Spain lead England's group with 2 wins from 2, following up their 2-1 win at Wembley by putting six past England's WC semi-final opponents Croatia. The two losers play each other on Friday 12 Oct, and Southgate, slightly forced by injuries, has named an interesting squad for that game and the return leg against Spain: Notable inclusions Mount, Maddison and Sancho all in the squad for the first time. Sancho, 18, is currently playing for Borussia Dortmund, and has more assists (5) than any other player in Europe's top five leagues, despite mostly playing as a sub.
Why the fuck is the Croatia match on Sky?! I mean, I'm no fan of ITV's coverage, but at least it's free
I like how that Spain coach was using a notepad and pen to describe Aspas' corner against Chelsea there.
In a little Portuguese bar , the Portuguese don't have much time for the Spanish team and think it's hilarious that they are three nil down .
Having just watched the highlights, not at all surprised we were so under pressure in the second half. We're still not truly at Spain's level, but it's still nice to get that win
Some wanky veterans match against the US and ANOTHER match against Croatia, neither of which are on terrestrial TV anyway. Yawn.
65,000 for an England friendly on a Thursday night, to be fair that's not bad at all. Rooney didn't look out of place, shame he didn't get a goal. More excited about Sancho and Wilson slotting in nicely tho, and Delph looks the business in that midfield.