THE WEMBLEY WAY
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of England’s World Cup Qualifier with Andorra.
Just fifty-six days on from penalty shootout heartbreak in the final of the European Championships, the Three Lions are back at Wembley and back on their pursuit of long-awaited tournament glory.
And Gareth Southgate’s team have already picked up in this international break where they left off in the summer, impressing on the pitch and displaying defiance in the face of discrimination.
Thursday’s 4-0 win in Hungary was as notable for how the players reacted after scoring, and it’s a result that has them top of the pile in Group I on a maximum 12 points from their four games so far.
With a trip to their nearest challengers, Poland, still on this week’s agenda, the England head coach is expected to rotate heavily here.
That should mean a chance for the likes of Conor Coady, Jude Bellingham and Reece James to impress, and there may even be a first cap for Leeds United forward Patrick Bamford.
We’re often told that there are no easy games in international football, but a visit from Andorra surely comes close.
The European minnows have lost 55 of their previous 57 away games in World Cup qualifiers, and still dine out on their stalemate with Macedonia back in 2005, and a more recent draw in Albania two years ago.
Quite simply, anything other than a comfortable England victory would be a shock so strap yourselves in.
Confirmation of today’s starting line-ups will be with us shortly ahead of the action that gets underway at the national stadium at 5pm.
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