Italy boosted their possibilities of making Euro 2024 with a 5-2 win over North Macedonia.
Matteo Darmian opened the scoring for the Italians earlier than Federico Chiesa gave them a wholesome benefit due to his double earlier than the interval.
However, Italy had been made to sweat within the second half when Jani Atanasov scored twice to scale back the deficit to only one however Giacomo Raspadori’s strike 9 minutes from time and Stephan El Shaarawy’s late fifth wrapped up the win.
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Regardless of an unconvincing 2-0 win over Malta, Bukayo Saka is happy that England moved ever nearer to securing one of many high seeds at Euro 2024.
Elsewhere in Group C, England continued their unbeaten run in European Championship qualification with a 2-0 win over Malta.
The Three Lions opened the scoring within the eighth minute when Enrico Pepe put by means of his personal aim.
Many supporters inside Wembley Stadium would have imagined a number of extra objectives however they had been made to attend until the seventy fifth minute earlier than they noticed one other when Harry Kane netted from shut vary to seal victory.
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Harry Kane is congratulated by England team-mates after scoring the second towards Malta
In Group E, Albania certified regardless of being held to a 1-1 draw by Moldova.
Albania hit the entrance within the twenty fifth minute when Sokol Cikalleshi slotted residence a penalty and their celebrations had been placed on ice when Vladislav Baboglo equalised for the house aspect, however the scores stayed stage to ship Albania by means of.
Czech Republic held onto the second qualifying spot as they claimed a 1-1 draw with Poland in Warsaw.
Poland seemed like they’d leapfrog their opponents into second when Jakub Piotrowski gave them a 1-0 lead however West Ham’s Tomas Soucek proved to be the hero – 4 minutes after the break – when he fired the ball residence from shut vary to edge them additional to qualification and ended Poland’s hopes.
In Group H, Denmark certified for the group levels following a 2-1 victory over Slovenia.
Joakim Maehle put Denmark in entrance however Erik Janza’s strike 4 minutes later despatched the groups stage into the break.
The all-important winner was scored by Thomas Delaney, who poked residence from shut vary to ship the Danes by means of.
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Finland’s Teemu Pukki, second from proper, celebrates with teammates after scoring towards Northern Eire
In the meantime, Kazakhstan saved their hopes of qualifying alive due to a 3-1 residence victory over San Marino.
The hosts had been anticipated to realize all three factors and had been on their means when Islam Chesnokov claimed a brace, scoring both aspect of the break.
For simply the second time within the qualifying section, San Marino bought on the scoresheet when Simone Franciosi nodded residence from shut vary however Kazakhstan restored their two-goal benefit due to Abat Aimbetov’s late penalty.
Northern Eire had been thrashed 4-0 by the hands of Finland and slumped to their seventh defeat in qualifying.