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  Ballon d’Or rivals Yamal and Kane Star for Spain and England in
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  Nations League wins. Written by Jerome Pugmire. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice generated by Everlett. Ballandor rivals Laman Yamal
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  and Harry Kane starred as Spain and England won their matches in
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  the Nations League on Saturday. Both are in contention to win the
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  prestigious award on october twenty sixth. Cain scored twice as England crushed
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  Croatia seven zero away, and Yamel scored another brilliant curling shot from
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  outside the penalty area, as Spain won at home to Czechia three
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  one for a fortieth game unbeaten. The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner Rodri
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  and substitute Mikel Marino also scorers.
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  As Spain recorded a third straight win to stay three points ahead
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  of England in their Nations League A group. Prolific cane. With his
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  brace of goals, Kane extended his national record to eighty nine international
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  goals, thirty six more than Wayne Rooney in second place on England's
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  list of scorers. Right winger Bukayo Saka also netted twice, while left
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  winger Anthony Gordon set up Jude Bellingham's goal and grabbed one himself.
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  Substitute Morgan Rogers completed the route in Rijeka. We were so fluid
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  right from the start, it just never stopped, England coach Thomas Tuchel
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  said. We just kept the pace up and played through the gaps.
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  We were very, very clinical. Caine put England ahead
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  in the eighth minute, controlling a pass from Bellingham with the outside
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  of his right foot, and then curling the ball into the top
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  left corner. Bellingham poked in Gordon's cross midway through the first half.
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  Gordon stooped ahead in Gerell Quansaw's right wing cross, and Saka side
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  footed in England's fourth approaching halftime. After the break, Croatia's defence was
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  sliced open again on a quick break, and Elliot Anderson curled in
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  across from the right, and Keynes slid in at the back post
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  for a poacher's finish. We're at our best when we're free, when
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  we're physically just overpowering, Caine said. They couldn't live with our pace,
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  our movement, our runs. More bad defending saw Croatia unable to clear
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  the ball, and it ended up at the feet of Cain, who
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  gifted Saka his second in the sixty eighth. Rogers controlled Bellingham's pass
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  with his heel and slotted in from an angle. The result eclipsed
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  England's previous highest score against Croatia, five one in World Cup qualifying
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  in two thousand nine at Wembley. Bad start for Billich. It was
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  another tough match for Croatia coach Slavin Bilic following Tuesday's four one
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  loss in Spain. His side has conceded twelve goals in three matches.
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  Lukamadric started the game in Rijeka, but the forty one year old
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  looked frustrated by his team's sloppy performance. Scots and Swiss win. Switzerland,
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  won at home to Slovenia two one for a third straight win,
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  and group rival Scotland won at North Macedonia two zero for its
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  first victory in their League B games. Sosuolo forward Kiron Bowie put
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  Scotland ahead in Scoopia and Aston Villa midfielder John McGuinn's second half
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  penalty wrapped it up. Slovenia led early on through Jean Vipotnik, but
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  Erik Janja's own goal tied it soon after for Switzerland, which then
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  scored through midfielder Danon Doy before halftime. Other matches In
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  Group C, Finland beat Albania 2-1 thanks to two goals from Los
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  Angeles fielder Leo Walta. The visitor took an early lead but goalkeeper
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  Atrit Barisha was sent off in the twenty second. Elsewhere, Real Sociedad
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  forward Ori Oskerson netted twice in Iceland's 3-0 home win against Bulgaria.
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  Belarus beat San Marino four zero and Estonia won against Luxembourg one
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  zero. See the AP's full soccer coverage here.