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England beat Andorra 2-0 in a 2026 World Cup qualifier at Villa Park in Birmingham. Despite the victory, Thomas Tuchel's men were not particularly impressive, as evidenced by the occasional boos from the fans.
In the 25th minute, a cross from Noni Madueke was headed home by Andorran defender Cristian Garcia. The first half ended 1-0 to England. In the 66th minute, England doubled their lead through Declan Rice, who headed home a perfect cross from Reece James.
Earlier, in the same group, Serbia won 0-1 away against Latvia, with Dusan Vlahovic scoring early in the first half. In extra time, Latvia came close to scoring the equalizer, but the ball, fortunately for the Serbs, was stopped by the post.
Albania was off today, the Rossoneri will play against Latvia on Tuesday at “Air Albania”. Serbia will host England in Belgrade, while Andorra will be off. The situation in Group K is as follows:
1. England 12 points, 4 matches
2. Serbia 7 points, 3 matches
3. Albania 5 points, 4 matches
4. Latvia 4 points, 4 matches
5. Andorra 0 points, 5 matches
On the other hand, Portugal triumphed convincingly in the away match against Armenia. The Lusitanians won by a landslide 5-0.
In the 9th minute, Joao Cancelo did everything himself beautifully in the end and crossed into the area, where Joao Felix headed the ball into the net. In the 20th minute, it was Cristiano Ronaldo's turn to double the score, after a perfect assist in the area from Pedro Neto. In the 32nd minute it was Joao Cancelo who found the third goal, after a powerful shot inside the area. Cancelo celebrated the goal in the same way as the late Diogo Zhota did.
At the start of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second personal goal of the match, with a beautiful shot from distance. Joao Felix scored a brace in the 60th minute, bringing the score to 0-5. In the next match of this group, Ireland hosts Hungary, the challenge starts at 20:45.
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