Nations League Live: England and Spain Win, Van ‘t Schip Suffers Defeat

Goals from Kane and Gordon seal Prague victory

England opened the scoring just after halftime in Prague. Following loose possession from the home side, Trent Alexander-Arnold gathered the ball on the right wing and delivered a cross that Anthony Gordon finished with a header to put the visitors ahead 1-0. Midway through the second half, England doubled their lead. Morgan Rogers had an initial shot blocked inside the Czech penalty area, but the loose ball dropped directly to Harry Kane, who struck a hard shot into the far corner to make it 2-0. The task for Czechia grew more difficult earlier in the match when Pavel Sulc received a red card, leaving the hosts with ten men.

Wider UEFA Nations League results across Europe

Elsewhere in international action, former Netherlands and Ajax coach John van ‘t Schip suffered a 2-1 defeat with Kazakhstan against Slovakia. Former Feyenoord player Leo Sauer opened the scoring for Slovakia before Ramazan Karimov equalized for Kazakhstan before halftime. In the second half, another former Feyenoord player, David Hancko, headed in the winning goal for Slovakia. The result leaves Van ‘t Schip searching for his first win as Kazakhstan’s head coach, following a 1-1 draw against the Faroe Islands in his debut. World champions Spain posted a 4-1 victory over Croatia in Sevilla. Dion Beljo initially leveled the score for Croatia at 1-1 in the 28th minute after heading in a cross from PSV player Ivan Perisic. Spain reclaimed the lead shortly after when Marc Pubill converted a cross from Yamal following a short corner. Yamal added his second goal of the night to push the score to 3-1, and Nico Williams rounded off the scoring in stoppage time with a powerful strike past goalkeeper Dominik Livaković. In other fixtures, Switzerland defeated Scotland 3-0 in Glasgow. Scotland faced an early setback when defender Jack Hendry was sent off in the 11th minute for denying a goalscoring opportunity, with Switzerland converting the resulting free kick. Defender Nico Elvedi later extended the Swiss lead ten minutes into the second half by steering a cross from Dan Ndoye into the far corner. Additional results from the matchday included Finland drawing 0-0 with Belarus, Moldova tying 1-1 with the Faroe Islands, Slovenia beating North Macedonia 2-0, San Marino falling 0-3 to Albania, Bulgaria drawing 0-0 with Estonia, and Luxembourg losing 0-3 to Iceland.