NAPLES — Harry Kane became England's record international goalscorer as his side began their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign by beating reigning champions Italy 2-1 in Group C on Thursday.
England's skipper struck a penalty past Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma shortly before halftime to make it 2-0 after Declan Rice opened the scoring after 13 minutes.
HE'S DONE IT!
Qué jornada más sabrosa y jugosita fue la 12 del Clausura 2023.
América marcó terreno en Jalisco para quedarse con el Clásico Nacional y lo propio hizo Monterrey en cancha de Tigres para ganar el Clásico Regio. También disfrutamos del festival de golazos de Atlas ante Puebla y la visita de Ronaldinho Gaúcho en la reapertura al público del Estadio La Corregidora.
Pumas volvió a caer y el proceso de Rafa Puente Jr. llegó a su fin.
Talking points from the weekend in European soccer leagues:
BARCELONA TAKE HUGE STEP TOWARDS LALIGA TITLE
Barcelona have tightened their grip at the top of the LaLiga standings after an electric 2-1 comeback win in an El Clásico against bitter rivals Real Madrid on Sunday.
Franck Kessié's stunner in added time gave Barça a well-earned victory that left second-placed Real trailing the leaders by 12 points with only 12 games to be played.
Goalscoring has been an awfully bleak exercise for the Republic of Ireland since all-time leading scorer Robbie Keane announced his international retirement in 2016. The team only scored seven goals in nine matches during a failed qualifying cycle for Euro 2020, and things didn't get much better on the road to Qatar where Ireland only scored 11 in eight games (the majority coming against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan).
Santiago Giménez se impuso en el duelo de mexicanos de la Eredivisie.
Con un gol de Bebote, Feyenoord derrotó 3-2 al Ajax de Edson Álvarez y Jorge Sánchez, en un partido de corte histórico para el equipo de Rotterdam, ya que fue su primera victoria en el Johan Cruijff Arena desde 2005.
Lo más importante, sin embargo, es que la victoria dejó al Feyenoord un paso más cerca del título de la Eredivisie, algo que no consiguen desde 2017.
Arsenal comfortably dispatched Crystal Palace 4-1 at the Emirates on Sunday to open up an eight-point lead on Manchester City heading into March's international break. The Gunners are now just 10 tantalizing matches away from a first Premier League title in 19 years.
The main concern for Mikel Arteta was how his side would respond to Thursday's shock Europa League elimination to Sporting and that 46-yard Pedro Gonçalves worldie. It's still worth another watch.
Qué baile le dio América a Chivas en el Akron.
En la previa del Clásico Nacional se habló mucho de lo parejo que sería el partido, que con el Rebaño en el cuarto puesto y Las Águilas en el quinto, además del historial reciente, todo iba a estar muy apretado.
Sin embargo, en la cancha solo hubo uno: el América venció 4-2, pero el marcador pudo haber sido aún más abultado.
Week four of the MLS season was one of the best yet. The matchweek featured great games like LAFC traveling to Seattle and New England hosting Nashville. Philadelphia’s last-minute loss to Montreál sent shockwaves across the league, reminding fans that nobody is safe from the drama that is MLS. With over three goals per game on Saturday, you’d be forgiven for finding it difficult to follow every match, so let's take a look at what we learned from MLS Matchweek 4.
The year of Marcus Rashford continued Thursday as the Manchester United forward scored the lone goal against Real Betis at Estadio Benito Villamarín, giving the Red Devils a 5-1 aggregate victory and easy passage to the Europa League quarterfinals.
Before the World Cup, Rashford had a total of eight goals in 19 appearances across all competitions. Since the tournament in Qatar, the 25-year-old has found the back of the net 18 times in 24 games. The total of 26 from 43 is already a career best and the Red Devils are still competing on three fronts.
The USMNT's ongoing quest for a dependable, goalscoring No. 9 took a dramatic turn on Wednesday with the release of the Nations League squad: the World Cup trio of Jesús Ferreira, Josh Sargent and Haji Wright were all omitted while Daryl Dike and Ricardo Pepi got call ups.