A hat-trick from Arsenal winger Pacquiao Saga helped England beat hosts North Macedonia 7-0 in Group 3 of their European qualifiers in Germany on Monday. 2024.
England secured a full score of 12 points to progress steadily to the finals scheduled for June 14 to July 14, 2024 in Germany.
Ukraine, after a 1-0 win over Malta today, are second with 6 points from 3 matches and Italy are third with 3 points from two matches.
At Old Trafford, the “Three Lions” team gave a strong offensive display against their North Macedonian team, who held it for 29 minutes before collapsing at the end of the first half and conceding 3 goals in the last 16 minutes.
England’s top scorer Harry Kane opened the scoring after a brilliant strike between Manchester United players Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw. ) is the sixth straight Kane has scored at least one goal.
Saga added the second goal after receiving a ball from Kyle Walker and he powerfully smashed it into the roof of the net (38).
Kane and Jordan Henderson exchange the ball neatly before passing it to Rashford, who heads it into the net from close range (45).
Two minutes into the second half, England added a fourth goal in less spectacular fashion when Trent Alexander-Arnold sent a through ball towards Saga, the latter controlling it in the air. He got past one of the defenders before firing a missile over the top of the net.
And Saka succeeded in scoring a hat-trick with Kane’s forward pass, so he singled out the goalkeeper and shot to the right (51).
Substitute Calvin Phillips added a sixth from close range to open his tally of international goals (64).
Kane ended the goal festival with a seventh goal from the penalty kick following a foul on John Stoinis inside the area (73).
Kane cemented his record as the top goalscorer in the history of the England national team with 58 goals in 84 matches.
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