Sweeped 5-0! Drawn 2-2! A crazy night in the World Cup preliminaries, England advanced early, and Portugal overturned

In the first stage of the World Cup European Qualifiers, many games were contested, with all kinds of crazy scores. England went crazy on the road, sweeping Latvia 5-0. This game was completely one-sided. England's ball possession rate was as high as 72%, 7 of 24 shots were on target, and 5 goals were scored. Latvia, on the other hand, had only 6 shots and 1 shot on target, and failed to score. Harry Kane was once again the best player in the game, scoring twice. Gordon and Eze each scored one goal. Tony Shefs gave a big gift and scored an own goal. England won all 6 games in the group stage and qualified for the World Cup two rounds ahead of schedule. It was also the first European team to qualify for the World Cup.

Portugal overturned in the away game and was tied by Hungary in stoppage time! Portugal conceded the goal early in this game. Saloy gave Hungary the lead in the 8th minute. The game is very open after that. The 40-year-old Ronaldo is in very good condition. He scored 2 goals in a row to help Portugal take the lead. However, Portugal never expanded the score and suffered a blow in stoppage time. Szoboszlai scored the winning goal to save Hungary. The final score is 2-2! Martinez's substitution adjustment became a big failure. He replaced Bruno Fernand and Cristiano Ronaldo one after another, resulting in a draw.

Italy won a great victory at home, sweeping Israel 3-0. Although the first round between the two sides was full of sparks and twists and turns. But in this game, Italy completely suppressed Israel and won neatly. Retegui performed the best. He first scored a penalty kick created by himself, and then scored another goal to complete the score twice. Gianluca Mancini scored the icing on the cake in the final seconds. Italy had 5 wins and 1 loss in 6 group matches and scored 15 points, ranking second in the group, only 3 points less than first place Norway.

Spain, ranked No. 1 in the world, easily won the game at home, sweeping Bulgaria 4-0. In this game, Merino scored with a header in the 35th minute to help Spain take the lead. Merino scored twice with another header in the second half. Later, Chernev scored a big gift with an own goal. At the last moment, Oyarzabal scored a penalty shot to kill the game. In this game, Spain shot 33 times, 11 of which were on target, but only scored 4 goals. Spain won all 4 games and scored 12 points, firmly ranking first in the group.