1. Daniel Sturridge's stoppage time winner for England vs Wales to make it 2-1:
England were stunned by a dramatic, injury time equalizer by Russia in their opening fixture of Group B, whereas Wales picked up three points, courtesy of a late winner against Slovakia in their opening group game.
Going into this game, Gareth Bale opened the scoring for Wales again in the 42nd minute, as he struck from a free kick again, Wales lead England 1-0 at half time. Enter the second half, England’s manager Roy Hodgson made two substitutions straightway, he brought in Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge for Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling respectively, in one go. England had a decent first half and the substitute Vardy scored in the 56th minute to draw things level for England.
England pressed really hard in the second half, they brought in Manchester United’s wonder kid Marcus Rashford for his England International debut for Adam Lallana and they had a total of 11 shots attempted with ten minutes of regulation time left to play.
Wales went totally defensive in their approach as three minutes were added on for injury time. Daniel Sturridge then waltzed through the Wales defence and slotted home an injury time winner as he slid the ball past
Hennessey’s near post to give England a dramatic, but much needed and deserved victory. Wales went on to thrash Russia 3-0 in their last group game, whereas, Slovakia, who also beat Russia earlier, held England to a draw. England qualified from the second spot.
England eventually got through the qualifiers unbeaten and even did not lose a game in the group stage, but three points is what they needed to ensure a top-two finish from the group stages.
