INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY : ENGLAND VS URUGUAY – 27/03/2026 (PHOTO – BEN WHITE SCORES FOR ENGLAND)

IN A SLIGHTLY CHAOTIC MATCH, WHERE VAR CONFUSION AND CONTROVERSY OVER YELLOW CARDS ABOUNDED, THE DRAMATIC MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND VS URUGUAY IS A PEACH TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THIS MORNING IF YOU HAPPENED TO MISS IT! ENGLAND HAD 7 CORNERS, (63% POSSESSION), AND 9 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CHEEKY GOAL FROM BEN WHITE AT 81 MINS. WHEN HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO TOE THE BALL INTO GOAL. URUGUAY HAD 8 SHOTS WITH 1 ON-TARGET, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET BY VALVERDE FROM A PENALTY, AFTER WHITE AND VINAS WERE BOTH EYEING THE BALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT LOOKED LIKE AN ACCIDENTAL MID-AIR COMING-TOGETHER INSIDE THE BOX TOOK PLACE. A PENALTY WASN’T INITIALLY AWARDED BY THE REF. HOWEVER, VAR THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY AND SUMMONED THE REF TO THE BOX, WHICH WAS WHEN THE PENALTY WAS GIVEN AND SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED BY VALVERDE IN EXTRA-TIME AT 90 +4 MINS. SO, ON A NIGHT WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE A FRIENDLY, IT CERTAINLY BECAME QUITE PHYSICAL AND THERE WERE FOULS-A-PLENTY, (12 FOR URUGUAY AND 5 FOR ENGLAND), INCLUDING A PARTICULARLY CLUMSY ONE ON PHIL FODEN, BY ARAUJO, WHICH SENT FODEN FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND LANDING ON ONE LEG, (AFTER WHICH FODEN WAS LIMPING AND HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF), AND A REAL HEAD-SCRATCHER AFTER UGARTE WAS AWARDED TWO YELLOW CARDS, BUT NEVER LEFT THE PITCH! BUT APART FROM THAT, EVERYTHING WAS TICKETY-BOO! IT WAS CERTAINLY A MATCH FULL OF DRAMA! (WE HOPE TO GET SOME NEWS ON PHIL FODEN’S INJURY SOON AND WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY!)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY : ENGLAND VS URUGUAY – 27/03/2026

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY : ENGLAND VS URUGUAY – POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS – 27/03/2026

IAN WRIGHT SPEAKS  AFTER THE MATCH