World News – GB – Mason Mount MVP as England raise expectations with 2-1 win over Belgium

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This statement would have so much more weight if the occasion weren’t a glorified friendly match and the standings were hardly meaningless, but tickets for the trendy train are free so hop on. edge He’s coming home, don’t know

Rankings or not, Belgium have been widely recognized as one of the best collections of players on the international scene over the past half-decade, and while yesterday they were without Eden Hazard and had Simon Mignolet in the goals in place of Thibaut Courtois, if we assume the players care enough about doing their best, beating them is certainly an achievement Doing it from behind only adds to that sense of accomplishment

Ex-Chelsea player Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring from the penalty spot just after the quarter-hour, thanks to a Spursy tackle from Eric Dier, but which was called off before midnight. time by a penalty spot at the other end, this one converted by Marcus Rashford after Jordan Henderson was shot down by a pat on the shoulder It must be a pinch of Vulcan nerves

England played fairly conservatively, but showed enough momentum in the second half to push for a winner, and were fortunate enough when Mason Mount’s shot deflected just the right amount to infallibly buckle in the top corner You can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket, right? And by lottery I mean the big hugs of Declan Rice

The goal was just the icing on the cake of Mount’s overall performance, with the 21-year-old midfielder receiving Gareth Southgate’s ‘best player’ applause and the Man of the Match award from broadcasters

Mount himself was visibly shocked with his first international goal at Wembley, but gave the credit for the victory to his teammates

« It’s a special achievement No matter how they come in! I just found myself in a little bit of space in the box and had one thing on my mind, try to get it out of my body and shoot [It was a] big detour but you’ll take them « 

Great team performance against a strong team! We take them all day @England picTwittercom / CNyRcxtfVB

Mount was the only Chelsea player involved in the game, with Michy Batshuayi an unused substitute on the Belgium bench, Reece James the same on the England bench, and neither Tammy Abraham nor Ben Chilwell have been named to the team of the day Chilwell is still battling illness (not COVID-19) while Abraham was probably just one too many to include (Jadon Sancho got the recall)

Elsewhere on a busy day in the Nations League, Croatia beat Sweden, 2-1 (Mateo Kovačić played the opening hour), while France and Italy were both involved in 0-0 draws against Portugal and Poland, respectively N’Golo Kanté, Jorginho and Emerson all played full matches while Olivier Giroud had around 75 minutes plus a nice gash on the head We also had starts for Andreas Christensen and Ethan Ampadu, both playing center and keeping clean sheets Chelsea player Armando Broja, 19, also made his first start for Albania, in a 0-0 draw against Kazakhstan

Teams will have one more game midweek before players can return to their clubs, hopefully injury-free

Mason Mount, England national football team, Chelsea FC, Kevin De Bruyne, Jamie Redknapp, Jack Grealish, Belgium national football team, Gareth Southgate, Manchester City FC