Euro qualifiers

Minute-by-minute report: Harry Kane became his country's all-time record goalscorer as England won in Italy for the first time since 1961.

[England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) again. [England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) share first spot in the group with the Macedonians. We’d previously been informed that he’d gone into the book for a row with Spoinazzola, but as he’s not also been shown a red, turns out that was nonsense. The ball pings out for another corner. Di Lorenzo goes over in the environs of Trippier. 90 min +4: Tonali swings in from the left. [England](https://www.theguardian.com/football/england) shirt back on … Gnonto down the left. It wasn’t perfect, of course: England lost Luke Shaw to a couple of quickfire yellows, and perhaps more worryingly lost a bit of momentum in that second half; they really should have put the game to bed with their dominant first-half display. 90 min +5: Tonali probes down the right. I was so excited to put the England captain and all-time record goalscorer Harry Kane speaks to Channel 4.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a world record-breaking 197th Portugal appearance and Harry Kane became England's top scorer as their sides kicked off EURO 2024 ...

[Belarus vs Switzerland](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036307--belarus-vs-switzerland/) (18:00), [Andorra vs Romania](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036309--andorra-vs-romania/), [Israel vs Kosovo](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036308--israel-vs-kosovo/) [Armenia vs Türkiye](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036296--armenia-vs-turkiye/) (18:00), [Croatia vs Wales](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036297--croatia-vs-wales/) [Scotland vs Cyprus](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036290--scotland-vs-cyprus/) (15:00), [Spain vs Norway](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036291--spain-vs-norway/) [Bulgaria vs Montenegro](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036302--bulgaria-vs-montenegro/) (18:00), [Serbia vs Lithuania](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036303--serbia-vs-lithuania/) [Austria vs Azerbaijan](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036301--austria-vs-azerbaijan/), [Sweden vs Belgium](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036300--sweden-vs-belgium/) [Maxim Samorodov scored the first goal of the European Qualifiers for EURO 2024, putting Kazakhstan ahead at home against Slovenia. [Czechia vs Poland](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036298--czechia-vs-poland/), [Moldova vs Faroe Islands](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036299--moldova-vs-faroe-islands/) [France vs Netherlands](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036292--france-vs-netherlands/), [Gibraltar vs Greece](https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036293--gibraltar-vs-greece/) The 20-year-old Atalanta forward steered Alexander Bah's delivery into the far corner to give the Danes a deserved lead midway through the first half. The influential João Cancelo lashed in a deflected strike from the edge of the box after eight minutes to give Portugal the lead on Roberto Martínez's debut as coach but Liechtenstein, and particularly keeper Benjamin Büchel, worked hard to keep their hosts at bay until the break. Mateo Retegui, winning his first Azzurri cap, made life difficult for the visitors with a crisp finish soon after the interval and Luke Shaw's dismissal for a second bookable offence with ten minutes to go made England's task harder still, but they held on for a first win against the Azzurri on Italian soil since 1961. Harry Kane struck his 54th international goal to break the national goalscoring record as England held on for an ultimately nervy win in Naples.

It was a record-breaking night for Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane as qualifying for the European Championship in 2024 got underway.

The teams have met since then — twice, in fact, with Italy gaining a win and a draw in Nations League qualifying last year. Russia is banned by UEFA from competing in qualifying for Euro 2024. A 1-1 draw with Iran in Tehran was played in front of 78,000 spectators and comes after months of Russia seeking closer ties with the Asian Football Confederation. 197 in Portugal's 4-0 win over Liechtenstein. The striker was left out of Portugal's last matches at the World Cup but was selected up front alongside Joao Felix — and repaid the faith shown in him by Martinez, who left his role as Belgium after the tournament in Qatar. The meeting with Italy in Naples was a repeat of the Euro 2020 final won by the Azzurri at Wembley Stadium.

Harry Kane became Englands all-time record goalscorer as Gareth Southgates side put their World Cup frustration behind them and kicked off Euro ...

There was a flurry of bookings and tensions began to fray as the clock wound down, with Shaw sent off with 10 minutes remaining. Unfortunately, some visiting fans chanted the same at points during the first half. Kieran Trippier, Reece James and Conor Gallagher were introduced as England went to a back five and successfully strangled the life out of the match. The left-back was booked in the 78th minute for timewasting and handed another for a challenge on Retegui. That goal was no less than England deserved given a first-half display that should have brought a third in stoppage time, only for Grealish to inexplicably hit across the face of an open goal from a Kane cross. Saka sent over the resulting corner and Kane saw a shot at the far post blocked, only for Rice to swivel and lash home the loose ball in the 13th minute.