England at the World Cup, Poland in the play-offs
The arithmetic is still lacking, however England already has a seat reserved for Qatar 2022. The vice-champions of Europe secure the World Cup with 5-0 over Albania, which, on the other hand, like Hungary, definitively comes out of the race for the world championship. Maguire unlocking it by spraying James’s free-kick, then it’s up to Pickford to lock the advantage when Alexander Arnold’s lightness frees Uzuni face to face. Avoiding the draw, the avalanche arrives: Henderson exchanges with Foden and serves a Kane the comfortable header of doubling, then again Herderson he inserts himself triangulating with the tip of Tottenham, cuts out Ismajli and completes the work with the digging. The rest is usual Kane, that climbs to 44 goals and equals Greaves as the fourth scorer of the English national team: only Lineker, Charlton and Rooney remain in front, at +4, +5 and +9 respectively. The hurricane receives from Sterling, points Dermaku and throws in the net for the brace, then, just before the rest, he cycles on the corner of Foden and puts Strakosha for the triplet from pokerissimo.
England who now only have to draw with San Marino to win Group I on Poland, secured the play-offs with 4-1 over Andorra. In 10 already after 22 ”red cause directed to Cucu Fernandez, guilty of elbowing Glik. Too easy for the Poles: 5th Lewandowski unlocks it with a convenient close diagonal using the side of Jozwiak, who after another 5 ‘, on Frankowski’s cross, escapes to Cervos on the long post and touches to double. Yet Andorra does not sink, indeed in the final time it also finds the shortening with Vales, intervened to spit the punishment of Cervos. Which does not mean game reopened: it is not even half time e Milik stretches the distance, sending a ball grazed in the feet by Lewandowski. And the definitive seal belongs to the Bayern striker: Alvarez denies him the brace with a miraculous intervention on the line, shotgun which, however, arrives, at 73 °, with a detachment to cross on Zielinski’s corner.