European champions Italy missed out on automatic qualification for next year’s World Cup. Northern Ireland held him in a goalless draw in Belfast on Monday. The Italians needed to match Switzerland’s result to qualify directly, but Roberto Mancini’s side could only falter to a stalemate, with the Swiss sabotaging Lucerne to book their ticket to Qatar. There they will meet England, the team that the Italians defeated in the Euro 2020 final in July, earning their qualification with a massive Harry Kane scoring four goals in 15 minutes in a 10-0 win in San Marino. England manager Gareth Southgate said: “The qualification was earned in Budapest, in Warsaw, in Albania and I have to give credit to all my players and staff for a really good year.”
The mindset, even in a game like tonight, we can’t do anything about the level of the opposition but the way we played was fantastic.
Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain and Serbia have also qualified directly from Europe. Another place will go to one of the Netherlands, Norway or Turkey on Tuesday and the remaining places will be decided via play-offs in March.
Italy faced the same fate in 2018 when they failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing badly to Sweden.
“Right now this is what we struggle to score goals, we always have control of the game … It’s a shame because the group should have been eliminated before this match,” Mancini told RAI. Told.
“Trust me, let’s see in March, but we can also win it.”
The Italians rarely troubled the home side, only to come to life when news ran through Switzerland’s goal-scoring in Lucerne.
Noah Okafor’s strike put the Swiss three minutes ahead in the second half and after Xherdan Shaqiri hit the post, Ruben Vargas doubled the score.
The Swiss then dismissed two goals for offside, but when Cedric Itten took a 3–0 lead after 72 minutes, it meant Italy needed a two-legged win in Belfast.
As the Italians became more frantic and nearly delivered a goal to Connor Washington, who had scrambled from the line, the Swiss made it 4–0 in extra time with Remo Fryler.
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England needed only one point from their trip to San Marino, the lowest ranking among FIFA’s 210 competing nations.
San Marino had lost 36 of their 37 previous home World Cup qualifiers, losing the last 35 in a row with an aggregate score of 146–7. A non defeat came in a 0–0 draw with Turkey in 1993.
This time they were unfortunate to come up against a hungry Kane who scored four goals in the first half in the span of 15 minutes.
The result was never in doubt once Harry Maguire took the lead in the opener after five minutes.
A Filippo Fabry’s own goal made matters worse but it set the stage for Kane.
His first penalty came from the spot in the 27th minute and he tried again five minutes later.
His second penalty in the 39th minute completed his fourth international hat-trick and his second penalty in four days, crossing Albania three times on Friday.
Two minutes later he produced his best to finish fourth with some neat control inside the box, which saw him play for England alongside Gary Lineker and only Bobby Charlton (49) and Wayne Rooney (53). Scored 48 goals.
“I’m proud every time I wear an England shirt and when I score a goal it’s one of the best feelings of my career. It’s nice to be in those names,” Kane said.
Emil Smith Rowe, Tyrone Mings and Tammy Abraham and Bukayo Saka all found the net in the second half as England closed their qualifying campaign in style, six points away from Poland, who lost 2–1 at home. Went to the play-offs. Hungary.
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