Iceland vs Wales. This one should be a tight game with both sides probably being satisfied with a point. If Albert Gudmundsson was in the lineup .... Iceland vs Wales Head to Head History Two members of the playing squad and staff had to isolate after returning positive Covid-19 tests which forced the friendly, due to be Carsley's first game in charge, to be called off. The tag of being the world’s most expensive teenager brings with it a certain level of hype and expectation, and as such it was always likely to prove difficult to live up to the hype. Even the ‘easier’ games - Crystal Palace and Burnley away, Newcastle at home - do not look especially appealing. The majority of Birmingham's issues have been well documented off the pitch. 'The team has taken a lot of criticism' Iceland-Wales | Match info | UEFA Nations League 2025 Iceland vs Wales: all the latest UEFA Nations League 2025 League phase match information including stats, form, history, and more. At the end, conceding the goal, we are so disappointed. And we had the chance before [for Ayew], it is frustrating. The game plan worked well and everybody dug deep. Credit to them [the fans for coming out here, he said. You have to make decisions. We all made the decision that the best thing was to move on and now he plays for Barca. It's probably hard to take much from a dead-rubber game, but there was enough quality and spirit on show from Celtic's youngsters to encourage Postecoglou. Performance levels have clearly dropped, which is concerning the ex-Paris Saint-Germain boss more even than his side's points tally. When I met him in Verona, it was when he came into the first team to train from the youth team, goalkeeper Rafael, who has remained a lifelong friend of Jorginho's, tells GOAL. I spoke with him because I discovered he was from Brazil with an Italian passport. As the Forest players gathered in front of the stands to celebrate their third goal of the game, a fan ran on and threw punches at them. Pepi has previously impressed in a struggling side – scoring 13 goals in 31 games for an FC Dallas team which won just seven of its Western Conference games in 2021. Iceland vs. Cymru | 2025 UEFA Nations League ✓ "We're all buying into it." ✓ "We're all excited for the future." Things are going well for Wales under Craig Bellamy, according to Joe Rodon. It's our job to make them better. We've got to stay in a good strong position and stay on the shirt-tails of those above us. His celebrations were initially cut short by an offside flag but his efforts were rewarded as the goal was allowed to stand following a VAR review. Thank you to the medical staff, players and fans for their quick response. A medical emergency involving a fan was also confirmed at St Mary's, which caused a five-minute delay to the start of the second half of the match between Southampton and Leicester. The main gripe was with Valverde's style of play: pragmatic, overly cautious and extremely reliant on individual brilliance. Otherwise, Newcastle are facing a scenario where they are well adrift come the start of January, which could affect the calibre of players who arrive when the transfer window opens. Blackburn looked beaten and Lewis-Potter nearly added further gloss when he screwed a swerving shot fractionally wide late on. The Republic of Ireland - currently below Luxembourg, where they play on Sunday - will finish third or fourth. Using Smarterscout’s player ratings (0-100), his score for ‘recovering a moving ball’ had dropped from 97 to 77, but is now back up to 92. Similarly his ‘defensive quality’ (measuring his personal contribution to expected goals against [xGA] conceded per defending opportunity) had gone down from 85 to 8, and has tentatively climbed back up to 14. What we must do is regain the confidence of the players who can score goals. We will see what we can do on the market in January. Iago loves big challenges and this with Spurs is very important, the player's agent and father Iago Falque Snr told Sky Sports at the time. It will be hard, but he will fight for his place. His contract with Inter Milan was terminated due to it being illegal to play professional sport in Italy with an ICD fitted to the heart. A redeveloped Casement Park could be one option, but nothing was ruled in or out by Irish Football Association chief executive Patrick Nelson last month. Billy Gilmour's positive Covid-19 test, and subsequent absence from Tuesday's monumental match against Croatia, has the makings of another classic Scottish tale of hope and promise quickly quashed by dread and realism. Albion's game against Tottenham was postponed at the weekend due to positive cases among the Spurs squad. Asked what his selections would have been, Haaland said: That's a good question but I think you would have to say Lewandowski number one, then you have, for me, Benzema has also been amazing, but Messi has also been outstanding - so Benzema and Messi in shared second and third place. Analysis: 'Difficult for Haaland to say no to Guardiola'Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol: I would be very surprised if he stayed at Dortmund past this summer because of this release clause, and because of the kind of clubs who are after him. They shipped 14 goals in their last three games against Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal and are five points above the relegation places. Bayern lost possession in their own half and Hahn rose higher than the defence to head in a perfect Iago cross. West Ham pursued Raphinha, Jesse Lingard, Kalvin Phillips and other high-profile signings who could have improved the squad, but ended up with nothing. That is not to criticise the current owners, who are backed with the new owner, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretínsky, who owns a quarter of the club and perhaps will announce his arrival with some heft in the summer. Those eight teams will join the eight Europa League group winners in the last 16 in March. How does the play-off draw work? For him, it's a reminder of the thing that killed his dad. For an 11-year-old it's a challenging thing to get your head around and when I can't give him the answers, we walk out of there not knowing. Sky Sports News has contacted Greater Manchester Police. He's been good for them, and has stood up for them over the last few weeks. That’s why I really think it’s a really good place to be or a good place to join, if not the perfect place. He stepped up at a time when the team were in dire need of direction and led them to two big victories and a draw against one of the favourites to win the league this term in Chelsea.