At 3:45 a.m. on November 21, Beijing time, in the 10th round of Group C of the European Cup qualifiers, England, which had qualified ahead of schedule and locked the first place in the group, played away against North Macedonia. In the first half, Joshua Baldi missed a penalty and scored from the spot, while in the second half, Kane came off the bench to create an own goal. In the end, England drew 1-1 away at North Macedonia.
In the third minute, a cross from the left side of the England penalty area was sent by Watkins from close range, and the defender stretched out his foot behind him to clear the ball off the line. In the 15th minute, Grealish knocked back from outside the left touchline of the penalty area, and Rice volleyed from the left side of the edge of the penalty area, and the ball hit the right post and bounced back into the field.
In the 24th minute, Maguire made a mistake in the back pass and was broken by the opponent to launch a counterattack, and then Maguire quickly returned to the penalty area and destroyed the ball from the opponent's feet. In the 29th minute, Foden crossed the left side of the field into the box, and the North Macedonian goalkeeper confiscated the ball before the player grabbed the spot.
In the 40th minute, Rico Lewis hit Miowski in the face with his hand during a tussle in the penalty area, Miowski covered his face and fell to the ground, and the referee awarded a penalty. Baldi took the penalty and hit the right and it was saved by Pickford, but he then quickly scored to give North Macedonia a 1-0 lead!
In first-half stoppage time, Rico Lewis' long-range shot from the top of the box was confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper. Then, at the end of the first half, North Macedonia went into the break with a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, Saka burst into the penalty area with the ball on the right side and crossed from the back foot, Grealish scored at the back point, but the goal was invalidated due to offside. In the 58th minute, England made a substitution, Kane came on to replace Watkins.
1 minute later, England won a corner kick on the right side, after passing into the penalty area, Kane grabbed a point in the middle of the penalty area, and under the pressure of Kane, the defending Atanasov accidentally pushed the ball into his own door, staged an own goal, 1-1, England equalized!
In the 70th minute, England's attack on the left was disrupted, and Saka's volley from the middle of the box was blocked by a defender. In the 79th minute, England's front field split in the middle, and Grealish inserted a cross from the left side of the penalty area and flew out of the bottom line.
In the 84th minute, England made three changes in a row, with Phillips, Marcus Rashford and Palmer coming on for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jack Grealish and Bukayo Saka. In the 88th minute, North Macedonia made a 45-degree cross from the left, and Serafimov's header in the middle of the penalty area was slightly high.
There was no success from either side, and the game ended shortly after, with England drawing 1-1 away at North Macedonia.
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