‘Football comes home’, was the slogan for British fans this year. European Nations Cup It will make more sense on Friday the 18th. England and Scotland Face each other in Eurocup Group D, starting at 4pm, at Wembley Stadium, London. A game that could be worthy of qualification for the English, is surrounded by enormous rivalry, the oldest in the sport, since the first duel between the fathers of professional football took place nearly 150 years ago.
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Football has its roots in various cultural manifestations. Balls were actually kicked in China around 2500 BC and from the 16th century onwards, balls were kicked Calcium Sturico, which originated in Florence, Italy, boosted the popularity of foot games. However, the game as we know it today is a British author and history as well Confused with that of the United Kingdom itself in the mid-19th century, the sport was gaining ground in schools and universities until it became official, on October 26, 1863, when the Football Association, the FA, and with it the first uniform rules of the game were established.
Nine years later, on November 30, 1872, Scotland and England played the first national team match in history, in a 0-0 draw, at the West Scotland Cricket Ground in the Scottish town of Partick, in front of over 4,000 fans. The public, at the time, paid 5 cents to enter. Today, taking inflation and conversion into account, entry would cost R$40.
A century and a half ago, football was very different from what stars like Harry Kane and Andrew Robertson would play. From rules to tactics, a lot has changed. Excerpts from a book The Inverted Pyramid: The Tactical History of Football, by Jonathan Wilson Details of the first international football match: England’s team had a ‘goal’, ‘three-quarters defender’, ‘midfielder’, ‘flying kick’, only four players called ‘midfield player’, two ‘left side’ and one ‘right side’; Which, judging by the application of recent records, looks like something close to 1-2-7.”
Historians, who have analyzed sources from that time, claim that the idea of confrontation between national teams has existed since 1870. Even before the official debut, there were five unofficial duels, without summary or records, between England. Scotland. Since the first valid match, the teams have faced each other 116 times, with a surprising balance: 50 wins for England, 41 wins for Scotland and 25 draws.
Between 1872 and 1989, at least one match was played between England and Scotland every spring, and most of the time it was the British National Cup, a tournament between delegations from the United Kingdom, which ended in 1984. Among these hundreds of matches, some of them are historical, Like the 5×1 Scotsman applied at Wembley, in 1928.
The “England team” also applied some defeat as the most flexible score of the match: in 1961, England beat Scotland 9-3. One of the most famous matches on this date was in 1967. At that time, the English team was the current champion of the World Cup and completed 19 matches without losing. However, the Scottish team ended the party: a 3-2 win over Wembley.
Off-field competition
If the first match between them took place nearly 150 years ago, then political disagreements began more than 700 years ago, in 1295 Scotland was experiencing instability and dispute for the throne, and the crown ended up being captured by the English. The Scots were independent until 1707, when the Treaty of Union politically annexed the Kingdom of Scotland to the Kingdom of England, after pressure from economic sanctions by the English.
Political discussions have continued since then. At the end of the twentieth century, Scotland gained greater governmental freedom. However, the desire to “separate” is passed down from generation to generation, and nowadays, it has passed even to the popular vote. In 2014, ‘No’ won the UK’s exit. In 2020, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon has signaled to residents that she will call for a second independence referendum.
Against this background, the two teams entered the field this afternoon. Entering the “English team” as a favorite, having a promising generation and references in the biggest tournaments in the world. On the part of Scotland, the victory was a sign of reaction. After losing the first match against the Czech Republic, in a match where many chances were missed, scoring against the English goal would be a success for the team led by Robertson, of Liverpool.
Check out the possible combinations:
England: Pickford, Walker, Stone, Mings, Shaw; Cedar, Phillips, Mt.; Sterling, Grealish, and Kane.
Scotland: Marshall, Hendry; Hanley, Tierney; Forrest, McGinn, McTominay, McGregor, Robertson; Armstrong and Adams
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