Myles Lewis-Skelly took 20 minutes from his debut in England to hit the first goal of the reign of director Thomas Tuchel and open the score against Albania at Wembley Stadium.
Real Madrid striker Jude Bellingham sent 18-year-old Arsenal Full-Back Lewis-Skelly through the box, cutting three defenders visiting and allowing the recipient to keep Jasir Asani and cool reception.
“So you beat a low block – you play a brilliant ball,” former defender Lion Dixon told ITV Football.
“Just look at it (Lewis-Skelly) -It is ready to go. He leans to Asani-” Get out of my way. “
Myles Lewis-Skelly in his debut! 🤩
The first @England Aim of Thomas Tuchel’s era#Itvfootball | #Threelions pic.twitter.com/y9bvwydgt8
– football iTV (@itvfootball) March 21 2025
Myles Lewis-Skelly Targets, Statistically
The product of Arsenal Academy Lewis-Skelly made only its debut for its Club on September 22, comes as a 2-2 draw at Manchester City.
He was playing for England Under-19s in November, but has been firmly established in Arsenal’s first team, scoring his first goal for them in a 5-1 win on City on February 2.
Lewis-Skelly also faced a sharp learning curve, including two red cards in four Premier League games in January and February.
The first of them, in the first half of the 1-0 win over Wolves, was later canceled in appeal and Lewis-Skelly was replaced before Arsenal’s victory on March 4 because he had closed and went near a red card.
Director Mikel Arteta then expressed his faith in The Prodigy, who played Arsenal’s 2-2 home draw in the second leg of the 16 rounds.
Remember the name-Myles Lewis-Skelly ⭐️
England’s youngest scorer in debut#Itvfootball | #Threelions pic.twitter.com/v27ybpou12
– football iTV (@itvfootball) March 21 2025
England v Albania: Lewis-Skelly debut
After taking over January 1, the Champions League winner revealed several surprises when he chose his first team In mid -March.
Lewis-Skelly and defender Dan Burn made their bows against Albania, while Marcus Rashford, who is a loan at Aston Villa from Manchester United, made his first international start from November 2023 after a first call to almost a year.
Tuchel’s mission to win the FIFA World Cup in 2026 began with the visit of the 65th place in the FIFA ranking in the first of the eight qualifiers in eight months in 2025.
The three lions aim to qualify for a seventh consecutive version of the tournament, which will take place in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Ranked fourth in the FIFA ranking before their qualifying campaign began, England The best route, having failed to reach the finals in 1994, was a fourth finish in 2018.
From the end of Hale to the first team to score 20 minutes in your debut in England.
At some point so far for our Myles ❤️ https://t.co/wkbtkhxjad pic.twitter.com/h4xcecvesc
– Arsenal (@arsenal) March 21 2025
Qualifiers of the World Cup of England
In addition to Albania, England’s team’s opponents include Latvia, Andorra and Serbia. Of these opponents, the position of Serbia’s 32 at the beginning of their qualifiers was far from the highest ranking of the Tuchel team.
Serbia proved to be difficult opponents at Euro 2024With only one Jude Bellingham target that divides the teams into their opener in Germany.
Including games such as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, the Nation of Dragan Stojkovic lost their last five meetings with England, though they had an impressive record of a defeat in the last 21 World Cup matches before the team started.
⏪ Back in November 2021…
🏴5⃣-0 pic.twitter.com/jfijqd39r0
– England (@england) March 21 2025
Albania lost 5-0 to Wembley when they last met England in November 2021, including a first half Harry Kane Hat-Trick.
Albania is one of the five nations of England that have faced more than six times and won each time, along with Luxembourg (9), San Marino (8), Malta (7) and Andoras (6).
Latvia ranks 140th and has never played England before, while Andorra is 171st and has lost all six meetings between countries with a total of 25-0.
Ben Chilwell, Bukayo Saka, Tammy Abraham, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grealish noted when England won 5-0 in Andoras on October 21.
Meeting and creating a counterpart 🤝 pic.twitter.com/hkqrundhggg
– England (@england) March 21 2025
Football Football Football World Cup
All lamps start at 19:45 GMT unless otherwise mentioned.
Monday, March 24: England by Latvia
Saturday 7 June: Andorra V England (17:00)
Saturday, September 6: England v Andorra (17:00)
Tuesday, September 9: Serbia against England
Tuesday, October 14th: Latvia against England
Thursday, November 13: England against Serbia
Sunday, November 16: An Albania (17:00)
It sounds about it. 🤩🔊 pic.twitter.com/ozcnadn58q
– England (@england) March 19 2025
England Games: What happens if three top Lions teams?
The top team from each of the 12 European qualifying groups automatically proceeds to the finals, which will extend to 48 teams.
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Croatia are among other favorites to win their teams.
What happens if England finishes second in the World Cup qualifiers?
England will be eliminated if the third or bottom is over and enter the play-offs between March 26-31, 2026 if they come second.
The 12 runners in each group will participate four Championship of nations Groups in the play-offs, which will be released from pots based on team files during the campaign. Games will include semifinals and finals.
The draw for the World Cup finals It will take place in December 2025. The tournament lasts from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
