Italy - England match ends with a record and a suspension. Euro 2024 qualifying results on March 23

The first 8 matches of the 2024 European Football Championship qualifiers were played on Thursday, March 23. The matches took place in Groups C, H and J.

The key meeting of the round was the battle in Naples, where the national team played at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Italy lost to England (1-2).

The meeting of the main rivals of the national team of Ukraine in Group C took place in an uncompromising struggle with completely different halves. In the first 45 minutes, the English completely dominated the field, made it 2-0, and could have scored the third.

Gary Kane scored from the penalty spot to become the all-time leading scorer for the England national team. It was the 54th goal for the Tottenham striker. He broke Wayne Rooney's record.

After the break, the situation changed dramatically. The hosts scored an early goal, after which they seized total initiative.

In the 80th minute, the England team remained in the minority after Luke Shaw received a second yellow card. At the same time, the Manchester United defender received his first mustard for delaying the game two minutes earlier.

It is also worth noting the match between Portugal and Liechtenstein (4:0), where Al Nasr forward Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record.

Results of March 23

Group C

Italy - England 1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0)

Goals: 0: 1 - 13 Rice, 0: 2 - 44, penalty Kane, 1: 2 - 56 Retegi.

Italy - Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Toloi, Acherbi, Spinazzola, Verratti (Scamacca, 88), Jorginho (Tonali, 69), Barella (Cristante, 62), Pellegrini (Niento, 69), Berardi (Politano, 62), Retegi.

England - Pickford, Walker, Maguire, Stones, Shaw, Phillips, Rice, Bellingham (Gallagher, 85), Grealish (Foden, 69; Trippier, 81), Saka (James, 85), Kane.

Cautions: Rice (29), Di Lorenzo (52), Maguire (57), Jorginho (61), Walker (71), Shaw (78), Acherby (90): Shaw (80).

Northern Macedonia - Malta 2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1)

Goals: 1: 0 - 66 Elmaz, 2: 0 - 72 Churlinov, 2: 1 - 85 Yankam.

North Macedonia - Dimitrievski, Ristovski, Velkoski (Churlinov, 58), Zaikov (Ristevski, 90), Musliu, Aliokski (Ashkovski, 78), Bardi, Elmaz, Atanasov, Trajkovski (Nestorovski, 58), Miovski (Ristovski, 78).

Malta - Bonello, Borg, Apap, Attard, Kamenzuli (Corbalan, 77), Christensen (Yankam, 77), Guillaume, Teuma (Pyber, 84), Mbong, Satariano (Jones, 84), Mbong (Dimek, 67).

Cautions: Christensen (44), Bardy (45), Alioski (47), Miowski (60), Teuma (63), Borg (89), Attard (90), Atanasov (90).

Dismissed: Milewski (90).

Group H

Kazakhstan - Slovenia 1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 2)

Goals: 1:0 - 23 Samorodov, 1:1 - 47 Brekalo, 1:2 - 78 Vipotnik.

Kazakhstan - Shatsky, Gabyshev (Kairov, 68), Maly, Bystrov (Yerlanov, 79), Marochkin, Vorogovsky, Orazov, Samorodov (Islamkhan, 63), Darabaev (Beisebekov, 79), Tagybergen, Aimbetov (Zainutdinov, 63).

Slovenia - Hmara, Karničnik, Blažić (Brekalo, 5), Bijol, Balkovec (Zajc, 46), Stojanović, Verbić (Lovrić, 70), Gorenc-Stanković, Gnezda Čerin, Celar (Vipotnik, 70), Šeško.

Cautions: Stojanovic (45), Bystrov (55), Orazov (66).

Denmark - Finland 3: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1)

Goals: 1:0 - 21 Geilund, 1:1 - 53 Antman, 2:1 - 82 Geilund, 3:1 - 90 Geilund.

Denmark - Schmeichel, Ba, Kjær, Christensen (Nelsson, 18), Mele (Larsen, 65), Nergår, Heibjørg, Jensen (Billing, 77), Damsgår (Darami, 65), Braithwaite (Wind, 77), Geilund.

Finland - Gradetski, Alho, Vähänen, Ivanov, Jensen (Ollila, 74), Lud (Forss, 74), Kamara, Kairinen, Pukki, Pohjanpalo, Antman (Suhonen, 72).

Cautions: Mele (17), Antman (33), Nergor (49), Ollila (78).

Group J

Portugal - Liechtenstein 4: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0)

Goals: 1:0 - 8 João Cancelo, 2:0 - 47 Bernardo Silva, 3:0 - 51, Ronaldo penalty, 4:0 - 63 Ronaldo.

Portugal - Rui Patricio, João Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Inácio, Danilo Pereira (Ruben Neves, 67), Guerreiro, Bruno Fernandes (João Mariu, 90), Bernardo Silva (Vitinha, 79), Palhares, João Felix (Rafael Leão, 67), Ronaldo (Gonçalo Ramos, 78).

Liechtenstein - Büchel, Wolfinger (Yildiz, 80), Malin (Lüchinger, 38), Hofer, Traber, Mayer (Wolfinger, 60), Wieser, Hasler, Frommelt, Seele (Beck, 80), Gassner (Lorenz, 60).

San Marino - Northern Ireland 0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1)

Goals: 0: 1 - 24 Charles, 0: 2 - 55 Charles.

San Marino - Benedettini, Battistini, Di Maio, Fabbri, Rossi (Cevoli, 46), Palazzi (Tosi, 46), Golinucci, Cappioni (Battistini, 72), Lazzari, Berardi (Rinaldi, 60), Nanni (Vitaioli, 85).

Northern Ireland - Peacock-Farrell, Bradley, Cathcart, Brown (Price, 82), Bellard (McGeehan, 67), Lewis (Ferguson, 74), McNair, Charles, Saville (Thompson, 73), Washington (Magennis, 67), Charles.

Cautions: Brown (43).

Slovakia - Luxembourg 0: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0)

Slovakia - Dubravka, Pekaryk (Tomic, 82), Dember, Šatka, Hanko, Kutka, Lobotka, Duda (Benes, 80), Garaslin, Suslov (Mak, 73), Polijevka (Bozénik, 73).

Luxembourg - Maurice, Chanot, Gerson, Pinto, Sinani (Till, 84), Martins Pereira, Barreiro, Bohnert (Rüpil, 84), Olesen (Till, 64), Rodrigues, Borges Sanchez (Jans, 63).

Cautions: Gerson (57), Jans (90).

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Iceland 3: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0)

Goals: 1: 0 - 14 Krunic, 2: 0 - 40 Krunic, 3: 0 - 63 Dedić.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Šehic, Dedić (Hadžikadunić, 72), Milićević, Sanićanin, Ahmedhođić, Gazibegović, Krunic, Hadžiakhmetović (Prcic, 72), Prevljak (Kodro, 67), Demirović (Bilbija, 82), Tahirović (Cimirot, 82).

Iceland - Runarsson, Magnusson, Gretarsson, Oulavsson, Sigurdsson (Anderson, 67), Gudmundsson, Traustason (Thórdarsson, 83), Haraldsson, Paulsson, Finnbogasson (Gudjonsen, 83), Thorsteinnsson (Ellertsson, 67). Cautions: Haraldsson (17), Paulsson (19), Gudmundsson (45), Tahirovic (45), Dedic (64).

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