England continued its perfect beginning for the QUOMAS TUCHER World Cup qualification campaign with a 3-0 victory against Latvia at the Wembley stadium.
The goals of Reece James, Harry Kane and Ebechi Eze allowed the three Lions to win two victories of two in group K.
The hosts control from the start, although it took 38 minutes to break a defense of resilient Latvia.
The early England almost counted for nothing when the Vladislavs Gutkovskis have wasted a golden opportunity to put visitors forward, not being capitalized on a mixture between Jordan Pickford and Marc Guehi.
This miss turned out to be expensive as a Chelsea defender, Reece James, making his first departure for England since 2022, opened the score with an amazing free kick of 25 meters.
His curling effort left the goalkeeper of Latvia Rihards Zvièe rooted on the spot, finding the upper right corner with his strike.
James ‘goal scored the first goal of England in Wembley since John Barnes’ strike against the Netherlands in 1993.
Despite their domination, England went to the break with an advance of a goal. The possession and territory of the Tuchel team, but had trouble converting their superiority into clear chances in the first half.
The second half followed a similar model, England dictating the game and the Latvia which struggled to get out of their defensive form.
Three goals and three points for the #Threelions 👏
A solid start of our @FifaWorldCup Qualification campaign under Thomas Tuchel. pic.twitter.com/yqgohlnzfr
– England (@england) March 24, 2025
The second goal of England finally arrived in the 68th minute, gracked a well -worked decision involving Declan Rice and Harry Kane. Rice, who has now provided decisive passes to consecutive matches in England, went down the right side before forming a low cross in the box of six yards, where Kane was on site to type at home his 71st international goal.
Tuchel has made several substitutions to inject new energy into the game, and she bore fruit in the 76th minute. Phil Foden by Manchester City, introduced in place of Jude Bellingham, played a simple pass to Ebelechi Eze, who dazzled the wembley crowd with a brilliant solo race.
The Crystal Palace striker woven before several defenders before shooting at his home by a deviation, guaranteeing his first goal for England in style.
England continued to move forward, the beginner Rogers approaching a few times, while Guehi missed a golden opportunity to add a fourth. ZVIEDRIS produced a series of impressive backups to keep the score respectable, denying Kane and Rogers late.
With victory, England remains at the top of group K and now has a 75 -day break before their next qualifier against Andorra on June 7.
Latvia, on the other hand, will seek to regroup before their confrontation with Azerbaijan on the same day. For Tuchel and his team, it was another step in the right direction as they continue their trip to the 2026 World Cup.
