Last Updated: November 21, 2023, 03:31 IST
SKOPJE: England suffered a irritating conclusion to their Euro 2024 qualifying marketing campaign as they have been held to a scrappy 1-1 draw by North Macedonia in Group C on Monday.
With qualification lengthy since secured and only a draw wanted to seal a high seeding for subsequent yr’s finals, England trailed to Enis Bardhi’s Forty first-minute rebound effort after his penalty was saved.
Gareth Southgate’s group winners hogged possession however lacked fluency and invention in opposition to dogged hosts and wanted an personal objective by Jani Atanasov to get them stage on the hour.
Jack Grealish had earlier seen a objective dominated out whereas teenager Rico Lewis had a debut he’ll need to neglect after harshly being penalised for North Macedonia’s penalty.
England ended the calendar yr unbeaten, if in a fairly under-whelming means, topping their group with 20 factors from eight video games with North Macedonia fourth.
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