THE NOTEBOOK: Wembley celebrates Sven-Goran Eriksson’s life
Harry Kane scored a brace on his 100th cap as England beat Finland 2-0 in the Nations League.
England interim boss Lee Carsley oversaw another victory as the Three Lions built on their win against the Republic of Ireland.
Mail Sport’s Sami Mokbel brings you the moments you may have missed from Wembley.
Three Lions commemorate Sven
Wembley celebrated the life of Sven-Goran Eriksson on Tuesday night. The Swede, who became the first foreigner to manage England, passed away last month after a battle against pancreatic cancer.
England’s players wore black armbands while a photo of Eriksson poignantly adorned the front cover of the match-day programme.
The former Lazio manager’s image flashed up on the two giant screens inside the stadium both sets of players, staff and supporters observed a period of applause ahead of kick-off.
Michael Owen and other players who played under Eriksson were invited to the game as part of the plan to commemorations.
Emile Heskey, another one of Eriksson’s ex-players said in the programme: ‘The thing that’s struck me was just how calm he was.
Wembley celebrated the life of former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson on Tuesday
A photo of Eriksson poignantly adorned the front cover of the matchday programme
‘He could walk into a storm, with all hell breaking loose around him, and be exactly the same guy. The way he spoke and got his views across really summed up how good he was. One of the best.’
Angel Gomes achieves rare feat
Lille midfielder Angel Gomes became the first footballer to start a game for England whilst playing for a French club since Trevor Steven in 1992.
Steven, who was playing for Marseille at the time, earned his final cap for England, ironically against France, in June of that year.
As things stand, there is little chance Mason Greenwood, who is currently playing for Marseille, becoming the next as his England exile continues.
Angel Gomes became the first player to start for England whilst playing for a French club since Trevor Steven in 1992
Paper planes still present at Wembley
New manager. Same paper planes. Origami jets had almost become a fixture of England games here at Wembley under Gareth Southgate as bored supporters took to honing their paper folding skills as means to express their tedium.
Some things never change. It was raining paper aeroplanes during a drab first half against the Finns on Tuesday night.
England subs put through rigorous warm-up
All 10 of England’s outfield substitutes were put through a rigorous warm-up at half-time.
Generally subs spend the break booting the ball to each other ahead of the second half.
But in a change to Southgate’s reign, physical performance coach Hailu Theodoros put England’s players through an organised running session as Carsley conducted his half-time team-talk.
