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🚨 Greece extend 100% record with win over Ireland; England down Finland

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The second round of October’s Nations League fixtures kicked off on Sunday.

Here’s what went down.


Greece make it four from four

Scorers: Bakasetas 48β€², Mantalos 90+2β€²

Greece extended their perfect start to the Nations League campaign with a 2-0 win over Ireland.

Caoimhin Kelleher proved the busier goalkeeper in a scoreless first half as he denied Giorgios Masouras, Vangelis Pavlidis and Dimitris Giannoulis.

But Anastasios Bakasetas finally broke the deadlock just three minutes after the restart with a volleyed finish which took a deflection off Liam Scales.

Deep in added time, substitute Petros Manatolos punished Kelleher’s poor clearance before rounding the goalkeeper and firing into an empty net.

Heimir HallgrΓ­msson’s side remain third in the standings while their hosts hold a three-point cushion over England at League B: Group 2’s summit.


England return to winning ways

Scorers: Hoskoen 87β€²; Grealish 18β€², Alexander-Arnold 74β€², Rice 84β€²

England bounced back from their midweek setback with a 3-1 win over Finland.

Jack Grealish opened the scoring on 18 minutes with a slotted finish after Angel Gomes sent him clear in the penalty area.

The Three Lions’ best chance after the interval saw Cole Palmer fail to test Lukas Hradecky with a low attempt.

They were almost undone when Fredrik Jensen was afforded the freedom to shoot inside the box but blazed his effort over.

But Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a sublime free kick to edge Lee Carsley’s side towards potential automatic qualification.

Declan Rice added a third just ten minutes later by guiding the ball home from Ollie Watkins’ low effort across the box.

The hosts notched a late consolation when Arttu Hoskonen met Leo Walta’s set piece with a simple header.


Other results

Austria 5-1 Norway

Kazakhstan 0-1 Slovenia

Armenia 0-2 North Macedonia

Faroe Islands 1-1 Latvia

Lichtenstein 0-0 Gibraltar

Malta 1-0 Moldova

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