There were a couple of games involving British teams at the weekend that really mattered.
Gareth Bale booked Wales’ ticket to the World Cup finals for the first time in 64 years and Jordan Maguire-Drew’s play-off final winner sent Grimsby Town back into the Football League. Meanwhile in Budapest, a tired and flat England team were beaten by Hungary in a competition Jurgen Klopp accurately describes as “one of the most ridiculous ideas in the world of football.”
Then it was on to Munich, where Gareth Southgate’s lethargic side scraped a fortunate draw and Kalvin Phillips’s rehabilitation was cut short as he hobbled off after 15 minutes with Raheem Sterling and Kieran Trippier almost joining him. And there are still two more Nations League games to endure before these knackered players can finally end their season’s work.
