Victory for home side secures automatic promotion to Nations League A but visitors keen to maintain momentum
Ireland's Evan Ferguson will again lead the line against England after scoring for his country on Thursday night. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inphomarch down Wembley Way on Sunday evening revived by a “lucky” win over Finland as the 63rd-ranked Fifa nation faces number four in the world on their hallowed turf.The Anglo-Irish pair are injured, so that narrative quietens. Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham will probably fill the space.
Ireland’s guaranteed third-place finish in Nations League B, behind England and Greece, almost certainly puts them into a four-team World Cup qualification group, as third seeds, when Fifa president Gianni Infantino slips the limelight with a remote draw on December 13th. “It was a little Jekyll and Hyde performance ,” he admitted. “We need to improve the defensive side and be more tactical. But it was good energy from start to finish and when you win your duels and have players working hard, it always gives you a chance to win.
“Goals for goalscorers always helps you, but one goal doesn’t change trajectory. He is improving step by step. He probably feels it’s too slow, but we have seen in the numbers that he is doing more and more and you can see he is getting more minutes at his club. So we’re patient. He has good quality.
Mikey Johnston and Festy Ebosele, two penetrative wingers, promise to keep inviting Ferguson to pick goalscoring spots while the 20-year-old’s creative streak sent Sammie Szmdoics through for a goal on Thursday that was ruled offside.
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