45.
21:37
Half -time conclusion:
The English national team leads 1-0 against Albania for the break. In the first 15 minutes, Thomas Tuchel’s team had almost 90 percent possession of the ball on his debut on the sidelines, but no ideas in the game. Defachant Myles Lewis-Skelly from FC Arsenal completed the lead after a brilliant pass from Jude Bellingham with the first shot on goal. After the goal, the guests from Albania gradually woke up. The most dangerous situation, however, came from Dan Burn, who headed a cross from the right side to his own crossbar. Shortly before the break, it was the English again with three good opportunities to expand the lead. Strakosha and the crossbeam prevented this and keep Albania in the game.
45.
21:33
End 1st half
44.
21:32
Jasir Asani tries it from 25 meters with a long -range shot. However, he slips under distress and therefore does not hit the ball at all. As a result, the ball sails far past the goal.
42.
21:30
The Albanians clarify the first corner kick for another, and it is really dangerous! Burn comes to the header on the long post, his attempt ends up on the crossbar in Parade from Strakosha and then in the goal. The third corner kick in a row then brings no danger. Shortly before the break, England pushes again on the accelerator pedal, but the second goal is denied to you.
40.
21:28
Double chance England! Walker breaks through the right and brings a flank to the five -meter space, where Bellingham fails with his head on the shiny reacting stracosha. However, the keeper fends off the ball forward, so that the rushing Harry Kane comes to a margin at the penalty point. In these, two Albanian defenders with success and falsify the shot to the corner.
38.
21:26
So far, the almost 90,000 fans in the Wembley Stadium have had little reason to be happy. The mood is limited to the game that is rippling.
35.
21:24
Another ten minutes until the break, the game has only a few highlights ready. With the lead in the back, the English could actually play a little more freely, but the team does not succeed so far. But this is also due to the guests from Albania, who are now more and more into play and sometimes keep the ball in their own ranks.
34.
21:22
Bellingham and Rashford play a double pass on the left, the former Dortmund comes to a close angle. Strakosha can parry the attempt with a strong leg defense.
32.
21:20
Yellow card for consultation Djimsiti (Albania)
The Albanian captain sees the yellow card with the referee due to a discussion that is too harsh.
32.
21:20
After a throw -in, Balliu brings a cross from the right side that the Albanians always try to play. However, the cross finds no buyer.
30.
21:17
Albania has been significantly higher in the last few minutes and tries to keep the English away from their own goal. So far, the resulting rooms have not yet been properly used to play the Three Lions.
27.
21:15
The Albanians are awarded a free kick in their own half, which they quickly run. The guests play out the counterattack over the left side, the cross is beheaded by Dan Burn with an arch lamp onto his latte before clarifying the ball in the second attempt to the corner. This then brings no danger. That was the first, offensive bright spot of the Albanians who now also want to take part in the game.
26.
21:13
The game has not changed despite the leadership. England continues to have the ball, Albania is still deep. It does not currently look like the guests can keep up with their opponent.
22.
21:10
Measured on the game shares, the leadership is of course completely okay for the hosts – even if it was the first shot on the goal that fidgets directly on the net. How do the Albanians react to this goal?
19.
21:07
Tooor for England, 1-0 by Myles Lewis-Skelly
For the first time, the English manage to get behind the defense of the guests and the ball is already in the goal. Jude Bellingham plays a wonderful steep pass into the penalty area on the debutant Lewis-Skelly, which gets some space due to his good walk. Despite the storming stracosha, the Arsenal player stays cool and pushes the ball through his legs into the goal.
17.
21:05
After a successful dribbling from Rashford against two opponents, the ball ends up in the penalty area with Harry Kane. The Bayern striker puts the ball a little too far, which gives the Albanian defense in the network in between and spikes the ball off the foot. That was a touch of danger, but it is not enough for a degree.
16.
21:03
Foden is looking for Kane with a flank from the right side, but only finds the head of Arlind Ajeti. The central defender heads the ball out of the danger zone.
14.
21:01
A whopping 88 percent possession of the ball is in the first few minutes for Thomas Tuchel’s team. However, she does not yet find a gap in the Albanian bulwark. A Harry Kane, who wants to carry the balls from the midfield again and again, no remedy.
11.
20:58
Rashford gets the ball played out on the left side and is looking for a teammate in the back of the defense on the edge of the penalty. There, however, he only finds one Albanian defender who can clarify the ball.
10.
20:57
The first defender for Albania is Myrto Uzuni, who starts starting the opponent in his own half. In the first ten minutes, the expected game develops: England has a lot from the ball, the guests first protect their own goal.
7.
20:54
Kyle Walker goes to the ground in a duel on the outer line, but does not get a free kick. The opponent’s contact was definitely given, but the Spanish referee does not see any foul.
6.
20:53
With a long ball on Bellingham, the hosts reach the guests’ first time. However, the passport is too far, the experienced Strakosha in the Gate of the Albanians catches the ball safely.
5.
20:52
Albania also makes no institutions to move out. The guests are deep. So far, they have succeeded in closing the English pass paths.
3.
20:50
England plays under Tuchel with a chain of four, in which the two debutants Burn and Lewis-Skelly form the left side. The Three Lions with a lot of possession of the ball in the first sequences, which gives them the guests deep into their own half.
1.
20:48
After a minute of the applause for the recently deceased world champion from 1966, George Eastham, the encounter with the kick -off through the guests starts. They play in black, the English completely in white.
1.
20:47
Start of the game
20:40
The team is now leading the teams around the captains Harry Kane and Djimsiti on the lawn. After the two national anthems it starts!
20:39
The referee of today’s game is Alejandro José Hernández Hernández. The Spanish referee team complete the assistants José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo, the fourth official is called Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz. Var is César Soto Grado, it is assisted by Valentín Pizarro Gómez.
20:30
In qualification for the 2022 World Cup, England and Albania also met – the last two encounter between these nations. England won both games and stayed without a goal (5: 0, 2: 0). Bayern striker Harry Kane scored four of the seven goals and would like to further improve his balance sheet against Albania today. Today’s guests are about finally scoring a goal against England – and hopefully also taking something countable from Wembley.
20:15
There is more continuity on the coaching bench with today’s opponent of the English. The Braslilian Sylvinho has been a coach of the “Kuq e Zinjtë” since the beginning of 2023. At the European Championship in the Ganganen Year, the team was already out with two draws and one defeat in the group phase. The opponents were called Italy, Croatia and Spain – a difficult group in which the Albanians banged Wacker. In order to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, it is probably necessary to leave Serbia behind. England is considered the clear favorite in Group K, in which Latvia and Andorra also compete. Place 1 means direct qualification, the second place entitled to participate in the play-offs.
20:00
It is the first game of the Three Lions under her new head coach Thomas Tuchel. The 51-year-old German is the only third foreigner who is responsible for this office. Tuchel was not satisfied with the way the team under its predecessor Gareth Southgate reached the 2024 European Championship final. He expressed his displeasure in an interview with the television station ITV: “In my eyes, they were more afraid to get out of the tournament than to win the enthusiasm and hunger.” Under his direction there is a new, fresh wind: “We want to play with the hunger and the joy of winning – and not to lose fear”. Tuchel also makes two players their debut in the national team. The two defensive players Dan Burn (Newcastle United) and Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) are on the pitch right from the start.
19:45
Welcome to the 1st matchday of the qualification for the 2026 World Cup. In Group K, England meets at 8.45 p.m. in the sold-out Wembley Stadium in Albania.