San Marino 0-10 England: History-making Kane sends Three Lions to Qatar 2022

England
only
needed
a
point
to
be
guaranteed
of
finishing
top
of
Group
I
and
booking
their
place
in
Qatar,
but
a
win
never
looked
in
doubt,
with
Harry
Maguire’s
header
and
Filippo
Fabbri’s
own
goal
preceding
a
four-goal
salvo
from
Kane.

The
Tottenham
striker
became
the
first
England
player
to
score
more
than
12
goals
in
a
calendar
year
with
the
first
of
two
penalties,
and
by
the
end
of
the
half
he
had
gone
from
matching
Jimmy
Greaves’
44
international
goals
to
drawing
level
with
Gary
Lineker
(48)
in
third
on
the
Three
Lions’ all-time
scoring
list.

Emile
Smith
Rowe
marked
his
full
debut
with
a
goal
before
Dante
Rossi
saw
red
for
San
Marino,
with
Tyrone
Mings,
Tammy
Abraham
and
Bukayo
Saka
compounding
San
Marino’s
misery
in
a
non-competitive
game.

Maguire
scored
the
opening
goal
for
the
second
game
running
when
he
headed
Phil
Foden’s
corner
home,
and
in
the
15th
minute
Saka’s
scuffed
shot
was
inadvertently
poked
inside
the
near
post
by
Fabbri.

Kane
converted
from
the
penalty
spot
after
referee
Rade
Obrenovic
penalised
Rossi
for
handling
Foden’s
acrobatic
effort
in
the
box,
and
the
Tottenham
striker
doubled
his
tally
with
a
volley
from
Smith
Rowe’s
delivery.

Kane
completed
a
12-minute
hat-trick
by
drilling
another
spot-kick
–
awarded
after
Alessandro
D’Addario
handled
his
header
–
into
the
top-left
corner,
and
he
made
it
four
before
half-time
with
a
cool
finish
at
the
end
of
a
mazy
run.

Four
first-half
goals,

@HKane?
That’s
insane.

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—
England
(@England)

November
15,
2021

Abraham
was
sent
on
as
one
of
three
half-time
substitutes
and
teed
up
Smith
Rowe
in
the
57th
minute,
with
Mings
looping
a
first
England
goal
home
after
Rossi
was
shown
a
second
yellow
card
for
tripping
debutant
Conor
Gallagher.

Jude
Bellingham
had
a
maiden
England
strike
of
his
own
chalked
off
following
a
VAR
review
two
minutes
later,
but
Abraham
steered
in
a
majestic
half-volley
and
Saka
nodded
in
a
10th
to
complete
the
scoring
in
the
79th
minute.

What
does
it
mean?
Records
tumble
for
Kane
and
England

The
new
record
for
England
goals
in
a
calendar
year
now
stands
at
16
after
Kane
moved
clear
of
George
Hilsdon
(in
1908)
and
Dixie
Dean
(in
1927)
with
a
clinical
first-half
display.

He
became
just
the
fourth
player
to
hit
a
hat-trick
in
consecutive
Three
Lions
appearances
and
the
first
to
score
four
goals
in
a
single
game
since
Ian
Wright
in
November
1993
–
also
against
San
Marino.

England
racked
up
six
in
the
first
half
for
the
first
time
since
an
8-2
win
over
Netherlands
in
1946
and
finished
with
10
for
the
first
time
since
beating
the
United
States
by
the
same
scoreline
in
1964.

Southgate
brings
in
more
fresh
blood

By
handing
Aaron
Ramsdale
and
Gallagher
their
first
England
caps
against
San
Marino,
Gareth
Southgate
has
now
given
50
players
their
senior
international
debut.
The
last
Three
Lions
manager
to
do
that
was
Bobby
Robson
(64).

Smith
Rowe
at
home

Smith
Rowe
became
the
first
Arsenal
player
to
score
on
his
first
start
for
England
since
Paul
Merson
in
March
1992.
He
was
also
the
18th
different
England
goalscorer
in
2021
–
the
most
the
Three
Lions
have
ever
had
in
a
single
calendar
year.

What’s
next?

There
is
nothing
in
the
schedule
for
either
team
in
the
next
international
break,
though
the
focus
will
be
friendly
matches
to
build
up
to
the
World
Cup.