Andorra vs England LIVE: World Cup qualifier result, final score and reaction tonight
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A step closer to Qatar, without having to break into a sprint.
On an artificial pitch, England played out another win that could barely be called a real football match.
The only significance of this 5-0 win away to Andorra was the first international goals for Ben Chilwell and Jack Grealish, who will at least have something to remember from a match most people will immediately forget.
Perhaps the most accurate description of this game was that it was mostly a pleasant stroll through Pyrenean hills for the superb Phil Foden.
The playmaker both decorated the game and decided it, since it was his supreme passes that set up the first two goals that settled this game.
Andorra 0 - 4 England
81 mins: Ollie Watkins is on for Tammy Abraham for the final 10 minutes. There’s a few England players on the pitch now who’d like to get on the scoresheet and he’s one of them.
GOAL! Andorra 0 - 4 England (Ward-Prowse, 79’)⚽️
79 mins: Gomes saves the penalty! Ward-Prowse fires it at a good height to the goalkeeper’s right and Gomes dives across, gets two hands to the ball and keeps it out. However, the ball rebounds back to Ward-Prowse and he manages to turn it into the near bottom corner to spare himself some blushed. England have four.
Penalty to England!
Andorra 0 - 3 England
77 mins: A little one-two with Abraham gets Grealish into the box with the ball. Rubio has a nibble at the Manchester City man and takes his legs out from under him. Kateryna Monzul points to the spot and James Ward-Prowse looks like he’s going to take it.
Andorra 0 - 3 England
74 mins: Grealish is still awaiting his first goal for England. He’s got a good opportunity to find it over the last 15 minutes or so here tonight. Chilwell bombs forward on the overlap but Trippier’s pass over to him is overhit and the ball goes out of play.
Andorra 0 - 3 England
71 mins: Saka attempts a run in behind on the right side as Ward-Prowse’s aerial pass comes over to him. The Arsenal man doesn’t reach the dropping ball and it skips behind for a goal kick.
Gareth Southgate makes another couple of changes. Jack Grealish and Mason Mount are on in place of Jadon Sancho and Jesse Lingard.
Andorra 0 - 3 England
68 mins: England have notched up 87% of possession so far. They’re not done yet, they’ll want a couple more goals at least although they have slightly taken their foot off the gas in the final third.
Andorra 0 - 3 England
65 mins: Rebes clatters into Coady and whacks him in the face with his elbow. He’s already been booked and is lucky not to pick up a second one with that challenge. England’s free kick comes to Ward-Prowse whose clearance is charged down and Trippier is forced to send the ball behind for an Andorran corner.
Andorra 0 - 3 England
62 mins: Gareth Southgate makes a change bringing on Fikayo Tomori in place of John Stones.
Ildefons Lima has tweaked his hamstring and has to go off. Emili Garcia replaces him.
GOAL! Andorra 0 - 3 England (Abraham, 59’)⚽️
59 mins: He’s scored! Tammy Abraham gets his first England goal in two years. The supply lines have been there all night for Abraham and finally he gets his goal. Sancho brings the ball wide on the left wing before rolling the ball onto his right foot and swinging a cross into the middle of the box. Abraham leaves Lima in his wake, reaches for the ball and guides it coolly into the bottom corner on the volley.
Andorra 0 - 2 England
57 mins: Foden’s passing accuracy tonight has been unbelievable. He dinks another perfect pass over the top for Sancho who takes control of the ball and slots it into the six-yard box for Abraham. Vales squeezes in front of the England striker though and manages to knock the ball wide of goal.
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