With Harry Kane scoring twice to score his 61st international goal, England beat Italy 3-1 to book their place in the Euro 2024 finals while also upsetting the Azzurri. Big victories for Serbia, Slovenia and Denmark.
England were the big winners on Tuesday night (17/10) in their six-legged Euro 2024 qualifiers, as Gareth Southgate’s side beat Italy 3-1 at Wembley (their first away defeat in the Euro 2024 qualifying stage since September 2006). Stamping the final stage ticket in German stadiums starting from the eighth round.
He even did so in decisive fashion, after finding himself trailing to the Azzurri but causing a major upset. Luciano Spalletti’s Azzurri side took the lead in the 15th minute through Scamacca, who celebrated his first goal in the shirt, but the hosts quickly equalized with Bellingham earning a penalty after being fouled by Di Lorenzo and Harry Kane to write a 1-1 from the white bullet on 32′.
In the 57th minute, the new Real Madrid captain led his team on the counter-attack in perfect fashion and passed to Rashford who fired a stunning shot from the top of the penalty area past Donnarumma to make it 2-1, putting the icing on the cake. Minute 77.
That’s when Kane exposed the Italians’ defense and faced the Paris goalkeeper to make the score 3-1 and celebrate his 61st goal with the Lions in 87 matches, becoming England’s top scorer at Wembley with 24 goals.
At the same time as the London match, Ukraine celebrated the victory with the same score (3-1) and in the same way (coup) on its home soil in Malta and rose alone to second place with a difference of +3 and a match more than Italy. .
This means that the Azzurri need at least four points to travel to Germany and defend the European champion title they won in the summer of 2021, as November will be an exciting month for them when they face North Macedonia (home) first and then with Ukraine (except).
In Group Seven, Hungary scored a golden point against Lithuania in its quest to secure its place in the finals, after drawing 2-2 away from home in a match that came after trailing by two goals. Czerniš and Servis made Lithuania 2-0 up in the first 36 minutes, but the Hungarians found a way to escape with the point and remain alone at the top thanks to Dominik Soboslai, with the Liverpool midfielder scoring a goal and an assist in the second half. .
The Serbs are now one point behind them, who, for their part, took a big step to qualify for the finals by defeating Montenegro 3-1, five points behind them. The big star was Mitrovic, who had a hand in all three of his side’s goals (two goals and one assist for Tadic), and Jovetic’s first-half goal was not enough for Montenegro to get anything done in Belgrade.
As for Group H, two wins away from home put Denmark and Slovenia in a strong position, as they share the lead with 19 points, after maintaining a +4 lead against Kazakhstan. The Scandinavian team was “scared” when Golinucci equalized in the 61st minute with Hoylund’s goal from the 42nd minute (San Marino’s first goal in 2023), but Poulsen equalized the score in the 70th minute, making Slovenia qualify for the final 2-1. Belfast move away with a huge three points thanks to a beautiful free kick from Adam Sheerin in the fifth minute.
Results of the eighth round of the third group
- England – Italy 3-1 (32′ Penalty kick. 77′ Kane, 57′ Rashford / 15′ Skamaka)
- Malta – Ukraine 1-3 (12′ Empong / 38′ Otto. Camingoli, 43′ Penalty. Dubek, 85′ Modric)
- holiday: North Macedonia
The program and the rest of the results
- Italy – England 1-2 (56′ Retegui / 13′ Rice, 44′ penalty kick. Kane)
- North Macedonia – Malta 2-1 (66′ Elmas, 72′ Tsurlinov / 85′ Jankam)
- England – Ukraine 2-0 (37′ Kane, 40′ Saka)
- Malta – Italy 0-2 (15′ Retegui, 27′ Pessina)
- Malta – England 0-4 (8′ Abap, 28′ Alexander-Arnold, 31′ Pen. Kane, 83′ Pen. Wilson)
- North Macedonia – Ukraine 2-3 (31′ Pardee penalty, 39′ Elmas / 62′ Zabarny, 67′ Konoplja, 83′ Zhigankov)
- Ukraine – Malta 1-0 (72′ Penalty kick. Zhigankov)
- England – North Macedonia 7-0 (29′, 73′ Kane, 38′, 47′, 51′ Saka, 45′ Rashford, 64′ Phillips).
- Ukraine – England 1-1 (26′ Zinchenko / 41′ Walker)
- North Macedonia – Italy 1-1 (81′ cold / 47′ immobile)
- Italy – Ukraine 2-1 (12′, 29′ Fratesi / 41′ Yarmolenko)
- Malta – North Macedonia 0-2 (5′ Elmas, 41′ Manev)
- 17/11 21:45 England – Malta
- 17/11 21:45 Italy – North Macedonia
- 20/11 21:45 North Macedonia – England
- 20/11 21:45 Ukraine – Italy
Results of the eighth round of the seventh group
- Lithuania – Hungary 2-2 (20′ Cernic, 36′ Service / 67′ Penalty kick. Suboslaj, 82′ Varga)
- Serbia – Montenegro 3-1 (9′ 74′ Mitrovic, 77′ Tadic, 36′ Jovetic).
- holiday: Bulgaria
The program and the rest of the results
- Bulgaria – Montenegro 0-1 (70′ Krstovic)
- Serbia – Lithuania 2-0 (16′ Tadic, 53′ Vlahovic)
- Hungary – Bulgaria 3-0 (7′ Vetsi, 26′ Somboslay, 39′ Adam).
- Montenegro – Serbia 0-2 (78′, 90+6′ Vlahovic)
- Lithuania – Bulgaria 1-1 (15′ Gerdefines / 27′ Petkov)
- Montenegro – Hungary 0-0
- Bulgaria – Serbia 1-1 (47′ Despodov / 90+6′ Lazovic)
- Hungary – Lithuania 2-0 (32′ Varga, 83′ R. Salai)
- Lithuania – Montenegro 2-2 (71′ Paulauskas, 90+4′ Cernich / 78′ Krstovic, 89′ Savic)
- Serbia – Hungary 1-2 (10′ Alli. A. Salai / 34′ Varga, 36′ Orbán)
- Montenegro – Bulgaria 2-1 (45+1′ Savic, 90+6′ Jovetic / 79′ Borokov)
- Lithuania – Serbia 1-3 (45′ Pavlauskas, 21′, 32′, 43′ Mitrovic)
- 11/16 21:45 Bulgaria – Hungary
- 11/16 21:45 Montenegro – Lithuania
- 19/11 16:00 Hungary – Montenegro
- 19/11 16:00 Serbia – Bulgaria
Results of the eighth round of the eighth group
- Finland – Kazakhstan 1-2 (28′ Taylor / 77′ penalty kick, 89′ Zinutdinov)
- Northern Ireland – Slovenia 0-1 (5′ serine)
- San Marino – Denmark 1-2 (61′ Golinucci / 42′ Hoylund, 70′ Poulsen)
The program and the rest of the results
- Kazakhstan – Slovenia 1-2 (23′ Samorodov, 47′ Brekalo, 78′ Vibotnik)
- Denmark – Finland 3-1 (21′, 82′, 90+3′ Hoylund / 53′ Andaman)
- San Marino – Northern Ireland 0-2 (24′, 55′ Charles)
- Kazakhstan – Denmark 3-2 (73′ Penalty Zinutdinov, 86′ Tagebergen, 89′ Aibetov / 21′, 35′ Hoylund)
- Slovenia – San Marino 2-0 (56′ Cisco, 60′ Auto. Di Maio)
- Northern Ireland – Finland 0-1 (28 kiloman)
- Finland – Slovenia 2-0 (13′ Buyanbalu, 64′ Andaman)
- Denmark – Northern Ireland 1-0 (video 47 minutes)
- San Marino – Kazakhstan 0-3 (37′ Vorogovsky, 64′ penalty kick. Tabergin, 90+5′ Zinutdinov)
- Finland – San Marino 6-0 (16′ Kamara, 39′ Kilman, 65′, 72′, 74′ Hakans, 76′ Pukki)
- Northern Ireland – Kazakhstan 0-1 (88′ Aibetov)
- Slovenia – Denmark 1-1 (25′ Sporar / 42′ Hoylund)
- Kazakhstan – Finland 0-1 (78′ Adam)
- Denmark – San Marino 4-0 (26′ Hojbjerg, 28′ Male, 40′ Fed, 90+3′ Eriksen)
- Slovenia – Northern Ireland 4-2 (3′, 56′ Sporar, 17′ Ott. Evans, 42′ Cisco / 7′ Price, 53′ Evans)
- Kazakhstan – Northern Ireland 1-0 (27′ Samorodov)
- Finland – Denmark 0-1 (86′ Heiberg)
- San Marino – Slovenia 0-4 (4′ Vybotnik, 16′ Mlakar, 61′ Lovric, 67′ Karnicnik)
- 17/11 17:00 Kazakhstan – San Marino
- 17/11 19:00 Finland – Northern Ireland
- 17/11 21:45 Denmark – Slovenia
- 20/11 21:45 Northern Ireland – Denmark
- 20/11 21:45 San Marino – Finland
- 20/11 21:45 Slovenia – Kazakhstan
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