English GAMBLE Against Greece Pays Off As England Get REVENGE On Greece In 3-0 Win

England's manager Lee Carson's gamble against Greece paid off as England defeated Greece 3-0 in ir UEFA Nations League match. In what was a surprising decision and a gamble on most part by England manager, Harry Kane was left on bench in 3-0 win. England finally got ir revenge on Greece for ir defeat in October when England h gone down against Greece by a score of 2-1. England were on top of Greece from start and opened scoring in 7th minute of game. 

England now sit at top of ir group in UEFA Nations League. 

Harry Kane Watches On As England Beat Greece 3-0 

This time, Lee Carsley’s gamble paid off.

In a surprise move, England’s interim coach left captain Harry Kane on bench for Nations League match against Greece on Thursday and youthful team eased to a 3-0 win in Ans.

It was a far cry from a month ago when Carsley boldly picked a team featuring no recognized strikers — Kane was injured on that occasion — and full of midfielders, only for England to lose 2-1 to Greece at Wembley Stium.

Carsley’s brief tenure with England as a caretaker coach after departure of Gareth Southgate has been under a cloud of scrutiny since that first ever defeat to Greece. Yet he’ll hand reins to Thomas Tuchel at end of year with his reputation somewhat restored and future suddenly looking more positive for national team.

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Indeed, looking to future is reason he chose Ollie Watkins over Kane for this match. 

“This team needs to try and create leers and one way to do that is give m opportunities,” he said of decision to pick Watkins in a team that also included a debut for Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones. 

Watkins led England’s forward-leaning formation, justifying selection with a goal in seventh minute when he tapped in a cross from 22-year-old winger Noni Mueke — anor unexpected starter.

Jude Bellingham h a hand in second goal in 78th, sending in a shot that hit post before ball deflected off Greece goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos and into net. Jones flicked ball in for 3-0 five minutes later. 

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“re were a lot of positives,” Carsley said. “I see quality players have got and you’re now seeing what y are capable of. ... When you see team, you might have thought it was a gamble — you know, a risk — but I’ve got real confidence in se players.”

Harry Kane Makes Cameo In 3-0 Win Against Greece

Kane came on for Watkins in 66th minute and Carsley said he expected captain to start on Sunday when England hosts Ireland, seeking a win to finish top of group and secure promotion back to top tier of Nations League. 

“He was absolutely fine,” Carsley said. “I think it’d be fair to say he wants to play every game like all top players do. I think he understands it’s important that or players experience that kind of experience we h tonight. He’s a great example to rest of players.

“It was brilliant for Ollie to get a goal,” Carsley ded. “It’s important that if we’re going to put se players in a position where we are going to win World Cup, se players need as many experiences as y can. It was no slight on Harry.”

Greeks went scoreless despite convincing spells in attack, with coach Ivan Jovanovic conceding that England h found its form to halt a run of four successive wins for his team.

“England is a better team for sure, y have higher quality, but result could have been different,” Jovanovic said. “I have no complaints with effort players put in, ir runs and ir challenges, but we were a notch behind m. England was very good, very good, and we were below level we can play at.” 

(With AP Inputs)