Gareth Southgate challenged England's players to "cement" their place in his European Championship thoughts as he braces himself for pressure from club managers about game-time in the Nations League dead rubber against Iceland.
A strange, testing and truncated international year comes to a conclusion with Wednesday's Wembley clash between sides that already known their fate.
Iceland's relegation from the top tier was confirmed last month, while Sunday's 2-0 loss to Belgium ended England's hopes of reaching the Nations League finals and bettering their third-place finish in the inaugural edition.
"It looks like three different ones again will qualify for this Nations League. That sums up how competitive Europe is.
"We're a team who I believe have improved across the autumn, having had 10 months without playing.
"September was a mess because players just weren't fit.
"But since then we've learned so much and, as I said, I'm really pleased with some of the individual progress, the progress as a team.
"The last two matches in this competition to this point, I don't think we've got what we deserved from (them). But they're the fine margins of knockout football."
