England suffers damn against Greece: Kane is missing, tragedy overshadowed game

England suffers damn against Greece: Kane is missing, tragedy overshadowed game

The English national football team suffered an unexpected setback in the Nations League last Tuesday. Without its prominent striker Harry Kane from FC Bayern Munich, the team stumbled into the famous Wembley Stadium in London. The game ended with a 1-2 defeat against Greece.

The Greeks, led by the former Bochum Vangelis Pavlidis, who is currently playing at Benfica Lisbon, an exciting game experienced. Pavlidis came back with a remarkable double pack and met in the 49th minute and in added time (90.+4). Jude Bellingham, who scored the equalizer for England in the 87th minute, could not prevent the loss.

A memorable occasion

The encounter took place under the tragic shadow of the late George Baldock. Before the kick -off, the players of both teams gathered for a minute's silence, with the actors wore. Baldock, a former national player in Greece, was recently found dead in his swimming pool, which caused great dismay in both England and Greece.

Baldock, who spent most of his career in England and only switched to Panathinaikos in summer, was only 31 years old. The football community hit his sudden death strongly and the players seem to have played with an additional drive to this emotional event.

Greek dominance in the group phase

Due to the victory against England, Greece led the table in group B2 and set off on the English by three points. This was also the third win in the third game for the Greeks. In view of this achievement, you have a good chance of wining the group win, since only the first place after the group phase has been completed in November will surely get to the highest league A. This defeat also marks the first bankruptcy of the English interim coach Lee Carsley.

Meanwhile, Austria has maintained its chances of promotion with a clear 4-0 win against Kazakhstan in Linz. The team of coach Ralf Rangnick is three points behind the leading Norway in group B3, which was victorious in the parallel game against Slovenia. A crucial duel with Norway is now on the plan on Sunday. The group winner secures the direct climb, while the second in Playoffs has to play against a third of the A-Liga.

The national and international football community is looking forward to the upcoming games, while the teams are trying to qualify for the best leagues and to process the tragedy to process Baldock.