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Iceland v England - as it happened

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Iceland v England, UEFA Nations League 2020/21, 5/9/2020, matchday 1 - Official line-ups. BESOCCER
Iceland v England, UEFA Nations League 2020/21, 5/9/2020, matchday 1 - Official line-ups. BESOCCER
Join us for live coverage of the UEFA Nations League League A Group 2 clash between Iceland and England from Laugardalsvollur in Reykjavik. Belgium and Denmark are the other two teams in this group.
Goal

List of goalscorers

0 - 1
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R. Sterling
Press

Match report in news

End of match

End of match

  • 94'
    FT: Iceland (10) 0-1 (10) England! Full-time and England get out of jail! A harshly awarded Sterling penalty when England had 10 men gives England the win here in Reykavik. England started well and had a goal wrongly disallowed but then Iceland kept England at bay for most of the contest. Iceland then got a penalty of their own at 0-1 despite the shirt pull being outside the box but Bjarnason smacked it over. Thanks for joining us and see you again soon!
  • 94'
    Two red cards, a wrongly disallowed goal, a harshly awarded penalty and a penalty given when the shirt pull was outside the box. Dreadful officiating here...
  • 93'
    Bjarnason smacks it over the goal! You have to hit the target and Iceland have missed a glorious opportunity.
  • 93'
    Four added minutes.
Card

Yellow card

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  • 92'
    Gomez sees yellow for the shirt pull.
  • 92'
    Penalty to Iceland after Gomez fouls Fridjonsson! It's a shirt pull, but it's outside the box. Another poor decision by the Serbian ref.
Substitution

Substitution

at Islandia
  • 91'
    Iceland sub: Bodvarsson is replaced by Fridjonsson.
Penalty scored
Goaaaaal from a penalty!
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  • 91'
    Sterling hits the pen down the middle and England get out of jail!
  • 90'
    Sterling's shot hits Ingasson's arm and it's a second yellow. The ball strikes Ingasson's arm, but he's sliding and it's quite harsh to be honest.
  • 89'
    Penalty to England for handball and Iceland can't believe it!
  • 88'
    Shouts for offside by Iceland, it's not given and Ingason makes a vital challenge on Sterling to concede the corner.
  • 88'
    Iceland finally clear a cross after a mishit clearance initially! England are lacking the killer touch here.
  • 85'
    Good play by Greenwood to win the corner. The Icelandic keeper has hardly been tested though.
  • 82'
    England win a corner on the far side.
  • 80'
    Magnusson sends a nice ball into the area and England clear. It's looking like it will end goalless.
Substitution

Substitution

at Inglaterra
  • 78'
    England sub: Harry Kane goes off and United's Mason Greenwood comes on for his debut.
Substitution

Substitution

at Islandia
  • 76'
    Iceland sub: Traustason is replaced by Hallfredsson.
Substitution

Substitution

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  • 73'
    England sub: TAA comes on for Sancho.
Card

Second yellow card

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  • 70'
    Walker sees a second yellow!!! England are down to 10 men after a needless foul by Kyle Walker on Traustason. He goes in with two feet, clearly catches his man and it was an easy decision for the Serbian ref.
Substitution

Substitution

at Inglaterra
  • 68'
    England sub: Foden is replaced by Ings.
Substitution

Substitution

at Islandia
  • 65'
    Iceland sub: Thorsteinsson is replaced by Sigurdsson.
  • 64'
    What a chance!! Trippier's dangerous looking free-kick is headed narrowly wide by Iceland's Bodvarsson! Almost an own goal.
  • 63'
    England win a free-kick on the far side just outside the area.
  • 62'
    Sterling's cross into the box sees Kane overhead kick the ball into the Iceland man's chin.
  • 60'
    The ball is sent to Sancho at the back stick, but his cross is poor. England are still rusty and you can tell the season hasn't started.
  • 58'
    England attack through Sancho, but once again there's no shot.
  • 56'
    Iceland are caught offside.
  • 55'
    Thorsteinsson is adament he should have a corner off Gomez, but the Serbian ref says goal kick.
  • 54'
    Iceland win a free-kick on this near touchline.
  • 53'
    England work the ball again, but there is once again no end product. Rice completely miscues it over the bar!
  • 50'
    England with all the early attacking in the second half. Iceland are holding firm though.
  • 49'
    Dier is down after getting caught by two Iceland players.
  • 47'
    Kane passes the ball to Sterling and the City man wins the corner.
  • 46'
    England with the first attack of the game, but nothing comes of it.
  • 46'
    England get us going again!
  • 45'
    HT: Iceland 0-0 England! Half-time in Reykjavik and it's goalless! England were dominant in the first 15 minutes and had a Kane goal inexplicably chalked off for offside. However, Iceland have kept England at bay since then and they could get what would be a huge point for them. Back for more in a bit!
  • 44'
    Good play by England, but Sterling's pass in the box is cut out.
Card

Yellow card

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  • 42'
    Ingason sees yellow for taking out Ward-Prowse.
  • 41'
    Lovely ball into the box by Trippier, but Ward-Prowse leaves the ball behind him.
  • 39'
    Behind the goal to our right, there are numerous fans standing watching the game through the fence. No social distancing at all!
  • 38'
    Rice is fouled and England win the free-kick.
  • 37'
    Free-kick to Iceland now in England's half. The home team have picked up in the last 5-10 minutes.
  • 34'
    The free-kick goes just wide of the goal!!
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Yellow card

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  • 33'
    Kyle Walker is penalised for a foul on Gudmundsson just outside the box. He also sees yellow. This is in a dangerous area.
  • 31'
    No spectators are allowed in but there are plenty of people standing behind a fence watching the action behind the goal!
  • 28'
    Sterling has a pop from outside the box and it's a simple save.
  • 26'
    Free-kick to England after Ward-Prowse is fouled.
  • 24'
    Little to report in the last few minutes here. Could well be 0-0 until the interval.
  • 21'
    Gudmundsson is playing instead of Sigthorsson, by the way.
  • 20'
    Gudmundsson makes a run towards Gomez and wins the corner.
  • 17'
    Rice!!! England move the ball again, Sancho makes a lovely run into the area and cuts back for Rice to hit home, but he misses his kick!
  • 15'
    Dangerous looking ball from Iceland towards the penalty area and Gomez gets a vital touch to it to prevent the ball reaching its intended target.
  • 12'
    England dominant here and Ward-Prowse's effort towards goal is blocked.
  • 11'
    Kane is flagged offside, but the ball runs through to the GK anyway. Again very tight...
  • 9'
    Walker hits one now and it's deflected into the side-netting for a corner.
  • 7'
    Had Dier touched it, Kane would have been miles off, but Dier gets nowhere near it and that's a howler by the assistant. Already missing VAR...
Goal disallowed

Goal disallowed

  • 6'
    Kane scores for England, but the goal is disallowed! Sterling's ball is sent into the box, Dier makes a play at the ball, but definitely doesn't touch it and Kane taps in at the far post. The flag was up for offside, but Kane was miles onside.
  • 6'
    Good England play comes to nothing and then Trippier is brought down about 30 yards from goal.
  • 4'
    Sterling is passed the ball, but adjudged offside. Not sure about that.
  • 4'
    Chance for Kane! Sancho lays the ball off to Kane and the powerful effort is stopped by the 36 year-old keeper.
  • 2'
    Thorsteinsson sends a ball into the area, England clear and then win the free-kick after Foden is fouled.
  • 1'
    Iceland get us going from left to right after a kneel!! Iceland in blue, England in white.
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    The players are out here and the anthems are being played.
  • PRVW
    Srdjan Jovanovic of Serbia is the referee for this one and there's no VAR!!
  • PRVW
    12 degrees and sunny in Reykjavik this afternoon.
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    All of the Iceland players play in Europe and none in Iceland. Bodvarsson, number 22, plays for Millwall.
  • PRVW
    Sigthorsson scored the winner for Iceland that night and he is in the starting line up. He plays for AIK in Sweden.
  • PRVW
    Phil Foden is making his England debut here. It's a great opportunity for the 20 year-old City player. He'd been called up before but hadn't played.
  • PRVW
    This is the first meeting between the two sides since Iceland's shock 2-1 win over England at Euro 2016 in France. Roy Hodgson was sacked after that.
  • PRVW
    Belgium and Denmark are the other two teams in this group.
  • PRVW
    England XI: Pickford (GK); Gomez, Dier, Walker-Peters, Trippier; Rice, Ward-Prowse, Foden, Sancho, Sterling; Kane.
  • PRVW
    Every Icelandic player's name in the squad ends in -son!
  • PRVW
    Iceland XI: Halldorsson (GK); Arnasson, Ignason, Magnusson, Hermannssson; Palssson, Bjarnason, Thorsteinsson, Traustason; Bodvarsson and Sigthorsson.
Info

Pre-match

05 September 2020, 18:00

Referee: Srdjan Jovanović

Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

  • PRVW
    Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the Nations League clash between Iceland and England!