own penalty area put his left back under all kinds of pressure mad was lurking England win it back with rice he tries to guide it for from non M but Finland can bring that away and we'll get it forward towards halfway where rice slides in a really well time challenge he's been able to play the ball off Hardman and out of play for a throw to England yeah as it say over the two games not too many changes a real consistency of the lineup and uh I'm pleased about that I mean it would have been easy maybe a chop and change a lot of the players within the team I don't I think he's given most players the line share of uh minutes you know davut fatino libero morg Gibbs white got a few minutes in Dublin and did well but no sign of him coming on tonight they I think two individuals that would be little disappointed that they hadn't had more chance to shine on this their first International caller here's Bowen has a good Crossfield ball from him greish right in front of us controls it chest it down brings it forth gliding inside the air great ball across the edge of the sixy box and almost inexplicably there wasn't a white shirt there to tap it in I think we've just seen Harry Kane's hattick there Jim yeah I think Harry will be thinking that as well Ball Four from Alexander arold into the feet of Bowen tried to turn back to the direction of goal but uh just hit this and rebounded to relative safety for Finland Alexander Arnold to cwell left footed flighted chip down towards greish Immaculate control from him a little shove from stall G can just make his way back and find Angel Gomez Gomez's performance will certainly be one of the great take aways from tonight he's been fantastic on his full England debut and by no means the first player in recent times to hit the ground running on his scho debut for his country ball over on the England right hand side with non mad whose full baby for his country still lies ahead but a very significant night in his young life tonight Dean rice out towards the right for Mad Mad controlling it goes back for Alexander Arnold two and a half minutes of stoppage time both gone and to go alander Arnold back to the m feel for K CO's got Gaye behind him crowd beginning to thin out and head for the tube now with no Jeopardy here coell play forward Challenge on Gish not a particularly effective one he's ridden the first one and now he's just going to be able to Breeze his way past stall as well stall flicking sorry greish flicking the ball into the edge of the penalty air for ezza back for Jack greish once more couple of minutes to go for England to set the seal on an impressive three points with three goals real issue to ezar again back towards Gomez EA receiving the ball on the turn and almost like an owl just moving his his head around as he picked up possession to see exactly who was where a blink of an eye was able to lay off a very effective ball back it goes towards ezar again this time he's lost possession counter attack could be on heler shelman trying to bring the ball for and he just ran down a blind out he was really good covering from Mar gahi he and coell did well to win it back and then they get it for quickly for madw who's running with pace and intent but not with a decent finish and he fired it over the top left hand corner no his angle of run was perfect he's cutting in he's on a 45° angle but he never got himself set once to to take the ball and get Curl on it to put it in the far Corner what he was trying to achieve a late goal for Greece which means that they will stay if england don't find one with their last attack on top of this Nations League Group after two games Ireland nil Greece two and England leading Finland by the same score line clearance from the goalkeeper retki is a poor one a tired one easily headed down by ezza finding greish greish pushed to the ground fre kick the England one last chance to load the penalty area here theyve resisted the temptation to do that taking the free kick short and quickly really chenz and Lewis just indulging their own private game for a moment back goes for Dean rice rice on halfway to Gomez through the center circle for Mar gah gahi on the right hand side of the midfield for Gomez Gomez for towards Jared Bowen it's the last attack for England Bowen that just right the challenge of P until had a little nibble at his ankles and the ball comes off ninan and goes out of play for a throw but there's no time to take well this is Harry Kane's night two goals for him on his 100th appearance for his country two goals that have given England three points and the maintenance of their perfect start in this Nations League campaign but Kane will look back on 10 years of magnificence as an England player this also provided a bright little insight to how the future might be for England a stack of chances loads of possession great movement and Lee Carley will reflect I think on his first week has been one of great promise but still a little bit of improvement to come as well but England got the job done tonight they've beaten Finland by two goals to n as King Kane walks out onto the pitch to greet those players who finished the game it is all about him Jim spot on under caps that first goal described it so perfectly hit with violence hit with force it was so well struck keeper despite the fact that it was just above his head had no chance whatsoever in off the underside of the bar a brilliant Harry Kane strike and then the second and you wanted Lee carsley to leave him on for his hat trick and there the ball was as Stuart said in commentary flashed across the six-yard Box surely Harry Kane would have been there to poke it home for number three but it wasn't to be two or do and Harry Kane celebrates a big night for him and his family who are all here to witness it at Wembley Stadium fantastic from the captain and we'll talk about Harry Kan very shortly Stuart Pierce as a lot of fans have already left you can understand that on a school night wanted to get away game was done even at 1-0 Finland didn't really show any intention of trying to get an equalizer so the game was done especially at 2-n and those fans who remain get Applause from those England players who are out there we'll talk about Kane shortly but it was frustrating in the first half there was some patience from England but this is going to happen we're going to have to get used to it no matter how good the players are that we've got at our disposal you won't always be able to unlock them in the first minute and then B to them 10- n will you you won't be able to do that no but we probably have to find a way to to create more clearcut chances I would say we look extremely good in possession of the ball there's no doubt about that where there's you know this is a sum total of probably two decades of great Academy coaching and and all of those types of things we got some wonderful young players the production Line's there for all to see madau Gomez coming in for his first game just walks into it as though he's been here all his life incredible we just got to be a little bit cuter in and around that last third how do we break teams down how do we get on the end of things what needed for certain games sometimes there's more of a directness rather than keep it keep it keep it come out go wide again come back out from wide sometimes you have to Pop the ball in the Box to create chaos as they say in the game you know so and then from the resulting headed clearance you're on the edge of the box and you've got shots and all of those things mixing it up slightly if you're going to have longrange shots get them on target so a keeper par is it out and causes more disruption in his own box uh as an example as well something I mean people watching football regularly and listening to us regularly you might think well Manchester City face this most weeks you know teams banking up against them teams trying to defend against them and yet they seem to make it look easy is that simply that they've got better players because I think some of these England players are really good on they well they're outstanding players but what what you would say you know if if harand doesn't score for Manchester City who does then you would say de bruyne you know has got a decent goal record and they've got other players within their ranks exactly that so you know fen's got for his Club got 20 odd goals last season so so the goals are coming from elsewhere what we need is is the likes of greish in a club and international shirt to get more goals for for his football I think he's had two really good games where I think he'll come away from this get uh get together thinking you know what I self-esteem's grown up a little bit at at International level yeah wears the England shirt that little bit more comfortably doesn't he after these two yeah I think so I think the manager trusted him he's G him two starts in the game you know and that type of thing technically we look really good there's no doubt about that but we need that little bit more directness I think Mada wakei offers that I've got to say um sacka never let England down and his goal scoring ratios not bad at all so but listen it's two games under a different voice under a different manager under different coaching staff and we've seen Improvement game on game I expect to see better next month as well I'm intrigued by what you were saying about the wi players in the uh in the second half there and I'm doing the marks out of 10 it's going to be on the website very shortly talksport.com don't give me that look that was a look of approval really I get it um but I I kind of am I wrong to expect more from them so I know I love watching sacka for Arsenal he's brilliant he seems to do the same thing over and over again but Defenders just can't cope with it and he hasn't really done that in these two games and I've kind of wanted him to do more Anthony Gordon as well I don't think he had a bad game neither of them had bad games today but I kind of expect a little bit more from them when greish was out wide I expected more then ezza and madai come on and all all of a sudden they're live wires you know yeah they they are but what I would say about both Gordon and sacker and I mentioned it in the first half and mentioned it in the second half sometimes when you pick the ball up either in deep line Midfield areas or in wide areas and you're looking to face the goal up directly from maybe you know where we are at the moment looking directly at this goal to our right somewhere just outside the box what do you want to see you want to see a center forward that's pinned the center off so you shove the ball into his feet and you just follow that ball the center forward holds it and he sets it off to you you come on and you hit your strike first time that's what he needs I didn't think that was there tonight and and I would ask Harry about that I would say look sometimes you're going to have to offer yourself as a Target as a focal point and don't move just stand there and receive the ball into feet cuz he's very very good at receiving into feet are you criticizing Harry Kane then I I criticize anybody that I see that might improve England's performance and I'm telling you to break teams down you've got to shove it into people's feet and you got to follow the ball on occasion so what sort of night did Harry Kane have I mean he's obviously got a couple of goals 100th cap and he is going to be the big talking point he's got a high Mark for me by the way but and it's based mainly around the quality of the goals it's what he can do to win games it's what we need him to do to win games particularly when uh teams are banked up trying to defend against us but there are there were flaws maybe in his game in the first half you're pointing out tonight yeah stuff that you wouldn't say technically is a bad thing it might go unnoticed but I'm thinking what would I want if I was a WI player a Midfield player or a fullback that's gone surging forward I want my Center forward to be a focal point saying give me the ball and keep going keep running and running behind me and I'll find you with the next pass that's what I would want so I'm looking for that maybe other players don't but uh and other pundits don't but I'm looking for that directly and I think it would improve us a little bit instead of coming sideways and coming back out again that would improve us two great finishes though the first one was outstanding Unstoppable really wasn't it brilliant I mean he's received the ball and he he's created the space for himself and he's pulled it onto that right foot of his brilliantly great balling from Trent he's moved it I think he's moved it through the the the legs of the defender the on-rushing defender and the violence that he's put on the ball has beaten the goalie before he could move the goalies fell away from it h the underside a brilliant finish and listen he's on 60 odd goals and what was been the difference tonight between the team getting booed slightly at the end of the game when you strip it all down and the team coming off with a clean sheet hav won the game Harry Kane yeah and the second one was uh terrific finish as well and he had he stayed on he might have had a hattick I mean should Lee Carley have kept him on for that reason is that too sentimental there's no sentiment in my world my friend you know you make a decision that you think's the right foot bling decision and that's the end of it I think if he had have stayed on he might well have got his hatrick um overall though it was a a difficult first half the second half it eased up with the goals but we surprised that Finland didn't even try to get back on level terms you thought with the first goal it might open up a little bit more and they might try to get an equalizer but they didn't really did they was that just cuz we were better than them I honestly I don't think that they had the the technical ability to to threaten Us in the main there was the odd occasion in the first half where we sort of got Advanced got got spread lost the ball or they managed to retain it and then all of a sudden the cavalry charge was on and you think oh hang on a minute this looks a little bit awkward if there would been slightly better with their passing but the bottom line is in the main I don't think they had the tools to get up the pitch and play for us you got to remember that they brought on a league one player in the second half when they when they're trailing so that's the levels we're talking about it's a game England should win they made it as hard as possible for England to win it but they did win it and what I loved about Kane's second goal was the he's taking it early it's a it's an early strike from him and maybe some might need a touch but he's thought no I'm going to hit this first time and and the keeper just won't have be able to get near it and that's exactly what happened it looks easy honestly it looks easy what he does but it's uncanny how more often than not it's such a clean finish it's it's pass the goalie before he can react and when you look he's probably had two or three other efforts at goal that the goal is had to save as well he's had the ball in the net in the first half so on another day he he's got probably four or five goals potentially where I don't see any other England player getting those sort of figures uh we'll get reaction from Faker others in the England Camp as soon as we possibly can and if it's not on this show it'll be the sports bar which is coming up after 10:00 0371 7234