England escapes embarrassment
Fans whistle national team – Thomas Tuchel rages
Updated on 07.06.2025 – 8:27 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
England had long struggled with the football dwarf from Andorra. Then captain Harry Kane grabs the house -high favorites shortly after the break.
With an extremely tough competent victory, Thomas Tuchel and the English national team remain on course in the World Cup qualification. The German coach led the Vice European Champion on Saturday in Barcelona to a non-convincing 1-0 (0-0) against the clear outsider Andorra, number 173 of the FIFA world rankings.
England, however, is a clear leader of the group K with nine points from three games, in which the “Three Lions” had already beat Latvia (3-0) and Albania (2-0) in the first course under Tuchel. Fourth opponent is Serbia.
Tuchel offered Harry Kane and Jew Bellingham in the stadium of Espanyol, he also surprised with the first use for Jordan Henderson for more than a year and a half. On the other hand, the selection was far less exquisite: Pau Babot from fifth -class Hanauer SC in the Hessenliga in the defensive midfield of Andorra’s rackled. The 21-year-old missed the district cup final.
England had the possession of 90 percent and plenty of chances, but at half -time it was still 0-0. The fans accompanied their team into the cabin with whistles, Tuchel stormed to the sidelines and vigorously demanded more consistency.
When the possibility of an embarrassment began to indicate a disgrace, Kane scored from a shortest distance-it was the third goal of the Bayern star in the third duel of the World Cup qualification. The English game remained weak, despite continuing to superiority. Andorra even got a chance of compensation from Guillaume Silvain Lopez (75th minute) from the national champion Inter Club d’Escaldes.
Saving Kane admitted after the game that an increase is necessary, even if the international matches in June were never easy at the end of a long season. “It is not a game that many will remember. We had good phases, take the three points and continue,” said the 31-year-old at the station ITV.