ENGLAND thrashed Andorra 5-0 in their World Cup qualifier to take a step closer to next year’s Qatar showstopper.
Ben Chilwell, Bukayo Saka, Tammy Abraham, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grealish were on target for the Three Lions.
- RESULT: Andorra 0-5 England
- Andorra XI: Gomes, Rubio, C. Garcia, Llovera, M. Garcia, Viera, Vales, Rebes, Rubio, Sanchez, Martinez Aleji
- England XI: Johnstone, Trippier, Coady, Stones, Chilwell, Ward-Prowse, Lingard, Saka, Sancho, Foden, Abraham
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THAT’S ALL FROM ANDORRA
England dominated Andorra with a 5-0 triumph at the Estadi Nacional and moved even closer to punching their ticket to the 2022 World Cup.
The Three Lions opened the scoring after just 17 minutes when a long ball by Phil Foden found Jadon Sancho in the penalty area where he switched it back to Ben Chilwell and the Chelsea star beat Josep Gomes with a cool finish.
Referee Kateryna Monzul initially overruled Chilwell’s goal for offside but a VAR check reversed her decision and thus the left-back got his first ever international goal.
But Gareth Southgate’s men weren’t done there as they doubled their lead five minutes before half-time.
Foden delivered another scintillating ball to the box where he found Bukayo Saka down the right side and the Arsenal star beat Gomes with a powerful shot down his tight angle.
England made it three on 59 minutes when a clever cross from Sancho saw Tammy Abraham taking advantage of some slow defending and goalkeeping as he ran away from Ildefons Lima and beat Gomes to the ball with a clever flick.
The Three Lions scored their fourth goal 20 minutes later even though the Andorra keeper blocked James Ward-Prowse’s penalty shot as the Southampton star hit the back of the net on the rebound.
And Jack Grealish scored his first ever England goal after 86 minutes when he picked up a quarter-back-like pass from Sam Johnstone, danced around two defenders and made it five for his national team.
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England star Tammy Abraham revealed he originally wanted to take the penalty before James Ward-Prowse’s goal.
Abraham told ITV: “It’s a good night for me and the boys. We knew it was going to be tough and had to stay focused. Luckily we got an early goal.
“Some things we have done tonight, there’s a lot to be positive about going forward.
“As a striker you always want to take penalties but the gaffer told James [Ward-Prowse] he was on penalties. Hopefully my performance shows I am clearly doing the right things.
“Hopefully I can keep going and keep pushing. For me, I was disappointed to miss out [on Euro 2020] but I am playing every week. It’s a tough squad to get into”
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England manager Gareth Southgate is pleased that the goals came from Ben Chilwell, Jack Grealish, Bukayo Saka, James Ward-Prowse and Tammy Abraham as they all had a goalscoring duck to overcome.
Sotughate told ITV: “It was a specific sort of challenge: a low, packed defence to break down. We picked a team with players in it who could take that challenge on. You saw that with the link play from midfield especially and I thought the application throughout was excellent.
“We know those diagonal runs from wide – Ben Chilwell made them throughout the game – and with Phil Foden he can hit them as can [James] Ward-Prowse. So it was, could we get between the lines, could we get wide in one-against-one situations? But those diagonal runs in behind were a real threat.
“There were some nice moments there: for Chilwell to get a goal, having had such a tough time in the summer with us, I’m really pleased for him, and Jack’s [Grealish] first goal as well. Tammy [Abraham], Prowsey, Bukayo [Saka]… they all haven’t scored that often for England so a special moment for all of them”
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HOW DO ENGLAND GO THROUGH?
England take on Hungary on Tuesday at Wembley Stadium but they can’t hope to advance to the 2022 World Cup that night.
That is because both Albania and Poland won against the Hungarians and San Marino respectively.
That means the Three Lions need another five points to punch their ticket to Qatar.
Therefore, another two wins will do the trick for Gareth Southgate’s men
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England remain top of their World Cup qualifying table with four points separating them from second-placed Albania.
Poland are third and five points away from the Three Lions, who are still undefeated.
Andorra, on the other hand, are second to last ahead of San Marino.
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STATS
England dominated a staggering 86 per cent of possession throughout the match.
The Three Lions also registered a total of 17 shots, eight of which were on target.
Andorra, on the other hand, only managed one shot and that was off target.
It was a rather quiet evening for West Brom goalkeeper Sam Johnstone but he did get an assist as he created Jack Grealish’s goal
FT: ANDORRA 0-5 ENGLAND
England picked up another comfortable win over Andorra at the Estadi Nacional.
The Three Lions opened the scoring after just 17 minutes when a long ball by Phil Foden found Jadon Sancho in the penalty area where he switched it back to Ben Chilwell and the Chelsea star beat Josep Gomes with a cool finish.
Referee Kateryna Monzul initially overruled Chilwell’s goal for offside but a VAR check reversed her decision and thus the left-back got his first ever international goal.
But Gareth Southgate’s men weren’t done there as they doubled their lead on 40 minutes.
Foden delivered another scintillating ball to the box where he found Bukayo Saka down the right side and the Arsenal star beat Gomes with a powerful shot down his tight angle.
England made it three on 59 minutes when a clever cross from Sancho saw Tammy Abraham taking advantage of some slow defending and goalkeeping as he ran away from Ildefons Lima and beat Gomes to the ball with a clever flick.
The Three Lions scored their fourth goal 20 minutes later even though the Andorra keeper blocked James Ward-Prowse’s penalty shot as the Southampton star hit the back of the net on the rebound.
And Jack Grealish scored his first ever England goal after 86 minutes when he picked up a quarter-back-like pass from Sam Johnstone, danced around two defenders and made it five for his national team
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THAT’S FULL-TIME IN ANDORRA!!!!!
ANDORRA 0-5 ENGLAND
90+1 What a moment this was for Grealish who finally scored his first England goal.
But what an assist from Johnstone as well!
ANDORRA 0-5 ENGLAND
90 Here’s how Ward-Prowse scored for England, and it did take a little doing!
Two more minutes of stoppage time to go
ANDORRA 0-5 ENGLAND
88 England ace Ward-Prowse struggled to hit the back of the net with his poor penalty shot.
But he still managed to take advantage of his second chance on the rebound
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86 Grealish has finally picked up his first ever England goal!
But what an assist that was from Johnstone all the way from his own goal.
The West Brom keeper finds Grealish with a quarter-back-like pass and the Manchester City star dances around two defenders before beating Gomes with a fine finish!
GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!
ENGLAND MAKE IT FIVE WITH GREALISH!!!!!
ANDORRA 0-4 ENGLAND
85 YELLOW CARD
England star Coady gets booked for coming knee first onto Alaez
ANDORRA 0-4 ENGLAND
83 CHANCE!
Hello!
Andorra finally show some teeth as Fernandez fires a clever shot but Johnstone has it well scouted.
Wouldn’t matter anyway as the lineswoman’s flag was up for offside
ANDORRA 0-4 ENGLAND
82 SUBSTITUTION
Andorra manager Alvarez replaces Jordi Rubio with Cervos.
And Southgate introduced Watkins, who replaced Abraham
ANDORRA 0-4 ENGLAND
82 England star Abraham is the first ever Serie A player to score for the Three Lions since 1995.
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ANDORRA 0-4 ENGLAND
79 Andorra keeper Gomes saves Ward-Prowse’s poor penalty shot with a lunge to his left.
But the England ace gets the rebound and beats the goalkeeper second time round!
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!
ENGLAND MAKE IT FOUR WITH WARD-PROWSE!!!!
ANDORRA 0-3 ENGLAND
77 PENALTY FOR ENGLAND!
England star Grealish is brought down by Chus Rubio and referee Monzul immeidately points at the spot.
Ward-Prowse is getting ready to take the shot
ANDORRA 0-3 ENGLAND
75 England didn’t get any favours from the plastic pitch but that didn’t stop them from scoring three goals.
It used to be worse a while back when Wales visited as Bale claimed it was the worst pitch he ever played on.
However, Andorra upgraded it!
ANDORRA 0-3 ENGLAND
72 SUBSTITUTION
England manager Southgate is adding even more quality as Grealish and Mount replace Sancho and Lingard respectively
ANDORRA 0-3 ENGLAND
70 Here’s how Abraham scored his first England goal in two years.
The Roma star did get some help from Andorra’s terrible defending as well as goalkeeping
ANDORRA 0-3 ENGLAND
67 Andorra ace Rebes lunges onto Coady with somewhat of a rugby tackle.
The midfielder crashed into the England star with his elbow and it really looks like another yellow card.
However, he escapes with a warning and doesn’t get sent off
ANDORRA 0-3 ENGLAND
65 This could turn into a thrashing after Abraham’s goal.
England are absolutely dominating whereas Andorra have yet to register a single shot
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