England thrashed North Macedonia 7-0, with a hat-trick by Bukayo Saka, this Monday in a qualifying match for the next Euro 2024 played at Old Trafford, the last one before the summer holidays.
In addition to the three goals from the young Arsenal winger (38, 47 and 51), the captain Harry Kane scored a double (29 and 73, penalty) and also scored Marcus Rashford (Four. Five) and Kalvin Phillips (64).
“It’s a feeling that I can’t explain with words. I’m very happy. We played in a very direct and aggressive way and they couldn’t control us. We couldn’t have finished this long season in a better way”declared the trigoleador.
With this victory, the fourth in as many games, England adds a total of 12 points, to the 6 of Ukraine, which this Monday defeated Malta 1-0 with difficulties, and the 3 of Italy, although the current European champions He has two games less since he did not play in this June window because he was playing in the Final 4 of the League of Nations.
Despite not having the new signing of Real Madrid, Jude Bellinghaminjured for the two games of this June window, the team of Gareth Southgate It showed that there is an astral distance with respect to North Macedonia, despite the fact that the Balkan team gave the big surprise by eliminating Italy in the World Cup playoffs for Qatar-2022.
Among all the English stars, the young winger from Arsenal stood out Bukayo Sakaauthor of a ‘hat-trick’.
The 21-year-old Londoner, who has already become an indispensable piece of the Soutghate coach, was the first to test Stole Dimitrievskywith a cross shot that the Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper was able to take out with his gloves (2).
After the captain Harry Kane opened the scoring, with a ‘9’ shot from a center by Luke Shaw (29), the particular spectacle of saka.
The ‘Gunner’ winger scored the second for the English with an unstoppable right foot to the squad (38) and no less spectacular was his fourth, as soon as he returned from the locker room, with an impressive left-footed volley from the right corner of the area (47 ), after receiving a fabulous pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Shortly after, he completed the hat-trick with another break down the right flank, although this time he beat Dimitriesvski with a low shot (51).
Before, just before the break, RashFord had sentenced at home, at Old Trafford, with a goal very similar to that of Kane (45).
Already in the middle of the English festival and with the Macedonians fully delivered, Kalvin Philips, who just five minutes earlier had replaced an applauded Saka, scored the sixth from an empty goal after a cross from Jack Grealish and a clearance attempt by a rival defender (64 ).
And Kane put the finishing touch to the magnificent match of the English with a seventh goal, from a penalty (73).
Source: Ambito
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