{
  "id": 11698381,
  "title": "Quansah and Pickford set to start for England against Croatia in Nations League",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/quansah-and-pickford-set-to-start-for-england-against-croatia-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T14:03:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/quansah-pickford-set-start-england-140307246.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "England will face Croatia in their third Nations League match. According to Yahoo Sports, Quansah and Pickford are set to start for England. The team lost their campaign opener against Spain but bounced back with a win against the Czech Republic.\n\nIn their previous meeting, England beat Croatia 4-2 in a World Cup match in June, as reported by TechRadar. The upcoming match will be played behind closed doors at Stadion HNK Rijeka. Croatia, under the management of Slaven Bilic, started their Nations League campaign with a 2-1 win against Czechia. However, they were then defeated 4-1 by Spain.\n\nEngland's previous Nations League match saw them win 2-0 against Czechia, with Harry Kane and Anthony Gordon scoring. Jordan Pickford is expected to return in goal for England.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Lamine Yamal receives huge praise from Czech Republic coach ahead of Nations League clash: ‘A game-changer’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/lamine-yamal-receives-huge-praise-from-czech-republic-coach-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-10-03T07:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Lewandowski breaks Ronaldo record with Nations League hat-trick",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/lewandowski-breaks-ronaldo-record-with-nations-league-hat-trick",
        "published": "2026-10-03T15:10:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "España - República Checa en directo, el partido de la Nations League en vivo| Lamine adelanta a la Roja",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/espana-republica-checa-en-directo-el-partido-de-la-nations-league-en",
        "published": "2026-10-03T18:55:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}