Ronaldo breaks report; Northern Ireland see off San Marino

International soccer returned with a bang on Thursday as groups throughout Europe started their quests to qualify for Euro 2024.

England’s journey to Naples to face Italy was the plain heavyweight conflict of the night, however there was leisure throughout the continent and a handful of information have been despatched tumbling within the course of.

Here’s how all of the motion unfolded.

Italy 1-2 England

An early objective from Declan Rice put England forward after 13 minutes, earlier than Harry Kane struck from the penalty spot to double the Three Lions’ benefit and cement his place because the workforce’s all-time high goalscorer.

Mateo Retegui pulled one again early within the second half and kick-started a significant flip in momentum, with Italy properly on high however unable to seek out an equaliser, even after Luke Shaw’s crimson card with ten minutes to go.

North Macedonia 2-1 Malta

Second-half strikes from Elif Elmas and Darko Churlinov have North Macedonia an unsurmountable lead, regardless of Yannick Yankam’s strike on the demise.

Kazakhstan 1-2 Slovenia

Slovenia needed to come from behind after Maxim Samorodov headed Kazakhstan forward within the first half, however targets after the break from David Brekalo and Zan Vipotnik secured a win for Slovenia.

Denmark 3-1 Finland

Atalanta ahead Rasmus Hojlund did little to chill the hype round him with a hat-trick in Denmark’s 3-1 win over Finland.

San Marino 0-2 Northern Ireland

A Dion Charles double fired Northern Ireland to a 2-0 win over San Marino, though it was an uncomfortable efficiency from the away facet on Michael O’Neill’s return to the dugout.

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Bosnia & Herzegovina 3-0 Iceland

Rade Krunic scored twice within the first half to arrange a routine victory for Bosnia & Herzegovina, who added a 3rd by means of Amar Dedic shortly after the hour mark.

Portugal 4-0 Liechtenstein

Cristiano Ronaldo grew to become the most-capped participant within the historical past of males’s soccer as he began his 197th recreation for Portugal.

He’d go on to seize two targets within the second half – a penalty adopted by a free-kick – after Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva had already discovered the online.