England took the lead through its own goal from Christian Garcia. Declan Rice scored the second goal. Although the world champion of 1966 missed many opportunities, especially shortly after the break, the team rarely impressed.
England leads the group with 12 points after four duels. Serbia is second with 7 points from three duels. That team won the away match against Latvia (0-1). Dusan Vlahovic scored the only goal. Serbia receives England in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Portugal scores Jota five times in the first international match after death
The football players of Portugal have won the first international match since the death of their teammate Diogo Jota. They scored five times against Armenia during a match in Yerevan: 0-5. The match started with a minute of silence for Jota, the Portuguese attacker of Liverpool who died with his brother two months ago due to a traffic accident. Ireland and Hungary are the other teams in group F.
Ruben Neves is wearing good friend Diogo Jota forever on the field thanks to tattoo on calf
João Félix headed Portugal in the tenth minute. After his goal he pointed with both hands towards heaven. Cristiano Ronaldo and João Cancelo also scored in the first half of the game in the qualifying tournament for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Cancelo previously with the so -called ‘Game Celebration’ Jota.
The 40-year-old Ronaldo scored his 140th goal in 222 international matches shortly after the break. Then Félix also scored for the second time (0-5).