Noni Madueke scored his first England goal and Martin Odegaard helped Norway run riot on a busy night for our international stars.
England demolished Serbia 5-0 in Belgrade to move one step closer to qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on a special evening for our Three Lions.
Declan Rice helped get the scoring underway with an assist for Harry Kane, before Noni netted his maiden goal for Thomas Tuchel’s team, cutting inside and finishing superbly to round off a flowing team move.
Declan got his second assist of the evening, setting up Marc Guehi in the second half. Ezri Konsa and Marcus Rashford scored the other goals in a big win on the road. Eberechi Eze was an unused substitute while Myles Lewis-Skelly didn’t feature.
But it wasn’t the biggest win of European qualifying as Odegaard skippered Norway to an incredible 11-1 victory over Moldova in Oslo.
Martin created two goals and scored one himself, all before half-time, as the Scandinavian country established a 5-0 first-half lead. Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scored five on the night, with Thelo Aasgaard coming off the bench to score four times. Felix Myhre netted the other on a historic evening at Ullevaal Stadion.
The result comes 24 hours after Italy’s thrilling 5-4 victory over Israel. Riccardo Calafiori was an unused substitute as Sandro Tonali scored a 91st-minute winner. Italy are six points behind Norway at the top of their qualifying group, but have a game in hand.
Over in South America, qualifying came to a close as Piero Hincapie helped keep another clean sheet in Ecuador’s 1-0 win over defending world champions Argentina. Former West Ham forward Enner Valencia scored the only goal of the game as Ecuador finished the campaign in second place with 28 points, conceding the fewest number of goals, five.
Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes did not feature in Brazil’s shock 1-0 defeat in Bolivia.
In under-21 action, Ethan Nwaneri helped the Young Lions get their Euro U21 qualifying campaign off to the perfect start with a Player of the Match display over Kazakhstan. Ethan opened the scoring on the night, with Jobe Bellingham getting the second in Pavlodar. Lee Carsley’s side take on Moldova and Andorra in next month’s qualifying games.
Cristhian Mosquera didn’t feature in Spain U21’s 3-1 victory in Kosovo.
Thursday, September 4
Norway 1-0 Finland
Friendly | Odegaard played 45 minutes
Liechtenstein 0-6 Belgium
World Cup qualifier | Trossard played 23 minutes as a substitute
Bulgaria 0-3 Spain
World Cup qualifier | Merino scored, Zubimendi assisted, Raya an unused sub
Netherlands 1-1 Poland
World Cup qualifier | Timber an unused sub
Gibraltar 0-1 Albania
Friendly | Kacurri played the full 90 minutes
Friday, September 5
Paraguay 0-0 Ecuador
World Cup qualifier | Hincapie played full 90 minutes
Brazil 3-0 Chile
World Cup qualifier | Gabriel played full 90 minutes, Martinelli played 72 minutes
Spain U21 (Mosquera) 3-0 Cyprus
Euro U21 qualifier | Mosquera played full 90 minutes
Italy 5-0 Estonia
World Cup qualifier | Calafiori played full 90 minutes
Slovenia 2-2 Sweden
World Cup qualifier | Gyokeres played full 90 minutes, provided an assist
Saturday, September 6
England 2-0 Andorra
World Cup qualifier | Rice scored and Madueke assisted. Eze and Lewis-Skelly also started at Villa Park
Sunday, September 7
Lithuania 2-3 Netherlands (Timber)
World Cup qualifier | Timber played the last 28 minutes
Belgium 6-0 Kazakhstan
World Cup qualifier | Trossard started, played 63 minutes
Turkey 0-6 Spain
World Cup qualifier | Merino scored a hat-trick, Zubimendi played 72 minutes, Raya an unused substitute
Monday, September 8
Kazakhstan U21 0-2 England U21
Euro U21 Qualifier | Nwaneri scored and won Player of the Match
Israel 4-5 Italy
World Cup qualifier | Calafiori an unused sub
Kosovo 2-0 Sweden
World Cup qualifier | Gyokeres played full 90 minutes
Tuesday, September 9
Kosovo 1-3 Spain U21
Euro U21 qualifier | Mosquera did not feature
Norway 11-1 Moldova
World Cup qualifier | Odegaard scored and assisted twice
Serbia 0-5 England
World Cup qualifier | Madueke scored, Rice provided two assists. Eze an unused sub, Lewis-Skelly not in the squad
Albania 1-0 Latvia
World Cup qualifier | Kacurri not in the squad
Wednesday, September 10
Ecuador 1-0 Argentina
World Cup qualifier | Hincapie played full 90 minutes
Bolivia 1-0 Brazil
World Cup qualifier | Martinelli and Gabriel unused subs
