The Euro 2024 qualifiers continued on the night of June 19 and early morning of June 20, with the highlight being England’s 7-0 thrashing of North Macedonia. Meanwhile, France only managed a narrow victory over Greece.
England had an overwhelming victory over Macedonia thanks to the brilliance of the stars, in which striker Bukayo Saka contributed a hat-trick.
Considered weaker, Macedonia was the team that actively played defensive counter-attacks. However, Macedonia's defense system encountered many difficulties when England with a star-studded lineup pressed the field. However, in the first 25 minutes, England did not create many truly dangerous opportunities.
It wasn't until the 29th minute that England opened the scoring with a Harry Kane strike. Bukayo Saka (38') and Marcus Rashford (45') then scored to widen the gap before the end of the first half.
| Bukayo Saka contributed with a hat-trick in England's 7-0 win over North Macedonia. Photo: Dailymail |
In the second half, Bukayo Saka continued to shine to complete his hat-trick with two quick goals from the 47th to the 51st minute. After that, midfielder Kalvin Phillips (64') and Harry Kane (73'-pen) contributed two more goals, bringing a resounding 7-0 victory for the England team.
With this victory, England continues to lead Group C with 12 absolute points after 4 matches.
* Also playing in this match, the French team had to struggle to get a minimal 1-0 victory over Greece. The only goal of the French team was scored by Mbappe in the 55th minute of the match. Even when playing with one more player from the 69th minute because Greek midfielder Mavropanos received a second yellow card and left the field, the "Galician roosters" could not score another goal and the match only stopped at the result of 1-0.
| Mbappe celebrates scoring a goal against Greece. Photo: Eurosports |
However, the 1-0 victory was enough to help France continue to lead Group B with 12 full points after 4 matches, 6 points more than the next-ranked opponent, Greece.
Results of some other matches in the Euro 2024 qualifiers on the night of June 19 and early morning of June 20 (Vietnam time):
Ireland 3 - 0 Gibraltar
Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Kazakhstan
Turkey 2 - 0 Wales
Switzerland 2 - 2 Romania
Click to follow: Euro 2024 qualifying schedule in June.
The "Today's Football Results" section of the People's Army Electronic Newspaper sends readers the latest football results of the night and early morning matches.
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