The captain is back on board! Three days after the surprising 2-1 defeat to Greece, for which Harry Kane was sidelined, the FC Bayern striker celebrated an important away win with the Three Lions on Sunday evening. Kane returned to the starting XI for the 3-1 (1-0) victory in Finland in the UEFA Nations League and played in the centre of the England attack until coming off in the 69th minute. Jack Grealish (18'), Trent Alexander-Arnold (74') and Declan Rice (84') got on the scoresheet for the visitors, while Arttu Hoskonen (87') only managed a consolation goal for the home side.
"It wasn't an easy game. But it was important to get a good result after the disappointing game against Greece," Kane said on Instagram after the final whistle: "It was a good reaction, an important win, also with a view to the second leg in Greece in the next international break." Kane and Co. (nine points from four games) face the Greeks (12 points) on 14 November and need a win at the Group B2 leaders to keep alive their chances of returning to League A of the Nations League.
Laimer and Co. with a thumping win against Norway
Konrad Laimer and the Austrian national team have laid down a marker in the battle for promotion to League A of the UEFA Nations League. The Austrians thrashed Norway 5-1 (1-1) on Sunday evening to take over the lead at the top of Group B3. Laimer played in the centre of the midfield until his substitution in the 84th minute, with the goals coming from Marko Arnautovic (8', 49'/pen.), Philipp Lienhart (58'), Stefan Posch (62') and Michael Gregoritsch (71'). Alexander Sørloth had equalised for the visitors before the break (39').
With four games played, Austria (+7 goals), Slovenia (+1) and Norway (0) are all tied on seven points in the group. The next opponents for Laimer and his teammates are bottom-placed Kazakhstan on 14 November in Almaty.
The German national team played on Friday:
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