0-4: England walk past Malta with a Kane extending his streak

England lead with an iron fist classification group C for euro 2024. Three games and three wins after crushing the bottom team this Friday malt (0-4). Harry Kane he extended his streak with his third straight goal, second from a penalty, in this qualifying round. ‘pross’ adds nine points, six more than one Italy who was second with fewer games for his involvement in the ‘Final Four’ of the Nations League.

With the same points (3) that the ‘azzurri’ are North Macedonia and one Ukraine who came back from a 2-0 deficit to win 2-3 in their visit to this friday at Skopjethanks to a goal from Girona player Viktor Tsygankov in the 83rd minute.

Gareth Southgate, manager of the ‘Three Lions’, bet from the start for an ambitious 4-3-3, with an attacking trident consisting of Harry Kanethe fiery Tottenham striker who signed for Real Madrid as a replacement for Karim Benzema; Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) and James Madison (Leicester).

It is of no use to the poor choice of maltin Italian direction Michele Marcolinihis 3-5-2 where he tried to contain a England with an insulting superiority from the first whistle that, in addition, has the support of a large number of faithful in the stands of Ta’qali National Stadiumbe a ‘mini Wembleys’.

When almost nine minutes of the game had passed, the locals had already conceded 0-1. An aid to the right of fasting moreover ended up a wretch center-back Ferdinando Apap’s own goalwho does not know how to cool his nerves in the face of the threatening presence of a right ready to ‘draw’.

There was also nothing the veteran could do to prevent a second English goal, in the 28th minute Henry Bonellogoalkeeper’s son where endorsed by the Spanish team a historic 12-1 in December 1983 in Seville, after an unstoppable kick from outside the Liverpool footballer’s area Alexander Arnold.

England is a storm and at 31′, Guillaumer made a very clear punishment to captain Kane after a rebound from goalkeeper Bonello. The Tottenham striker himself managed to convert the maximum penalty, deceiving the Maltese keeper. At half time, the Southgate They resolved a meeting that was a public training session.

The Maltese footballers, resigned to defeat, go to the locker room and ask an English player for his shirt as a ‘souvenir’. England He made it clear in a massive first half that he did not come as a tourist to the small Mediterranean archipelago that became part of British Empire.

Tests on Southgate after the break

Southgate He used the second part for testing before his commitment to next Monday’s match Macedonia at the stadium Old Trafford of Manchester. In 15 minutes, the England coach brought four players: Phil Fodden, Callum Wilson, Marcus Rashford and Tyrone Mings. Then he entered Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace midfielder. Among those replaced moreover and a right that a few moments before he calmed down he held the double.

England the accelerator is completely removed in the second part where malt continued undisturbed Jordan Pickfordwho was another spectator of his team’s final victory against a loyal rival who still got the fourth goal in the final moments (84′) with a VAR penalty that materialized callum wilson after a hand from the Maltese captain, Steve Borg.