WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS : ENGLAND VS LATVIA – 24/03/2025 (PHOTO – HARRY KANE CELEBRATES)

WHAT A NIGHT FOR ENGLAND LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST LATVIA! ENGLAND MADE 686 PASSES, WITH A 94% PASS ACCURACY, (PLUS 74% POSSESSION) AND HAD 27 SHOTS, WITH 8 ON TARGET, INCLUDING WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A “BECKHAMESQUE WONDERGOAL” FROM REECE JAMES AT 38 MINS, WHEN HE CURLED IN A FREE-KICK RIGHT OVER THE LATVIAN WALL AND DOWN INTO THE BACK OF THE NET! IT WAS AMAZING! IT WAS HARRY KANE’S TURN NEXT WITH A CLASS ACT AT 68 MINS.

REECE JAMES CELEBRATES HIS ‘WONDERGOAL’

AND THEN OVER TO EBERECHI EZE, WHO CAME ON FROM THE BENCH JUST AFTER AN HOUR, WITH SHEER DELIGHT ON HIS FACE

EBERECHI EZE (R) AND ENGLAND CELEBRATE HIS CRACKING GOAL

AND, WITH SOME CREATIVE PLAY, SCORED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AT 76 MINS. LATVIA WERE NO WALK-OVER THOUGH, AND THEIR VIGILANT, WELL-ORGANISED PLAY AND SHEER RESISTANCE HAD ENGLAND FRUSTRATED AT TIMES. THEY MADE 257 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 3 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE GAME CULMINATED IN AN EXCITING 3 – 0 WIN FOR ENGLAND, AND ANOTHER GREAT START TO THESE WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS (AND THOMAS TUCHEL’S TENURE!)

WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS