European Cup quarterfinals against England against Ukraine. With Harry Kane's double score, Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson scored one after another, they beat Ukraine 4-0 in the end. After 25 years of out-of-two, England has also written many records in team history on both offense and defense.
This battle is the 8th time between the two sides. England won 4 wins, 2 and 1 defeat, and Ukraine only won in 2009. In the 4th minute of the game, England scored the first point, Sterling cut from the left and passed directly, Kane scored a 1-0 lead in the first half.
England continued to expand its lead in the second half. In the 46th minute, Xiao Zi made a cross and Maguire scored a goal in the margin of the small penalty area, and came to the lead 2-0. In the 50th minute, Xiao made a cross from the left, Kane headed the ball in front of the small penalty area and won another goal. Then in the 63rd minute, Henderson entered the net at the margin of the small penalty area and laid the foundation for the victory, screening Ukraine 4-0 to advance to the top four. The next match will be duel to Denmark to grab the final ticket.
This match England set a record of winning single-game European Cup in team history, with the past record of 3-0 wins in Switzerland in 2004 and 4-1 wins of the Netherlands in 1996. This is also the first time England has scored 4 goals in the international competition screening match since the 1966 World Football Finals.
England did not lose a goal in seven consecutive games, and scored a clean sheet for 662 minutes in a row, writing an unprecedented record for the team. Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford also became the second goalkeeper to represent England for seven consecutive times, after Banks in 1966.
In addition, England became the third team in history to have not conceded five consecutive goals in a single International Cup and European Cup. The two teams that have reached this record were Italy in 1990 and Spain in 2012.
