England turned it around against Italy and qualified for Euro 2024

2023-10-17 23:22:41

England came back in the game against Italiabeat him 3 to 1, and completed their qualification for Euro 2024, on the eighth date of group C of the Qualifiers.

Italy, which became champion in the last edition with the victory on penalties against England, took the lead at Wembley Stadium in London through striker Gianluca Scamacca (PT 15m), but the English team turned it around with a double from his scorer Harry Kane (PT 32m -de penal- y ST 32m) y el aporte de Marcus Rashford (ST 12m).

Kane confirmed his good moment in the Qualifiers with 7 goals and was 3 behind the top scorer, the Belgian Romelu Lukaku (10). Furthermore, between his national team and Bayern Munich of Germany, he has accumulated 9 goals in 8 games played.

The victory allowed England to secure one of the two places in its area to access Euro 2024 and establish itself as the leader with 16 points, with two days remaining.

Italy, with 10 points, was third, surpassed by Ukraine (13), which defeated Malta 3 to 1, as a visitor. Ryan Camenzuli, against (PT 38m), Artem Dovbyk, from penalty (PT 43m) and Mykhailo Mudryk (ST 40m) scored for Ukraine. Meanwhile, striker Paul Mbong (PT 12m) opened the scoring for Malta.

In group G, the leader Hungary was one step away from qualifying with the 2-2 against Lithuania, as a visitor; while the Serbian guard took a big step with the victory against Montenegro by 3 to 1.

In zone H, the visitors only accumulated wins: Slovenia beat Northern Ireland 1 to 0; Denmark won 2-1 against San Marino; and Kazakhstan defeated Finland 2 to 1.

So far, the following have already qualified for Euro 2024: France, England, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Turkey and Germany (as the host country).

The European tournament will be played in Germany in 10 venues (Berlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich) between June 14 and July 14

-Positions-

Group A: Spain and Scotland 15 points; Norway 10; Georgia 7; Cyprus 0.
Group B: France 18 points; Netherlands and Greece 12; Ireland 6: Gibraltar 0.
Group C: England 16 points; Ukraine 13; Italy 10; North Macedonia 7; Malta 0.
Group D: Türkiye 16 points; Wales and Croatia 10; Armenia 7; Latvia 3.
Group E: Albania 13 points; Czech Republic 11; Poland 10; Moldova 9; Faroe Islands 1.
Group F: Belgium and Austria 16; Sweden 6; Azerbaijan 4 and Estonia 1.
Group G: Hungary 14; Serbia 13; Montenegro 8; Lithuania 6 and Bulgaria 2.
Group H: Slovenia and Denmark 19 points; Kazakhstan 15; Finland 12; Northern Ireland 6; San Marino 0.
Group I: Romania 16 points; Switzerland 15; Israel 11; Kosovo 7; Belarus 6; Andorra 2.
Group J: Portugal 24 points; Slovakia 16; Luxembourg 11; Iceland 10; Bosnia 9; Iceland 7; Liechtenstein 0.