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England talking points after European Qualifier win over Bulgaria | Football News

By Kaveh Solhekol

Last Updated: 08/09/19 11:35pm

England thrashed Bulgaria 4-0 at Wembley on Saturday

England maintained their 100 per cent record in Euro 2020 qualifying with a 4-0 victory over Bulgaria but what we did we learn about Gareth Southgate’s team?

Sky Sports News reporter Kaveh Solhekol was at Wembley and says England’s third win in three Group A matches has raised a number of talking points.

Harry Kane scored the second England hat-trick of his career in win over Bulgaria

Harry Kane is the best No 9 in the world

Gareth Southgate would not swap Harry Kane for any other No 9 in the world.

Kane has now scored more goals for England than Sir Geoff Hurst. He needs another five goals to equal Alan Shearer’s total of 30.

Kane has scored 25 times in 40 games. If he carries on scoring at this rate, it is likely that he will become England’s all-time leading goalscorer.

To do that, he needs another 29 to beat Wayne Rooney’s record of 53 goals.

Everybody knows what Kane can do on the pitch, but he is also a crucial asset off the pitch.

He is a role model for younger players and an ambassador for English football.

Raheem Sterling has scored seven goals in his last seven England matches

Raheem Sterling has answered his critics

It is amazing to remember that lots of people were questioning Raheem Sterling’s place in the England team at last summer’s World Cup in Russia.

Not enough end product, it was claimed.

It is true that Sterling once went 27 England games without scoring, but Southgate never lost faith and in the past 12 months Sterling has answered his critics and become a key man for England.

He has already scored five times in three qualifiers and according to Southgate, he has become obsessed with scoring.

That is good news for Southgate and England.

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Highlights from England’s European Qualifier against Bulgaria at Wembley

Qualifiers aren’t what they used to be

There is a real chance that England will qualify for Euro 2020 with a 100 per cent record.

That is the target because seeding for the tournament will be based on how teams have performed in qualifying.

Qualifiers are not what they used to be. In the old days they could be nail-biting affairs and England failed to qualify for major tournaments such as Euro 2008 and the World Cup in 1994.

That has all changed in the last decade. England have not lost a qualifier for almost 10 years. Their last defeat was against Ukraine in 2009.

With that in mind, it is impressive that England still manage to sell out Wembley for qualifiers such as Saturday’s routine 4-0 victory against Bulgaria.

James Maddison is expected to get a chance in the playmaker role for England

England still lack a world-class playmaker

According to FIFA rankings, England are the fourth-best side in the world and they would be even higher if they had a world-class creative midfielder who could dictate the tempo and run games.

Southgate has plenty of high-quality options in midfield but critics have pointed that England do not possess someone of the quality of Luka Modric or Frenkie de Jong.

Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice and Ross Barkley started in midfield against Bulgaria. James Maddison will get his chance soon and Harry Winks should feature against Kosovo on Tuesday.

In the meantime, Southgate has proved that England can get results without a playmaker – except when they face the very best sides in the world.

Harry Maguire is one of just a handful of players that are established starters

Only four players are guaranteed starters

Plenty of places are still up for grabs in this England side. If the Euros were starting tomorrow only four or five players would be automatic starters.

Jordan Pickford is now the No 1 goalkeeper, Harry Maguire is first-choice centre-back and Kane and Sterling are guaranteed to be two of the front three.

Everywhere else there is competition for places and that is good news for Southgate and England.

That strength in depth is most apparent at right back. Southgate can call on players of the quality of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

Thankfully, Trippier’s move to Atletico Madrid has not gone to his head. As always he stopped to speak to journalists in the mixed zone after the Wembley win and he cemented his reputation as one of the nicest men in the game by even stopping to talk to the Bulgarian media.

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European Qualifiers round-up: France and Portugal hit four in victories | Football News

Last Updated: 07/09/19 10:39pm

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Highlights of France’s Euro 2020 Qualifiers match against Albania

A weakened France side scored four goals for the fourth time in five Euro 2020 qualifiers as the Group H leaders swept aside Albania 4-1.

Their superior goal difference – four better than Turkey’s and nine better than Iceland’s – is what is keeping the world champions in first place as all three teams are level on 12 points.

The start of the match was delayed by seven minutes as the Stade de France public address system played the national anthem of Andorra – visitors next week – and Albania refused to begin until the error was rectified.

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In an embarrassing mix-up, the wrong national anthem was played for Albania before they played France

Even without the injured Paul Pogba, and with Kylian Mbappe watching from the stands, there was little concern for the hosts as Kingsley Coman scored twice, with Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud and debutant Jonathan Ikone also on target.

Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris conceded a 90th-minute penalty from which Sokol Cikalleshi scored as France threw away their clean sheet.

Also in Group H, Turkey beat Andorra 1-0 with a late Ozan Tufan strike, leaving them level with both France and Iceland at the top on 12 points. Earlier in the day, Iceland beat Moldova 3-0.

Group H table

Team Played Points Won Drawn Lost France 5 12 4 0 1 Turkey 5 12 4 0 1 Iceland 5 12 4 0 1 Albania 5 6 2 0 3 Moldova 5 3 1 0 4 Andorra 5 0 0 0 5

European champions Portugal got their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign back on track with goals from William Carvalho, Goncalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva helping them to a pulsating 4-2 Group B victory in Serbia on Saturday.

The victory lifted the Portuguese to second place in the group on five points from three games, eight behind runaway leaders Ukraine who have 13 from five matches after their 3-0 win in Lithuania earlier on Saturday.

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Portugal picked up their first win of European Championship Qualifying as goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernado Silva helped them to a 4-2 win in Serbia

Third-placed Luxembourg and Serbia in fourth both have four points from as many games while Lithuania are bottom with one point from four matches.

Portugal dominated the opening half and Carvalho fired them ahead in the 42nd minute, before Guedes doubled Portugal’s lead with a fine individual effort.

Group B table

Team Played Points Won Drawn Lost Ukraine 5 13 4 1 0 Portugal 3 5 1 2 0 Luxembourg 4 4 1 1 2 Serbia 4 4 1 1 2 Lithuania 4 1 0 1 3

Centre back Nikola Milenkovic pulled one back for Serbia in the 68th minute, heading a Dusan Tadic corner past keeper Rui Patricio.

But taunted by chants of “Messi” from Serbia’s die-hard fans, Ronaldo demonstrated his class in the 80th minute when he took a Bernardo Silva pass in his stride and coolly dinked the ball over the advancing Dmitrovic.

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal with his team-mate William Carvalho

Serbia refused to roll over as Aleksandar Mitrovic drove a shot from inside the penalty area into the roof of the net after a defensive blunder in the 85th minute but Silva sealed the contest with a clinical finish barely 60 seconds later.

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain dreaming of England Euro 2020 glory | Football News

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain last played for England in March of last year

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is dreaming of Euro 2020 success having watched part of England’s march to the World Cup semi-finals in a London bar.

The 26-year-old midfielder missed over a year of football after suffering a serious knee injury which prevented him from playing for England in Russia and this summer’s Nations League, as well as Liverpool’s successive Champions League final appearances.

Oxlade-Chamberlain injured knee ligaments against Roma in April 2018

But Oxlade-Chamberlain is fit again and has been instantly recalled by England boss Gareth Southgate for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Kosovo.

When asked if he was due a bit of luck at Euro 2020, he replied: “Yes, I think it’s written in the stars for me to score the winner!

“I don’t like to sit back right now and say that I was really unlucky to miss this particular tournament or that one.

“The timing was unlucky, but boys have injuries that stop them playing full stop. I have still had the opportunity to come back. I have just got to stop the timing of those injuries to give me the chance to get to the sort of level I can be.

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“It is every boy’s dream. We have to respect what is in front of us and we can dream those dreams, but first of all we have got to beat Bulgaria and then Kosovo.

“There might be a bit more of an expectation going into the next tournament. But that is exciting for us and I think this squad has the confidence within it to cope with that.

“We would all sit here now saying that would be the dream come true, especially with a lot of it being at Wembley. It does not get much better than that.”

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England U21 head coach Aidy Boothroyd says there has never been a better time to play for England after seeing Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Mason Mount and James Maddison promoted from the U21s to the senior side

Oxlade-Chamberlain filled his time during his rehabilitation by visiting a number of hospitals and taking a keen interest in the business world.

That does not mean he turned away from football and he revealed he went to Box Park in Shoreditch to cheer on England in their Group G defeat to Belgium.

“At home,” he replied when asked where he watched the World Cup last year.

Oxlade-Chamberlain watched England’s World Cup game with Belgium in a bar

“All of it was at home, and one of the games at Box Park. That was interesting…that was an experience.

“I had a hat on and glasses, but yeah didn’t do me much good. I was shocked. That was the first time I’ve ever watched a football match with football fans, of my team, if that makes sense.

“I’ve never been to a pub where there’s a bunch of Liverpool fans or Arsenal fans and watched it with them, never been to a pub with England fans, or in a big place, to see what it means to them.

“It was like a surreal moment where I could see my mates on the screen doing what I usually do, and how everyone around them was reacting and what it meant to them. It was surreal. I was almost idolising them as well

“Just seeing them do that and what it was creating around me, I was like ‘oh my God, that’s Raheem Sterling, look at what he’s done, do I really do that’?”

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