Jordan Pickford turns into first England goalkeeper to avoid wasting penalty from open play in 10 years however North Macedonia nonetheless take lead
England shot stopper Jordan Pickford grew to become the primary England goalkeeper to avoid wasting a penalty from open play in ten years, however that didn’t cease North Macedonia taking the lead.
Pickford joins Hart as solely England goalkeepers to avoid wasting open play penalty in final decade
The Three Lions would’ve anticipated to enter Monday evening’s European qualifier in Skopje for a kickabout and a stroll, however Gareth Southgate’s males discovered themselves behind on the interval.
Manchester Metropolis full-back Rico Lewis conceded a spot-kick on his worldwide debut after catching Bojan Miovski within the space with a careless swipe of the arm, not the early current he was in search of forward of his nineteenth birthday tomorrow.
Former England goalkeeper Rob Inexperienced was bewildered by referee Filip Glova’s determination to award a penalty following a VAR verify, calling the choice ‘garbage.’
“He has only slightly flicked the player in the eye. A rubbish decision, it is re-refereeing. Unfortunate, nothing more.”
Pickford saved Enis Bardhi’s preliminary effort from 12 yards however the skipper adopted in to open the scoring and put the hosts in entrance on the stroke of half-time.
The Everton goalkeeper joined the historical past books as the primary England primary to avoid wasting a non-shootout penalty since Joe Hart denied Ronaldinho in 2013 in a pleasant in opposition to Brazil.
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The lucky break was arguably deserved for North Macedonia, who had been denied a powerful case for a penalty shortly after the 20 minute mark when Harry Maguire introduced Eljif Elmas to the bottom in clumsy trend.
Regardless of the potential upset that might be on the playing cards, England have confirmed themselves because the prime seed from Group C forward of subsequent yr’s Euro 2024 match in Germany.
A win for North Macedonia does little for his or her hopes of qualifying and leaves them in fourth, one spot away from Malta in all-time low.
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