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England v Republic of Ireland: Nations League – live | League of Nations

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“Football will have to move a bit to get even close to Anderson and Littler’s semi-final in darts,” says Simon McMahon. ‘Have you seen it? It doesn’t get better. Sorry if you’re not watching, no spoilers.”

Are you saying that because the blog hasn’t been updated in half an hour, I must have been mesmerized by one of the greatest semi-finals of all time? You have nothing against me!

Noni Madueke starts again tonightone of the success stories of the Carsley Months.

Team news: Hall, Livramento starting

Lee Carsley continues to experiment and releases a debut Tino Livramento and a full debut for his fellow Newcastle full-back Lewis Hall.

Harry Kane also returns in the only other change from Thursday’s victory in Greece. Ezri Konsa, Rico Lewis and Ollie Watkins drop out.

The Republic of Ireland also make three changes from their victory over Finland. from Luton Mark McGuinness makes his debut in defense with Dara O’Shea And Jayson Molumby also comes to the side. Matt Doherty, Jason Knight and Mikey Johnston drop out, likely meaning a move to a back five.

England (4-2-3-1) Pickford; Livramento, Walker, Guehi, Hall; Gallagher, Jones; Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.
Substitutes: Henderson, Trafford, Lewis, Gibbs-White, Gomes, Quansah, Harwood-Bellis, Watkins, Rogers, Bowen, Solanke.

Republic of Ireland (possibly 5-4-1) Kelleher; O’Shea, McGuinness, Collins, Schalen, O’Dowda; Ebosele, Cullen, Molumby, Szmodics; Ferguson.
Replacements: O’Leary, Travers, Doherty, Parrott, Johnston, O’Brien, Moran, Azaz, Manning, Coventry, McAteer, Cannon.

Referee Erik Lambrechts (Belgium).

Preamble

Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of England vs. Republic of Ireland at Wembley. Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson may be a qualified dentist, but Lee Carsley’s stint as England interim manager was more like a travel to the dentist. Okay, it has enough in common for a half-hearted analogy. We spent a great deal of time wincing, whining, and worrying, but only belatedly realized that it was much less painful than we feared and that we were in a healthier state than before.

If England beat the Republic of Ireland at Wembley tonight, they will win Group B2 and return – ridiculous phrase – to the top of the Nations League. In fact, they only need to match Greece’s result in Finland, so victory may not be essential.

History will likely be kind to Carsley, who put his big bald head in the line of fire for the greater good. He balanced the present and the future almost perfectly and achieved the necessary results while carrying out several fact-finding missions that will make Thomas Tuchel’s life easier when he takes over in the new year.

All of the above will be hastily removed if England turn this afternoon’s match into a Horlicks. But let’s not go back to the dentist’s waiting room just yet.

Kick-off 5 p.m.