England beat San Marino 10-0, scores 2nd time in football history, as they qualified for 2022 World Cup Qatar.
Harry Kane enjoyed himself, in particular, in the embarrassingly one-sided 10-0 win over San Marino that secured England first place in Group I of European qualifying.
England’s captain Kane scored four goals — all in the first half, with two of them being penalties.
Harry Maguire, Emile Smith Rowe, Tyrone Mings, Tammy Abraham and Bukayo Saka also scored, along with an own-goal, as England showed no mercy against the world’s lowest-ranked team —
England's Emile Smith Rowe, celebrates after scoring on his Debut, team seventh goal during the World Cup 2022.
England finished on 26 points, six clear of second-placed Poland, which lost at home to Hungary 2-1 and might be unseeded for next year’s playoffs.
England win over San Marino 10-0, 3rd time English football history, Best Stats...
1 -- Kane to move his international tally to 48, which is tied with Gary Lineker and only five off Wayne Rooney’s all-time record for the country.2 -- Kane finished 2021 with 16 goals for England, a national record for a calendar year,3 -- In English Football history, their biggest ever win — 13-0 over Ireland in 1882.4 -- That’s one of only three times England has scored 11 goals or more.5 -- Last time England biggest victory came in 1964 when it achieved 10-0 against the United States in New York.
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