I have been frustrated with the England National team for many reasons over the
years, but it is rare that seeing them win has been frustrating. However, that was the case this weekend when a fortunate deflected goal from Mason Mount (who inexplicably got named man of the match as a result) saw England defeat a weakened Belgium side 2-1 at Wembley.
In truth, Belgium could have been three or four up inside the first 25 minutes or so as they cut England apart at will. A disallowed goal and a somewhat fortuitous penalty brought England back into the game at the end of the first half and while Gareth Southgate’s men performed well after the break, I felt Belgium were still the better side.
That result was annoying because it was the only one of five to let me down last week as the other three results all came in bang on the money and pretty much in the circumstances I said they would too. So you can imagine how frustrated I was watching England grab a win they didn’t really deserve, at a cost to my acca bet!
Still, at least it shows how close I was across the other games taking place at the weekend and as such I am now going to put together a bet for the midweek games taking place in the Nations League on Tuesday and Wednesday night, which includes key games for all the four home nations plus the Republic of Ireland plus a couple of big games for European football’s big hitters too.
Here’s hoping we can go one better than last week and land a winner this time around after going so close last time. All my selections are from Wednesday night’s games as I felt the games on Tuesday didn’t offer that good a value.
