Greece vs England LIVE: Score and updates after Ollie Watkins purpose in must-win Nations League conflict
England travel to Greece for a must-win clash in the Nations League tonight. Following a defeat at Wembley to the same opponents the Three Lions must triumph in Athens if they hope to automatically qualify for promotion.
Interim boss Lee Carsley takes charge of the national side for his final camp and will be hoping for a positive end to his time in charge of the senior side.
Carsley has already handed out a number of debuts during his time in charge and could yet give an opportunity to six uncapped members of the squad including Curtis Jones, Lewis Hall and Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
With quite a few players including Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka pulling out due to injury expect a somewhat unfamiliar looking line-up for tonight’s game with the defence and midfield in particular getting a shake up.
Follow all the action from the Nations League with our live blog below as England take on Greece:
GOAL! Greece 0-2 England (Jude Bellingham, 78 mins)
I’m not sure Jude Bellingham will end up with this goal but he should do. He receives the ball drives at the Greece defence before smoking a low effort at the target.
Odysseas Vlachodimos drops to the right and pushes the ball onto the post. It rebounds, hits the goalkeeper on the back and bounces back over the line.
England have their second goal.
Greece 0-1 England
75 mins: 15 minutes to play. Lee Carsley is gesturing for England to get further up the pitch. They’re being penned in at present and need to get some control on the game.
Greece 0-1 England
72 mins: The Greek fans are in full voice now and fully believe that their team can get a goal back. Jordan Pickford is being made to work tonight.
Harry Kane takes a shot from range but sends it straight at the goalkeeper.
Greece 0-1 England
“Lee Carsley is up to three debuts for the night now with Lewis Hall and Morgan Rogers joining Curtis Jones on the pitch.
“England’s most senior starter, Kyle Walker, has had a couple of shaky minutes at centre-back, however. And their captain is on: Harry Kane at least gets a 102nd cap for his trip to Greece.”
Greece 0-1 England
69 mins: Lee Carsley makes a triple change now. Ollie Watkins, Anthony Gordon and Noni Madueke are taken off with Harry Kane, Jarrod Bowen and Morgan Rogers – who makes his England debut – brought on to see out this game.
Will one of them get the goal England need to end the night on top of the table?
Greece 0-1 England
66 mins: Greece are having more moments and Pickford is found in an awkward position as Tzolis looks to get on the end of a bouncing ball.
He can’t get there and England manage to win a free kick.
Greece 0-1 England
63 mins: Save!
Greece substitute Fotis Ionnidis almost puts in an equaliser after the hosts turn the ball over in the middle of the pitch. the forward is played into space and sweeps to the box before curling a shot at the bottom corner.
Pickford comes off his line and palms the shot just wide of the goal.
Greece 0-1 England
60 mins: Conor Gallagher wins a free kick out on the left wing after Manolis Siopis dangles out a leg. Anthony Gordon and Noni Madueke come over to check out the situation.
Gordon lifts the ball over towards the far post and Jude Bellingham almost gets to it with an outstretched leg.
Greece 0-1 England
57 mins: Christos Tzolis isn’t going to let this game drift. He dances around Madueke and then decides to shoot from outside the box. The effort is powerful but there’s not enough accuracy and the ball sails high and wide.
Greece 0-1 England
“A couple of moments involving the lesser spotted Odysseas Vlachidimos, the PSR goalkeeper transferred from Nottingham Forest to Newcastle for £20m in the summer and seeming, at best, Eddie Howe’s third-choice keeper.
“He made a decent save to deny Rico Lewis but looked oddly slow to react when Jude Bellingham’s header hit the post.”
