Saturday , November 23 2024

England beat Ireland 5-0

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Senior player Harry Kane scored his 69th international goal at Wembley Stadium as England secured top spot in the Nations League Football Championship with a 5–0 win over Ireland with a second-half equaliser.

England won their group by a huge margin of goals, pushing Greece into second place. In another match, Greece defeated Finland 2-0. At Wembley, Harry Kane set an England record for goals scored from the penalty spot when he scored in the 53rd minute. Leanne Scales was given a second yellow card for a bad tackle on Jude Bellingham in the goal box, which saw him sent off from the field. Anthony Gordon scored in the 55th minute and Conor Gallagher scored in the 58th minute. Substitute Jarrod Bowen scored in the 75th minute and Taylor Harwood Bayliss, making his international debut, scored four minutes later to put England 5–0 up. During the match, England took 22 shots at Ireland’s goal post, out of which seven hit the target. In comparison to Ireland’s 249 ball passing, England’s players passed each other 677 times. Before another match, Greece, which was on top in Group-2, defeated Finland 2-0. Anastasios Bakasetas scored in the 52nd minute and Christos Zolis scored in the 56th minute. The match between Austria and Slovenia was a 1-1 draw. Israel defeated Belgium 1-0 with the help of Yarden Su’a’s goal in the 86th minute.