England 4-0 Lithuania: Rooney scores again, Harry Kane shines in debut
England beat Lithuania 4-0 in their Group E EURO 2016 qualifier.
Hosting Lithuania at Wembley, England did not take long to score. In the 6th minute, Rooney headed the ball into the net to open the scoring. Before the end of the first half, the score was raised to 2-0 for the "Three Lions" thanks to Danny Welbeck. In the second half, England was still the dominant team and they continued to score against the visitors.
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| Harry Kane scores on his England debut |
Sterling increased the score to 3-0 for England in the 58th minute with a gentle tap-in after a pass from Rooney.
Harry Kane, who replaced Rooney in the 71st minute, also left his mark with a goal in his debut for the Three Lions. Just 1 minute and 19 seconds after entering the field, Kane scored with an accurate header from inside the penalty area. 4-0 was also the final score of the match. With this victory, the English team topped Group E of the EURO 2016 qualifiers with 15 points after 5 matches, 6 points ahead of the rest.
Line-up: England (4-3-3): Hart, Clyne, Cahill, Jones, Baines, Henderson (Barkley 71'), Carrick, Delph, Sterling, Welbeck (Walcott 76'), Rooney (Kane 71). Goals: Rooney 6', Welbeck 45', Sterling 58', Kane 73' Lithuania (4-4-1-1): Arlauskis; Freidgeimas, Zaliukas, Kijanskas, Andriuskevicius (Slavickas 83'); Chvedukas, Zulpa, Mikuckis (Stankevicius 66'), Mikoliunas (Kazlauskas 88'); Cernych; Matulevicius Results of recent matches in EURO 2016 qualifiers Macedonia 1 - 2 Belarus Slovakia 3 - 0 Luxembourg Spain 1 - 0 Ukraine England 4 - 0 Lithuania Slovenia 6 - 0 San Marino Switzerland 3 - 0 Estonia Liechtenstein 0 - 5 Austria Moldova 0 - 2 Sweden |
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