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FINAL MEETING vs. MONTENEGRO
  Thursday, 14 November 2019
2020 UEFA European Championship Group A qualification match


England 7 Montenegro 0 [5-0]
 



Players lost since last match
Bert Mozley (28 October) 96

The National Stadium connected by EE, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Kick-off (GMT): 7.45pm

Attendance: 77,277

Mason Mount kicked off 92 minutes 45:01 & 47:02
[1-0] Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 11 10:19
 right-footed strike across the goalkeeper from edge of 6-yard box following a Ben Chilwell pass
[2-0] Harry Kane header 18 17:54
 6-yard header into bottom right corner from a Ben Chilwell left-sided free-kick

[3-0] Harry Kane header 24 23:49
 6-yard headed into the ground and then centre of goal from a Ben Chilwell corner
[4-0] Marcus Rashford 30 29:18
 directed his right-footed shot from 12 yards after he picked up Harry Maguire's saved header

[5-0] Harry Kane 37 36:12 HAT-TRICK
 6-yard right-footed strike from a Trent Alexander-Arnold right-sided cross
 
[5-0] Mason Mount scores with a tap-in disallowed:offside
[6-0] Aleksander Šofranac own goal 66 65:26
 
diverted into the net with his shin from 3 yards after Mason Mount struck the ball goalwards
[7-0] Tammy Abraham 84 83:43
 
stretched his right leg to divert Jadon Sancho''s cross in from 5-yards
 
  Marko Večović 33 32:05
   
Commentator: Clive Tyldesley with Glenn Hoddle
  

Match Summary

Officials from Spain England Squad

Type

Montenegro Squad
Referee (sky blue)
Antonio Mateu Lahoz

 42 (12 March 1977), Valencia, FIFA-listed 2011.
17 Goal Attempts 6
11 Attempts on Target 2
Assistant Referees 0 Hit Bar/Post 0
Pau Cebrián Devís
40 (15 May 1979), Valencia
Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar
43 (29 April 1976).
7 Corner Kicks Won 3
Fourth official
Xavier Estrada
Fernández
43 (27 January 1976)
, Lleida, FIFA-listed 2011

UEFA Delegate - Jozef Kliment, 55 (29 May 1964),Slovakia
2 Offside Calls Against 2
13 Fouls Conceded 6
63% Possession 37%
  

England Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (24th October 2019) 4th
EFO ranking Group One (2nd)
ELO rating 12th
Colours: The Nike 2018 home uniform - White v-necked jerseys with red trim on collar, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Harry Kane ²⁴
23rd, W 14 - D 4 - L 5 - F 59 - A 24.
Harry Maguire 57th min.
Manager: Gareth Southgate, 49 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November 2016.
fortieth match, W 23 - D 9 - L 8 - F 83 - A 33.
new record goalscoring captain
England Lineup
1 Pickford, Jordan L. 25
252 days
7 March 1994 G Everton FC 24 23ᵍᵃ
2
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J. 21
38 days
7 October 1998 RB/
RM
Liverpool FC 8 1
3
Chilwell, Benjamin J. 22
328 days
21 December 1996 LB Leicester City FC 10 0
4 Winks, Harry B. 23
285 days
2 February 1996 CM Tottenham Hotspur FC 5 0
5 Stones, John 25
170 days
28 May 1994 RCD Manchester City FC 39 2
6 Maguire, J. Harry 26
254 days
5 March 1993 LCD Manchester United FC 25 1
7
Sancho, Jadon M. 19
234 days
25 March 2000 RF Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany 11 2
8
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexander M.D., off 56th min. 26
91 days
15 August 1993 RM Liverpool FC 34 7
9 Kane, Harry E., off 57th min. 26
109 days
28 July 1993

 
CF


Tottenham Hotspur FC 44
31
the 88th (51st post-war) hattrick scored. the ninth player to score thirty goals for England
the second quickest to do so
scored in 7 successive comp. matches (=record)
10 Mount, Mason T., off 70th min. 20
308 days
10 January 1999 LM Chelsea FC 5 0
11
Rashford, Marcus 22
14 days
31 October 1997 LF Manchester United FC 37 9
England Substitutes
scoreline: England 5 Montenegro 0
1245 19 Maddison, James D. on 56th min. (55:45) for Oxlade-Chamberlain 22
356 days
23 November 1996
RM

Leicester City FC 1 0
the 21st Leicester player to represent England
22 Bakumo-Abraham, K.O. Tamaraebi, on 57th min. (56:01) for Kane 22
43 days
2 October 1997

CF
 

Chelsea FC
 
4
 
1      1
3
 
93rd goal scored by an England substitute the twentieth player to score his first goal as a substitute
15 Gomez, Joseph D., on 70th min (69:55) for Mount 22
175 days
23 May 1997 RB Liverpool FC 8 6 0
2
result: England 7 Montenegro 0
unused substitutes: 12-Kieran Trippier, 13-Nick Pope, 14-Danny Rose, 16-Tyrone Mings, 17-Fikayo Tomori, 18-Declan Rice, 20-Callum Hudson-Odoi, 21-Callum Wilson, 23-Dean Henderson.
team notes: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's father, Mark Chamberlain, also played for England (1982-84).
records: This is England's 150th qualification victory.
The first time England have scored seven goals since scoring eight against San Marino in March 2013.
Harry Kane's records of scoring in seven competitive matches in a row, equals the record set by Wayne Rooney in October 2014-September 2015.
Kane has also now scored in four consecutive matches at the National Stadium, the second player to achieve the record, but still one behind the record set by Wayne Rooney in 2014-15. He is also the first England player to score three, then four goals, against Montenegro.
Abraham's goal the 21st goal by a substitute at the new National Stadium.
The 34th goal scored by a substitute in qualification history.

the hattrick:

The first time England have scored three hat-tricks in a calendar year since 1964.
The first time they have scored two hat-tricks in a season since 1965-66.
Harry Kane's third hattrick puts him fifth in the all time hattrick list & sixth in the goalscoring charts.
In all his three hattricks, he has been replaced shortly after, making him the most replaced hatrician, it is ninth overall. It is also the thirteenth time the captain has scored a hattrick.
The fourth hattrick under the Wembley arch, but the 21st at Wembley overall.
 
4-3-3 Pickford -
Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell -
Oxlade-Chamberlain
(Maddison), Winks, Mount (Gomez) -
Sancho, Kane
(Abraham), Rashford
Averages (Starting XI): Age 23 years 256 days Appearances/Goals 22.4     4.4
youngest starting XI since October 1959
youngest starting XI in 2019-20
(Southgate's youngest team)
 

Montenegro Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (24th October 2019) 61st
EFO ranking
n/a
ELO rating
76th-78th
Colours: Made by Legea - Red v-neck collared shirts with red/yellow sleeves, yellow collar with red wings, red shorts with yellow side trim, red socks with yellow hoop.
Capt: Fatos Bećiraj Manager: Faruk Hadžibegić, 62 (7 October 1957 in Sarajevo), appointed 25 July 2019.
fifth match, W 1 - D 1 - L 3 - F 2 - A 13
Montenegro Lineup
12 Mijatović, Milan 32
111 days
26 July 1987 G PFC Levski Sofia, Bulgaria 9 0
7 Večović, Marko 28
78 days
28 August 1991 RB Legia Warszawa SA, Poland
 
29
 
2
 
33rd min. after he kicked Rashford at the corner, then moved his head towards him.
     
20 Šofranac, Aleksander 29
24 days
21 October 1990 CD FK Sutjeska 5 0
56th own goal scored for England
     
22 Simić, Marko 32
151 days
16 June 1987
in Obrenovac, Yugoslavia
CD Paxtakor Toshkent Fk, Uzbekistan 41 1
3 Radunović, Risto, off half time 27
194 days
4 May 1992 LB AFC Astra Giurgiu, Romania 5 0
8 Hočko, Deni 25
206 days
22 April 1994 RM Royal Excel Mouscron, Belgium 4 0
5 Lagator, Dušan 25
230 days
29 March 1994 CM PFC Sochi, Russia 3 0
4 Vukčević, Nikola 27
43 days
13 December 1991 LM Levante Unión Deportiva, Spain 39 1
16 Jovović, Vladimir, off 65th min. 25
19 days
26 October 1994 RF FK Jablonec, Czech Republic 31 0
17 Hakžabanović, Sead, off 74th min. 20
194 days
4 May 1999
in Hyltebruk, Sweden
CF IFK Norrköping, Sweden, on loan from West Ham United FC, England 7 0
11 Bećiraj, Fatos 31
193 days
5 May 1988
in Peć, Yugoslavia
LF Maccabi Netanya FC, Israel 68 9
most apps
Montenegro Substitutes
scoreline: England 5 Montenegro 0
2 Raspopović, Momčilo, on half time for Radunović 25
241 days
18 March 1994 RB HNK Rijeka, Croatia 1 0
23 Janković, Branislav, on 65th min. (64:39) for Jovović 27
279 days
8 February 1992 RF FK Sutjeska 6 0
scoreline: England 6 Montenegro 0
21 Boljević, Aleksandar, on 74th min. (73:52) for Hakžabanović 23
337 days
12 December 1995 CF Royal Standard de Liége, Belgium 16 0
result: England 7 Montenegro 0
unused substitutes: 1-Danijel Petković, 6-Boris Kopitović, 9-Stefan Mugoša, 13-Matija Šarkić, 14-Nemanja Sekulić, 15-Igor Vujačić, 18-Damir Kojašević, 19-Darko Bulatović, 21-Aleksandar Boljević, 23-Branislav Janković.

manager Faruk Hadžibegić played for Yugoslavia against England in November 1986, November 1987 and December 1989

 
4-3-3 Mijatović -
Večović, Šofranac, Simić, Radunović (Raspopović) -
Hočko, Lagator,
Vukčević -
Jovović
(Janković), Hakšabanović (Boljević), Bećiraj
Averages (Starting XI): Age 27 years 292 days Appearances/Goals 21.9 1.2
 
    Match Report by Mike Payne

England needed just a point from this match to go through to next year’s Euro Finals, and although in reality, there are no easy International matches, this one proved that, occasionally, there is.  England won at a canter, and especially in the first-half, the team showed how clinical they can be.  They certainly turned on the style in this, the 1,000th England International.

Montenegro began in lively fashion, winning an early corner and pushing forward well.  As England grew into the match however, the play settled down to virtual one-way traffic.  Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was in the thick of the action from the start and an early cross was cut out by goalkeeper, Milan Mijatović.  Two minutes later a super run and cross from Jadon Sancho so nearly reached Harry Kane, only to be thwarted by a terrific last-ditch clearance by Aleksander Sofranac.  As England continued to press hard, a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross was again cut out by the overworked Montenegro defence.  On 11 minutes though, England took the lead, and it was a fine goal too.

Ben Chilwell, on a forward run, sent a delightful chipped pass out to Oxlade-Chamberlain, unmarked on the right.  The Liverpool player showed his club form and  confidence by taking one touch, before then drilling a right-foot shot into the far corner.  It was a good build up, lovely pass, and great finish, a super goal all round.

The pressure continued from England as another good run and cross from Sancho was saved by the keeper after Kane’s weak header did not trouble him.  Just to make sure England were concentrating, a good break from Marko Vesović was only stopped at the expense of a corner, a reminder to England’s defence that they still had to be alert, even though they were dominating the play.  A minute later and a fine England move almost brought goal number two.  This time Kane was the provider as he and Oxlade-Chamberlain combined to send Marcus Rashford bursting into the box.  He hit a hard drive which the goalkeeper blocked with his chest to divert the ball for a corner.  Moments later, and England won a free-kick on the left.  Chilwell took the kick and there was Kane, running in unmarked to head home from close range.  It was a well-taken goal, but woeful defending from the Montenegro players, who were all at sea, and becoming more and more overwhelmed by England’s attacking power.

Every now and again though, the visitors made a lively break, and in one move down the right, Rashford’s pace came in handy as he tracked back to stop a promising burst.  However, it was already clear that there was only going to be one outcome in this match and on 24 minutes England added a third goal.  Once again it was Chilwell, with a hat-trick of assists, this time taking a corner, which was headed home by Kane.  The Tottenham striker was really starting to enjoy this match and had now boosted his England goals tally to go equal with England legends Tom Finney, Nat Lofthouse and Alan Shearer on 30 goals.

In the 27th minute, Chilwell was involved again, this time at the other end.  He gave away a free-kick out on the right-wing and from the cross Marko Simic put in a fine header.  Somehow though, Jordan Pickford, who had hardly touched the ball thus far, dived to his left to pull of a fantastic save, tipping the ball around the post.

After that slight scare, England were quickly back on the attack.  The pass of the night from Alexander-Arnold to Sancho, down the right, helped win a corner.  The corner was played short and found Oxlade-Chamberlain sending over another inviting cross.  It was met by Harry Maguire and his header was brilliantly blocked by Mijatović, but the ball rebounded out to Rashford, who quickly adjusted his feet, sent defenders the wrong way, before planting a fine shot into the far corner.  Another fine goal and one the Manchester United player deserved as he had been a real handful for the visiting defence.

Frustration started to get the better of Montenegro and one minor confrontation between Rashford and Vesović ended with both players being booked.  England continued to push forward, and it was so easy for them, winning possession back quickly each time they lost the ball.  Harry Winks was doing some fine work in midfield, hustling and bustling to win the ball.  Kane shot well wide in one attack but the striker was not to be denied and on 37 minutes he completed his hat-trick with another terrific goal.  Alexander-Arnold’s cross was deflected to Kane right in front of goal.  A lovely touch, and as a defender dived in from his left, Kane turned the ball back the other way to beat the goalkeeper again.  It was a very clever goal by Kane and he is now in clear sixth place in the all-time goalscoring list, a fitting record for this special night.

As good as England are going forward they are still prone to the odd lapse at the back and with five minutes of the half left Montenegro should have pulled a goal back.  A through pass split the two England defenders John Stones and Maguire, leaving a clear run on goal for Fatos Beciraj.  He really should have scored but Pickford stood tall and the forward shot straight at him, the ball bouncing clear off the keeper’s hands and chest.  The follow-up attempt was fluffed and the chance was lost.  The first-half ended with one more shot by Rashford deflected wide and a 5-0 half-time score was no less than England deserved.

As often happens in these sort of one-sided games, the half-time break largely put an end to the excitement.  You always know that when the crowd start a Mexican wave!  A quiet start to the half, but with England still dominating possession.  On 55 minutes it looked as though Mason Mount was to register his first England goal after Kane’s shot was saved and Mount forced home the rebound.  Unfortunately the Chelsea man was flagged offside, much to his obvious disappointment.

Time for changes as Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kane were applauded off and on came James Maddison and Tammy Abraham to replace them, Maddison making his debut.  On 62 minutes Maguire headed yet another Chilwell corner over the bar, but four minutes later a powerful run by Rashford saw the ballade Sancho, fall to Mount, who scuffed his shot, only to then see Sofranac crash his attempted clearance past his own goalkeeper!  That was the last thing the visitors needed and England began to create lots of chances again.  Mount went off to be replaced by Joe Gomez, who was quite unfairly and unnecessarily booed by a section of the crowd, for what reason only those morons that did it could tell you.  Sometimes you do wonder about football fans, do they never learn?

England continued to push forward, although, understandably, without quite the same intensity as in the first-half, but on 84 minutes they added a seventh goal.  Once more Chilwell began the move with a pass to Sancho.  The winger ran to the bye-line before pulling the ball across goal for Abraham to score his first England goal, continuing his fine club form this season.  And that was the last positive action of the game.  England had done the job more effectively than anyone could have asked.  They played some lovely football, scored some wonderful goals and have qualified for next year’s finals with a game to spare.  Who could ask for more in this very special 1,000th game?
    

Source Notes

TheFA.com
BBC Sport
Clive Tyldesley
UEFA.com
 


Mike Payne - football historian and contributor
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