Andorra vs England LIVE: World Cup qualifier result, final score and reaction tonight
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A step closer to Qatar, without having to break into a sprint.
On an artificial pitch, England played out another win that could barely be called a real football match.
The only significance of this 5-0 win away to Andorra was the first international goals for Ben Chilwell and Jack Grealish, who will at least have something to remember from a match most people will immediately forget.
Perhaps the most accurate description of this game was that it was mostly a pleasant stroll through Pyrenean hills for the superb Phil Foden.
The playmaker both decorated the game and decided it, since it was his supreme passes that set up the first two goals that settled this game.
Andorra 0 - 2 England
54 mins: Rebes and Chilwell come together and Rebes gives Chilwell a little dig in the chest with his elbow. Referee Kateryna Monzul spots it and shakes her head as she pulls out the yellow card.
Andorra 0 - 2 England
51 mins: England’s main attacking threat has come from deep aerial balls into the box coupled with well-timed runs through the lines. Coady and Lingard combine this way but the Manchester United man is unable to bring the ball down properly and it rolls out of play.
Andorra 0 - 2 England
48 mins: Stones fires the ball up the pitch as Chilwell makes a central run into the box. The ball goes over him and is headed away by Lima. Sancho collects the loose ball and drives it back into the box. He cuts inside to the right and hits one at goal but Gomes is in behind it and manages to keep out the shot.
Second half: Andorra 0 - 2 England
Kick off: England restart the match. Gareth Southgate hasn’t made any changes to the line up so it’s as you were for both teams. The England fans belt out a rendition of ‘God save the Queen’ as England work the ball down the left. There’s no way through the Andorran low block so the ball comes back to Conor Coady in central defence.
Chilwell opens the scoring
Ben Chilwell became the 36th different goalscorer for England under Gareth Southgate (excluding own goals); the only England managers to have more different scorers are Walter Winterbottom (62) and Alf Ramsey (39).
Foden shines in England’s midfield
Ben Chilwell and Bukayo Saka have scored England’s two goals but Phil Foden is running the show. Playing alongside James Ward-Prowse, Foden has controlled England’s attacking play with accurate passes all over the pitch. He delivered the ball into Jadon Sancho to set up England’s first goal and then created the assist for Saka.
Saka scores again
At 20 years and 34 days old Bukayo Saka is the youngest player to score in consecutive appearances for the England men’s team since Wayne Rooney in 2004 (18 years 241 days)
He is also the youngest ever Arsenal player to net in consecutive games for the Three Lions.
Half-time: Andorra 0 - 2 England
45+3 mins: Regulation stuff from England. They’ve had 11 attempts on goal in that half and converted two. Towards the end the stop-start nature of Andorra’s play began to frustrate England and they’ve picked up a couple of needless bookings.
They’re dominating the match and getting drawn into these petty squabbles is only playing into Andorra’s hands. Gareth Southgate will want to nip that in the bud during the break.
Andorra 0 - 2 England
45 mins: There’s three minutes of added time to go at the end of the first half. Jadon Sancho gets into a tussle with Martinez and gives away a free kick. He kicks away the ball in frustration and gets booked too. England are starting to lose their discipline out there.
Andorra 0 - 2 England
42 mins: Harry Kane is warming up on the sidelines trying to catch Gareth Southgate’s attention. He’ll fancy a goal or two if he can get on the pitch tonight.
John Stones and Cristian Martinez get into a bit of argy bargy after a clearance from Stones and both players are shown yellow cards from the referee.
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