England secure top spot in Group C; Kylian Mbappe scores for France

England secured top spot in Group C of the EURO 2024 qualifiers with a "devastating" home win. Mbappe made history with his goal to help France beat Greece.

Đội tuyển Anh nối dài chuỗi trận ấn tượng tại vòng loại EURO 2024. (Nguồn: ESPN)

England extend impressive streak in EURO 2024 qualifiers. (Source: ESPN)

England secure top spot in Group C of EURO 2024 qualifiers

England continued their impressive run of form in the EURO 2024 qualifiers with a 7-0 thrashing of North Macedonia in the fourth match of Group C at Old Trafford.

This result accurately reflected the situation of the match when the Three Lions completely dominated the field and made North Macedonia, the team that defeated Italy, only able to defend.

On a day of sublime competition, Bukayo Saka shone with a hat-trick of goals against goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski.

Captain Harry Kane also left his mark with two goals and an assist for his teammate, while the remaining two goals belonged to Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips.

With a crushing victory, coach Gareth Southgate's team firmly consolidated their position at the top of Group C of the EURO 2024 qualifiers with 12 absolute points after 4 matches.

England are currently six points clear of second-placed Ukraine, having played a game more than their opponents.

This result will certainly create a lot of pressure for Italy, the team that has only won 3 points after 2 matches. Italy did not play the last 2 matches due to participating in the matches in the Nations League.

Kylian Mbappe scores for the French team. (Source: AFP)

France team won absolutely, Kylian Mbappe made history

Along with England, France also had their fourth consecutive victory in Group B of the EURO 2024 qualifiers after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Greece at home at the Stade de France.

Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal from the 11m penalty spot in the 55th minute to bring 3 points to coach Didier Deschamps' team.

With this goal, Kylian Mbappe reached 54 goals at club and national team level in the 2022/23 season.

The above achievement helps Mbappe become the French striker with the best goals in a season, breaking the record that existed since the 1957-1958 season of legend Just Fontaine (53 goals).

The goal against Greece was also Mbappe's 40th goal for the French team, ranking 5th in the list of top scorers in Les Bleus history.

At the age of 24, Mbappe has played 70 times for the French national team. The current captain of "Les Bleus" also has an impressive scoring record (40 goals).

Mbappe is currently ranked 5th in the list of top scorers in the history of the French team, only one goal behind the person above him, Michel Platini (41 goals) and 14 goals behind Olivier Giroud's record.

This victory helps the world runner-up comfortably stay at the top of Group B of the EURO 2024 qualifiers with 12 absolute points, 6 points more than their main competitor Greece but having played one more match.

Also in this series of matches, Iceland easily won 3-0 against Gibraltar, thereby rising to 3rd place on the rankings.

In addition to the four teams mentioned above, Group B also includes the Netherlands. The "Orange Storm" currently has 3 points after two matches and will not be playing in the qualifying round this time due to their participation in the Nations League.

Türkiye consolidates top spot in Group D

In Group D, Türkiye consolidated their position at the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Wales, thanks to goals from Umut Nayir and Arda Guler.

Also in this series, Armenia had their second consecutive victory after defeating weak opponent Latvia 2-1.

With these results, the Turkish team is currently at the top of Group D with 9 points after 4 matches, 3 points more than the team ranked second, Armenia (having only played 3 matches).

The current Nations League runner-up, Croatia, is ranked 3rd in Group D with 4 points but has only played two matches.

Group H situation

In Group H, the team with the highest rating, Denmark, showed inconsistent performance when they only won 1 point, allowing Slovenia to hold them to a 1-1 draw.

This result left Denmark with two other competitors, Finland and Kazakhstan, passing them and creating a gap of more than 2 points after the June series ended.

In this morning's match, Finland had a "destructive" 6-0 victory over weak opponent San Marino, while Kazakhstan defeated Northern Ireland 1-0 thanks to the only goal of Abat Aimbetov.

After four matches, Finland and Kazakhstan are sharing the top spot with nine points each, while Denmark and Slovenia are two points behind. Northern Ireland are fifth with three points, while San Marino has yet to score a point.

Switzerland tops Group I

In Group I, the top two teams Switzerland and Romania held each other to a 2-2 draw. Amdouni scored twice to help Switzerland lead 2-0 but Romania also responded with a double from Mihaila.

With this result, Switzerland continues to lead Group I with 10 points while Romania is right behind with 2 points less.

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