Dirty League of Nations evening for the finalists of Euro 2021. A year after walking on the European stage, Italy continues its descent into hell after its 5-2 defeat in Germany on Monday.
Unfortunate losers at Wembley last year, the English are no better than their executioners: the men of Southgate took a slap (0-4) at home against Hungary.
Hard.
“Now is not the time to panic,” Captain Harry Kane said after the match, speaking to Channel 4: “This is our first big defeat in a long time.
Defense has been the basis of our success for the past 4-5 years.
It's an evening to forget, obviously, but we'll have to take it and keep moving forward.
England can still start to worry about their retention in League A, the "first division" of the League of Nations, when they have only two games left to play to avoid the last place of their group, a trip to Italy on September 23, and the reception of Germany on September 26.
Germany corrects Italy
Second in the group behind the surprising Hungary, the Germans have for their part proved that they were doing better a few months before the World Cup in Qatar.
The Mannschaft won 5-2 having led 5-0 on the hour mark. "Congratulations to the team, and respect: doing such a performance for our fourth game, it was strong", applauded the coach Hansi Flick.
"We could have avoided conceding two goals, but the performance was still very good and I think we are on the right track", is satisfied for his part Ilkay Gundogan, scorer on penalty Tuesday evening.
Italians and English cannot say the same.
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