The UK continued to start the 2026 World Cup qualifier campaign and won 3-0 with Latvia at Wembley Stadium.
The goals of REECE JAMES, HARRY Kane and Eberechi Eze have won two wins in group K.
It took 38 minutes to destroy the resilient Latvian defense, but the host controlled it from the beginning.
VLADISLAVS Gutkovskis wastes a golden opportunity to upload visitors in advance, and the UK’s initial dominance, which did not use the mix up of Jordan Pickford and Marc Guehi, was considered to be almost nothing.
Miss was expensive when Chelsea defender Reece James, who first started in the UK since 2022, scored an amazing free kick in 25 yards.
His curling effort was Ratbia’s goalkeeper Rihad Zviedris rooted in the spot and found his right corner with his strike.
James’ goal was the first free kick of the United Kingdom after John Barnes in 1993 after the strike with the Netherlands.
Despite their dominance, Britain took a break with a single goal. TUCHEL’s side controlled ownership and territory, but struggled to convert the superiority of the first half to a clear opportunity.
The second half had a similar pattern, and the UK ordered the game and Latvia struggled to escape the defensive form.
3 goals and 3 points #Threelions
Start to us @fifaworldcup Thomas TUCHEL’s qualifier campaign. pic.twitter.com/yqgohlnzFR
-UK (@england) March 24, 2025
The second goal in the UK finally arrived in a 68 -minute work that worked well with DECLAN RICE and Harry Kane. Rice, who provided a consecutive British game, stepped on the right side before penetrating a low cross to a 6 yard box.
TUCHEL has replaced some replacement to inject fresh energy into the game and achieved in 76 minutes. The Phil Foden of the Mancheester City, introduced instead of Jude Bellingham, made a simple pass to Eberechi Eze, who dazzled the MBLE Blizzard with a gorgeous solo.
Crystal Palace has gained the first goal of the UK after passing several defenders before firing a house.
In the UK, the debut Rogers continued to move forward, and Guehi missed the golden opportunity to add fourth place. ZVIEDRIS rejected Kane and Rogers late, creating impressive savings to respect the score line.
After winning, the British remained the best of the K group and took a break 75 days before the next qualifier against Andorra on June 7.
Meanwhile, Latvia will reorganize before the conflict with Azerbaijan the same day. For Tuchel and his team, it was another stage that went in the right direction, continuing the journey to the 2026 World Cup.
