England’s football team confirmed their qualification for the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 away win against Albania.
“Gordi Albion” thus concluded the competition incredible effect – with all eight wins and a goal difference of 22-0.
English type, run by a German expert Thomas Tucheldid not concede a goal in 720 minutes. The English became the first European nation to qualify for the World Cup without conceding a goal in a group with at least six games.
England also became only the fifth European team to qualify for the World Cup with a 100% performance.
In the last round, the English won in Tirana Albania with 2-0, and both goals were scored by Harry Kane (74, 82).
In the end, Albania finished second and will seek an opportunity to travel to the World Cup in additional qualifications. Serbia beat Latvia 2-1 in the last round, taking third place.
Placement at the WC was confirmed by i France defeating in Baku Azerbaijan with 3-1.
All the most important things happened in the first part. The home team took the lead in the fourth minute with a goal by Renat Dadašov, Jean-Philippe Matet equalized in the 17th minute, Maghnes Akliouche turned the score around in the 30th minute, and in stoppage time Shakhrudin Magomedaliev hit his own net for the final 3-1.
In the second meeting Ukraine won in Warsaw Iceland with 2-0 winning the second place which leads to additional qualifications.
He also played a point for the Icelanders. They held on well until the very end, but with the goals of Oleksandr Zubkov (83) and Oleksiy Gutsuljak (90+3), the Ukrainians achieved a crucial victory.
The results of the European qualifiers for WC 2026.
GROUP D
Azerbaijan – France 1-3 (Dadshov 4 / Mateta 17, Akliouche 30, Mahammadalijev 45-ag)
Ukraine – Iceland 2-0 (Zubkov 83, Gutsuljak 90+3)
1. France 6 5 1 0 16-4 16
2. Ukraine 6 3 1 2 10-11 10
3. Iceland 6 2 1 3 13-11 7
4. Azerbaijan 6 0 1 5 3-16 1
GROUP F
Porto – Armenia 9-1 (Veiga 7, Ramos 28, Neves 30, 41, 81, Fernandes 45+3-11m, 52, 72-11m, Conceicao 90+2 / Spertsjan 18)
Hungary – Ireland 2-3 (Lukacs 3, Varga 37 / Parrott 15-11m, 80, 90+6)
1. Portugal 6 4 1 1 20-7 13
2. Ireland 6 3 1 2 9-7 10
3. Hungary 6 2 2 2 11-10 8
4. Armenia 6 1 0 5 3-19 3
GROUP K
Albania – England 0-2 (Kane 74, 82)
Serbia – Latvia 2-1 (Katai 49, Stanković 60 / Gutkovskis 12)
1. England 8 8 0 0 22-0 24
2. Albania 8 4 2 2 7-5 14
3. Serbia 8 4 1 3 9-10 13
4. Latvia 8 1 2 5 5-15 5
5. Andorra 8 0 1 7 3-16 1
(Hina | Photo: X)
