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England fall 2–3 to Spain in Nations League opener despite penalty-area dominance
September 28, 2026 at 08:26 AM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 18 hours
TGThe Guardian
The Nations League is a welcome example of soccer done well
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TGThe Guardian
Data shows England made inroads against Spain but they must be more clinical | Andrew Beasley
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
توخيل يكشف سر تألق بيلينغهام: "يصبح أفضل عندما يغضب"
(opens the publisher’s site)England fell 2–3 to world champions Spain in their Nations League opener at Wembley, despite dominating penalty-area possession.
- England lost 2–3 to Spain in their Nations League opener at Wembley.
- England recorded 36 touches in Spain's penalty area to Spain's 15, but generated just 0.95 non-penalty expected goals.
- Tuchel said Bellingham, who traded words with Real Madrid teammate Marc Cucurella, "becomes better when angry."
- Bellingham was voted England's Player of the Season for the second consecutive year.