13/10/2024–|Last updated: 10/13/202409:46 PM (Mecca time)
The England national team won 3-1 over Finland thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on Sunday, to get back on track in the European Nations League after their tough loss to Greece last Thursday.
England occupies second place in the second group of the second level with 9 points from 4 matches, equal with the leaders Greece, which played one less match, while Finland is at the bottom of the group without points.
Grealish put England ahead in the 18th minute.
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Alexander-Arnold doubled the score with a free kick from a distance of 20 meters above the human wall in the upper corner of the goal in the 74th minute, before Rice met a cross from substitute Ollie Watkins into the net ten minutes later.
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Arto Houskonen reduced the gap for Finland in the 87th minute with a header after a corner kick.
England coach Lee Carsley made 6 changes to the squad that lost 2-1 to Greece at Wembley Stadium after team captain Harry Kane returned from injury.
The coach also returned to the traditional lineup after the failure of his experimental lineup, which did not include an outright striker, against Greece.