2023-06-17 06:22:49
France and England achieved their third successive victory in the match European Nations Cup qualifiers Qualifying for the finals scheduled in Germany in the summer of 2024, with their easy Friday victory over Gibraltar 3-0 and Malta 4-0..
France, the runner-up of the Qatar World Cup 2022, remained at the top of Group Two (9 points from 3 matches) with a full score, following defeating the Netherlands 4-0 and the Republic of Ireland 1-0 at the start of its qualifying campaign last March. In the same group, Greece also achieved its second victory over the Republic of Ireland 2-1, to occupy second place with six points from two matches.
Lens goalkeeper Brice Samba and Chelsea defender Youssef Fofana played their first match, instead of Milan goalkeeper Mike Mignan and Bayern Munich defender Daewoo Obamecano, by decision of coach Didier Deschamps.
As for the offensive line, veteran Olivier Giroud played in the spearhead position, assisted on both sides by Kylian Mbappe from the left and Kingsley Coman on the right.
The 54th goal for Jiro in the ranks of the national team
Giroud managed to open the scoring following 3 minutes with a header, following a pass from Koeman, to reinforce His record as the best scorer in the ranks of the French national team, with 54 goals.
He played his 123rd match for the French national team, equaling Thierry Henry’s number in the third place for the most players in international matches, only Lilian Thuram (142) and retired goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who holds the record with 145 matches.
The “Roosters” team waited for the third minute of stoppage time in the first half to consolidate their lead through a penalty kick that Mbappe successfully scored following a handball inside the area.
The Paris Saint-Germain player raised his score to 39 goals in 69 matches he played for France since the first in 2017.
Ayman Muelhi scored France’s third goal when he tried to deflect a cross by Mbappe, turning it into his own net (78).
The first victory for Ukraine
In turn, England, the European runner-up, maintained its perfect start with an easy victory over its host Malta 4-0 in the third round of Group C competitions, to raise It scores 9 points in the lead.
Ferdinando opened the door by mistake once morest his country (8), before Trent Alexander-Arnold doubled the lead with a beautiful long shot (28). Captain Harry Kane added the third from a penalty kick (31), before substitute Callum Wilson scored the fourth from the same mark (83).
For its part, Ukraine came back from a two-goal deficit in the first half once morest its host, North Macedonia, to win 3-2 with three goals in the second, achieving its first victory in the qualifiers from the second match.
Three teams were equal with three points, namely Italy, North Macedonia and Ukraine, while Malta suffered its third loss, leaving the balance empty.
Italy missed the tour because it was busy in the European Nations League, noting that it lost the semi-final once morest Spain on Thursday 2-1.
Denmark breathes a sigh of relief
In Group Eight, Denmark achieved a difficult victory over Northern Ireland with a clean goal scored by Jonas Wind early in the second half. And I breathed a sigh of relief because the referee canceled a goal for Northern Ireland scored by substitute Callum Marshall in the ninth minute of stoppage time in the match.
This group is witnessing a fierce competition because four teams are equal with six points following 3 rounds, namely Denmark, Kazakhstan, Finland and Slovenia. Finland beat Slovenia 2-0 on Friday as well, while Kazakhstan beat San Marino 3-0.
In the fourth group, Wales failed to take the lead by surprisingly falling at home to Armenia 2-4.
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