Albania v England - as it happened
Join us for live coverage of the 2022 World Cup qualifier between Albania and England from the Air Albania stadium in Tirana. England thumped San Marino in their opener.
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
End of match
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94'FT: Albania 0-2 England! All over in Tirana and England cruise to victory. A goal from Kane in the first half and then one from Mount in the second gave England a comfortable win. England were denied by the woodwork twice and the second goal killed off the hosts. Thanks for joining us and see you again soon!
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93'Albania send a ball into the box which is caught by Pope.
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91'Four added minutes as Kane's shot is deflected behind for a corner.
Yellow card
a Albania
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89'Djasula is booked for a foul and will miss the San Marino game on Wednesday.
Substitution
at Albania
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89'Albania sub: Laci is replaced by Ramadani.
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86'Free-kick to Albania after Walker nudges Laci over.
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83'70% possession for the away team.
Substitution
at Inglaterra
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81'England sub: Lingard on for Foden.
Yellow card
a Albania
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79'Hysaj sees yellow for a clear pull back.
Substitution
at Inglaterra
Substitution
at Albania
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71'England sub: JWP on for Phillips.
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67'England get a free-kick, but it comes to nothing.
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64'England have been in control here and I can't see Albania coming back into this one.
Goaaaaaal!
de Inglaterra en el 63'
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Statistics of Mason Mount in Clasificación Mundial Europa810.13200
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63'Mason Mount makes it two!! England attack, Kane passes to Mount to his left and he hits it over Berisha and into the corner.
Substitution
at Albania
Substitution
at Albania
Substitution
at Albania
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59'Albania double sub: Manaj and Gjasula replace Cikalleshi and Memolla.
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57'Rice's flicks on a ball and Kane fails to keep his shot down.
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54'England threaten again through Foden and Djimsiti has to clear the danger. England in control here.
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52'Off the post!!! England attack again through Sterling and Foden's shot is tipped onto the post by Berisha! The keeper was going the other way and he makes a splendid save.
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49'Kane passes to Sterling in the box and Hysaj dispossesses him.
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47'Drop ball after Bare blocks Phillips.
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46'Back underway here!
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45'HT: Albania 0-1 England!! Half-time in Tirana and England lead here thanks to Kane's header seven minutes before the break. Kane could have made it two, but he was denied by the bar. England dominated possession before that, but hardly troubled Loria. Albania have attacked very little, but had two very good chances when they have gone forward. England much better, but Albania not out of this.
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42'Off the bar by Kane!! Sterling puts in a lovely cross to Kane at the back stick put he hits the ball too hard from inside the six and he is denied by the woodwork!
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41'Kane has now scored for England in 17 different stadiums. Only Owen and Rooney have scored in more.
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39'It's not been a spectacular performance by England, but they have the quality in the final third and they have made the all important breakthrough.
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38'Kane puts England ahead!! Mount wins the ball back for England, Sterling then passes back to Mount and then Shaw puts a cross in from this near side which Kane heads home!
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35'Rice has a free-kick given against him in Albania's half.
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33'Walker has a pop from 25 yards, the ball bounces just in front of Berisha, but it's easy for him.
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32'A foul is given against Albania and Laci looks puzzled by the decision.
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30'Hysaj is penalised for a foul just outside the area, the free-kick is sent in, but Rice can't get on the end of it.
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29'Hysaj goes forward again, he looks to play in Uzuni, but the pass is slightly overhit.
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28'Mount gets into the box, Albania clear and the chance goes.
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27'75% possession for Southgate's men.
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25'England are bossing possession here, but the Albania keeper has had very little to do. Albania have just had the one counter. 0-0 is very fair.
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22'The free-kick hits the wall and the ref penalises England for not keeping one metre away from the wall. Indirect free-kick.
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21'Mount is fouled by Ismaili and Bare and the ref gives a free-kick just outside the box. Bare has his name taken.
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18'England playing the better here, but Albania can catch them out on the counter as we saw a few minutes back.
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15'England get themselves a corner here.
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13'Uzuni!!!! What a chance for Albania! England lose the ball from a corner by Mount, Hysaj leads the counter and passes for Uzuni and he fires narrowly over the goal!
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12'Corner to England as Ismajli heads back to his GK and Berisha carries the ball over the line for a corner. Foden may have been offside.
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10'Stones heads Foden's set piece, but the ball goes well over the goal.
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9'Foden sends a cross into the box for Mount and Djimsit heads behind for a corner.
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6'England go forward, but a misplaced pass looking for Walker sees Albania clear.
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4'Quiet start here as England enjoy possession early on.
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2'England with the first attack, but nothing comes of it.
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1'England get us going in white from right to left while Albania are in red!
Start of match
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PRVWThe players come out here!
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PRVWAlbania beat Andorra 0-1 in their first game.
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PRVWOrel Grinfeld of Israel is the ref for this one. He did Rangers v Slavia Prague in the Europa League recently. No VAR here.
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PRVW13 degrees in Tirana for this one.
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PRVWShaw, Kane, Stones, Maguire and Foden are among the players to come in from the 5-0 win over San Marino.
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PRVWEngland XI: Pope (GK); Shaw, Stones, Maguire, Walker; Phillips, Rice, Foden; Mount, Kane and Sterling.
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PRVWAlbania XI: Berisha (GK); Veseli, Djimsiti, Ismajli, Hysaj; Memolla, Bare, Laci; Broja, Cikalleshi, Uzuni.
Pre-match
28 March 2021, 18:00
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
Stadium: Arena Kombëtare
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PRVWHello and welcome to live coverage of the WC qualifier between Albania and England!