Guillaume Marion, Media365, published on Sunday November 17, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.
Thanks to its big victory against Ireland (5-0), England will make its return to League A of the Nations League, while Norway is also promoted thanks in particular to a hat-trick from Erling Haaland.
The bad joke did not last very long for the Three Lions. Indeed, after being relegated to League B during the 2022-23 edition, England will make its return to the elite of the Nations League in 2026-27. Because after having achieved an almost flawless performance before this Sunday (five victories for one defeat), the English finished the job in style against Ireland (5-0). At Wembley, if the visitors have long hampered Thomas Tuchel's future team, who will take office in 2025, the expulsion of Liam Scales at the start of the second half (51st) changed the situation. After a penalty scored by Harry Kane (53rd), Anthony Gordon (56th), Conor Gallagher (58th), Jarrod Bowen (76th) and Taylor Harwood-Bellis (79th) also deceived Caoimhin Kelleher, Liverpool's Irish goalkeeper. In this group 2, the Three Lions therefore finish ahead of Greece, victorious in Finland this Sunday (2-0)who will have to go through the play-offs to hope to move up to League A.
Haaland shines, Norway in League A
In group 3, the distance duel between Norway and Austria also marked the end of the afternoon. While the two teams were tied at kick-off (with 10 points), Erling Haaland's teammates had to win against Kazakhstan and hope for a miss from the Austrians to be able to take 1st place in the group. In Oslo, Norway held on and were able to count on a very big match from the Manchester City striker. Author of a hat-trick (23rd, 37th and 71st), the latter carried his team, while Alexander Sorloth (41st) and Antonio Nusa (76th) also scored. However, at the same time, Austria, although at home, could not do better than a draw against Slovenia (1-1). During this 6th day of the Nations League, Adam Gnezda Cerin equalized in the last minutes (81st), while Romano Schmid opened the scoring in the first period (27th). Like Greece, Ralf Rangnick's players will have to go through the play-offs to see League A.
