Coached by new Irish coach Lee Carsley, the Three Lions' crew got off to a winning start as Ireland were beaten 2-0 by the British at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Saturday. Funnily enough, Carlsley has already been strongly criticized, but not because of football, but because he does not sing along the English anthem and some people want

him out already!

Versus Ireland Arsenal's midfield wizard Declan Rice was able to take control of the ball from inside the box from a point-blank range after getting it into the upper right corner in the 11th minute. England took a 2-0 lead at the end of a great passing pattern by Man City's Jack Grealish after receiving a pass from Rice in the 26th minute. After this, Carsley's team froze their game and Ireland was no longer a threat. Expected goals (xG) in favor of England by 2.3-0.4.

Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Phil Foden (Man City), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), Kyle Walker (Man City) and Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) are among England's regular faces who miss these September games. In addition to these, after the European championships, Kieran Trippier, the Newcastle team player, quit his nationall team career. Midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham), forward Noni Madueke (Chelsea) and defender Tino Livramento (Newcastle) are the new faces in the England crew in the autumn games. Of these three latter players, only the first one was seen on the field against the Irish, who jumped onto the pitch in the second period after replacing Grealish.

England (4-3-3) possible starting roster: Pickford; Alexander-Arnold, Maguire, Guehi, Colwill; Advertises, Rice, Grealish; Saka, Kane, Gordon.

Finland, coached by Markku "Rive" Kanerva, took a bad beating Piraeus, when Greece beat the hopeless Finnish team 3-0 late on Saturday night. Which is what I did also predict in my preview.

In the first half, Finland managed to create some good attacks when the finishing efforts were lame, but in the second half there was practically only one team playing on the field as the other resigned to its fate.

The Greeks luckily scored what was supposed to be the opening and winning goal, when Finland's goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky (Leverkusen), who was played the ball downwards, made a bad mistake with his foot when killing the ball, and it escaped from the foot of the skipper who won the Bundesliga championship last season, directly to Fotis Ioannidis of Panathinaikos, who picked it up, who put the ball from the tray into the Finns' empty goal in the 23rd minute. A quarter of an hour later, Cracovia's Benjamin Källman scored an own goal. 2-0.

In the second half, Ioannidis scored from a corner given by his teammate Anastasios Bakasetas to make it 3-0. As mentioned, defending the box and set pieces is perhaps the biggest weakness of this poor Finnish squad, and now they face England! If it wasn't for Hradecky's brilliant save from the bottom corner earlier in the second period, Ioannidis would have become the father of the hat trick with that hit after scoring the Greeks' third goal. Expected goal (xG) was recorded in favor of the Greeks 1.8-0.2.

In these September matches, defender Adam Ståhl (Djurgården) and striker Santeri Haarala, recently traded from Ilves to Djurgården, and striker Topi Keskinen, who recently moved from Ilves to Aberdeen, will get their first matches in the Finnish team. Ståhl played the entire Greece game, Haarala was not named in it at all and Keskinen, went into action at the hour mark. Defender Nikolai Alho (Asteras Tripolis) and forwards Marcus Forss (Middlesbrough) and Daniel Håkans (Lech) were missing due to bruises. There were gaps in the midfield before and during the Greek match when Kaan Kairinen (Sparta Praha) was injured before the game and Rasmus Schüller (Djurgården) during it. Teemu Pukki (Minnesota) was also not allowed on the field as a substitute. Venezia's Joel Pohjanpalo got to try his tricks after replacing Källman at the hour mark.

Schuller is these days the key midfielder of this team, and he is badly missed!

Finland's (4-2-3-1) possible opening roster: Hradecky; Ståhl, Hoskonen, Ivanov, Galvez; Peltola, Nissilä; Keskinen, Kamara, Pohjanpalo; Pukki

So many so weak players in the squad, some of them like City reserve player Galvez and tiny Urho Nissilä are physically so lightweight that I already feel sorry for them. Of course the lineup could be something else too, but the fact remains that there are no options who match the English counterparts anywhere on the pitch. Yes, Pukki has scored goals in the Premier League, but there will no be chances for him to score unless England make super silly mistakes in the high defense and let him loose... but the Finnish defense and midfield... they are far from even Champioship class these days.

在新任爱尔兰教练李·卡斯利的带领下，三狮军团在周六的都柏林Aviva体育场以2比0的比分被英国击败。有趣的是，卡斯利已经受到了强烈的批评，但不是因为足球，而是因为他没有唱一些人想要的英国国歌

他已经出来了!

在对阵爱尔兰的比赛中，阿森纳中场奇才德克兰·赖斯在第11分钟将球送入球门右上角后，在禁区内近距离控制住了球。第26分钟，曼城球员杰克·格里利什接到赖斯的传球后，英格兰队以2:0领先。在这之后，卡斯利的球队冻结了比赛，爱尔兰不再是威胁。预期进球数(xG):英格兰队以2.3比0.4领先。

贝灵汉(皇马)、福登(曼城)、帕尔默(切尔西)、肖(曼联)、沃克(曼城)和沃特金斯(阿斯顿维拉)都是缺席9月份比赛的英格兰主力球员。除此之外，欧洲杯之后，纽卡斯尔队球员基兰·特里皮尔(Kieran Trippier)退出了国家队。中场球员摩根-吉布斯-怀特(诺丁汉)，前锋诺尼-马杜洛克(切尔西)和后卫蒂诺-利夫拉曼托(纽卡斯尔)是秋季比赛中英格兰队的新面孔。在后三名球员中，只有第一名出现在对阵爱尔兰队的比赛中，后者在第二节换下格里利什后跳上了球场。

英格兰(4-3-3)可能的首发名单:皮克福德;亚历山大-阿诺德、马奎尔、盖希、科尔威尔;广告，大米，Grealish;萨卡，凯恩，戈登。

上周六深夜，由马尔库·卡内瓦(Markku“river”Kanerva)执教的芬兰队惨败比雷埃夫斯队，希腊队以3比0击败了毫无希望的芬兰队。这也是我在预习中预测的。

在上半场，芬兰队在射门不力的情况下创造了一些不错的进攻机会，但在下半场，几乎只有一支球队在场上比赛，而另一支球队则听天由命。

幸运的是，希腊人打进了本应是开局和制胜的一球。当时，芬兰守门员卢卡斯·赫拉迪基(勒沃库森)被下传，他的脚在杀球时犯了一个严重的错误，球从上赛季德甲冠军队长的脚下逃脱，直接给了帕纳辛纳科斯的福蒂斯·约阿尼迪斯，他捡起球，在第23分钟将球从托盘里塞进芬兰人的空门。一刻钟后，克拉科维亚队的本杰明Källman打进了一个乌龙球。2 - 0。

下半场，约阿尼迪斯接到队友巴卡塞塔斯的角球，将比分改写为3-0。如前所述，防守禁区和定位球可能是这支可怜的芬兰队最大的弱点，而现在他们面对的是英格兰!如果不是赫拉迪基在第二节早些时候从底角扑出的精彩扑救，约阿尼迪斯可能会成为帽子戏法之父，在为希腊人打进第三球之后。预期进球(xG)的记录有利于希腊1.8-0.2。

在9月的比赛中，后卫亚当·施塔特尔(德尤尔<s:1>登)和最近从伊尔维斯转会到德尤尔<s:1>登的前锋桑特里·哈拉拉，以及最近从伊尔维斯转会到阿伯丁的前锋托皮·凯斯基宁将首次在芬兰队出场。施塔特尔打满了对希腊的比赛，哈拉拉根本没有入选，凯斯基宁则在最后一小时上场。后卫尼古拉·阿尔霍(阿斯特拉斯·特里波利斯)、前锋马库斯·福斯(米德尔斯堡)和丹尼尔·哈斯坎斯(莱赫)因擦伤而缺阵。在与希腊的比赛之前和比赛期间，中场出现了空缺，卡恩·凯里宁(斯巴达·普拉哈)在赛前受伤，拉斯穆斯·施<e:2>勒在比赛中受伤。Teemu Pukki(明尼苏达)也不允许作为替补上场。威尼斯队的Joel Pohjanpalo在一小时后顶替了Källman，尝试了他的技巧。

舒勒现在是这支球队的核心中场，我们非常想念他!

芬兰(4-2-3-1)可能的首发阵容:赫拉迪基;斯塔特尔、霍斯科宁、伊万诺夫、加尔维斯;Peltola Nissila;Keskinen, Kamara, Pohjanpalo;Pukki

阵容中有这么多非常虚弱的球员，其中一些像曼城预备队球员加尔维斯和小个子乌尔霍Nissilä，他们的身体非常虚弱，我已经为他们感到遗憾了。当然，阵容也可能是其他的，但事实是，在球场上的任何地方都没有与英格兰同行相匹配的选择。是的，普基在英超进球了，但除非英格兰队在高位防守中犯了超级愚蠢的错误，否则他不会有进球的机会