Carsley after Greece win: ‘A real good team effort’ | OneFootball

England interim manager Lee Carsley praised his side’s performances as the Three Lions defeated Greece 3-0.

Victory for England see them move above Greece to the top of Nations League Group B2 after goals from Ollie Watkins, Curtis Jones and an own goal from Odysseas Vlachodimos.

When asked to evaluate the performance, Carsley said his side’s dominance was the most pleasing aspect:

“We spoke yesterday about matching their energy, matching their enthusiasm, their motivation,” he said. “We knew it was going to be a difficult game, I think we saw that at Wembley. So it was important that we were as creative as we could be.

“I thought the most pleasing thing about tonight was the amount of control that we played with. The shape of the team was really good, we had a lot of possession, created a lot of chances.”

Carsley added: “I think if we’re going to put these players in a position where we’re going to go and win the World Cup, these players need to have as many experiences as they can, so it was no slight on Harry.

“He’ll start the next game. I think there’s a lot of positives to take from that performance.

“We’ve shown in the past that we’ve got so many quality players. I suppose the biggest challenge would be fitting them all in, and where do they all play.

“But I think we’ve played with that balance, we’ve got so much quality, players come in and out of form as well, so I think you have to take that into account.

“But I think there’s a lot of good performances tonight, a real good team effort, and hopefully we’ll see the same at Wembley.”