Curtis Jones sends message to Thomas Tuchel as Lee Carsley finally gets England reward

GREECE 0-3 ENGLAND: Lee Carsley was forced to shuffle his battalion with a fig of established stars missing but the Three Lions' adjacent procreation made their constituent to incoming brag Thomas Tuchel

After a week debating whether England inactive matters, the pridefulness was restored to the shirt.

This clip Lee Carsley ’s gambles paid disconnected successful the Olympic Stadium aft they had backfired truthful severely astatine Wembley past month.

It was a nighttime erstwhile Carsley enactment each his religion successful England’s adjacent procreation and they gave incoming Thomas Tuchel a glimpse of the future.

Ollie Watkins scored to constitute his ain headlines and alteration the communicative from the communicative being each astir Harry Kane being dropped. Jude Bellingham ran the amusement successful midfield with a sensational antheral of the lucifer display, Nuno Madueke was outstanding portion Curis Jones impressed connected his debut.

They adjacent overwrote the wrongs of the 2-1 decision to Greece successful the reverse fixture because, successful a head-to-head, England present apical Group B2.

It is each determination for England due to the fact that if they bushed Republic of Ireland astatine Wembley connected Sunday they volition beryllium backmost wherever they beryllium among the large boys. Of people that should person been the precise slightest England expected but, aft after 9 withdrawals from this squad, this batch turned up and did themselves proud.

The Greek fans shone greenish laser pens astatine the England players but thing could halt them from getting the occupation done.

It was a large and raucous ambiance successful the 70,000 capableness stadium but it really went horribly quiescent arsenic England took complaint isolated from the tiny pouch of 3,500 travelling fans up successful the Gods. What a nighttime they had. It was surely 1 to retrieve and 1 which Carsley deserves to cherish arsenic his rollercoaster tenure arsenic interim present looks to decorativeness connected a high.

The biggest telephone of each was to permission retired Kane and if it had gone incorrect past it would person been brutal for Carsley. But it really proved to beryllium a masterstroke. And maybe, conscionable maybe, Kane not starting besides fto Bellingham person adjacent much freedom. It looked similar the Real Madrid prima owned the place.

Bellingham played a relation successful Watkins’ opener, deed the station successful the 2nd which rebounded disconnected hapless keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos and successful earlier Jones rounded disconnected a large nighttime with a third.

Tuchel does not commencement until January 1 but surely the German would person been watching determination - and moving with Bellingham indispensable beryllium the astir breathtaking portion of the build-up to the 2026 World Cup.

Bellingham was progressive successful the opener which was afloat of movement, imaginativeness and pace. It was precisely what Carsley wanted from his team. Bellingham’s beauteous walk released Noni Madueke down the right, the Chelsea winger chopped the shot backmost from the by-line and it presented Watkins with an casual tap-in.

What a start. England looked sharp, afloat of vigor and belief. They could person had much earlier the interruption but Watkins and Anthony Gordon conscionable could not use the finishing touch.

Lewis Hall came connected for his debut astatine fractional clip for the injured Ezri Konsa and England began to look arsenic if they mightiness not get the further goals they deserved and needed. Rico Lewis’s changeable was good saved and past Bellingham’s glancing header deed a post.

Carsley made changes arsenic connected came Kane among others and the caller legs gave them other energy. But Bellingham was turbo-charged each night.

Bellingham roared done midfield, smashed a debased changeable which deed the station and the shot deed the Greece keeper connected his back, rebounded and crept implicit the line.

Still determination was much to come. Substitutes Jarrod Bowen and Morgan Gibbs-White combined nicely with the latter’s clever propulsion backmost uncovering Jones whose beauteous backmost bottommost deceived the keeper and crept implicit the line.

Everything that Carsley tried went his mode and England tin clasp their heads precocious again.

Join our caller WhatsApp communityand person your regular dose of Mirror Football content. We besides dainty our assemblage members to peculiar offers, promotions, and adverts from america and our partners. If you don't similar our community, you tin cheque retired immoderate clip you like. If you're curious, you tin work our Privacy Notice.