qualifying matches for  UEFA Euro 2020 tournament witnessed England and  reigning champions Portugal scoring five goals each against low ranking teams in ir respective group matches on September 10. While England won against Kosovo, Portugal cruised past Lithuania. reigning world champions, France also marked ir day with a victory against Andorra.  

Unstoppable Cristia Ronaldo

After a sloppy start to ir qualifiers, Portugal captain Cristia Ronaldo capped his 160th appearance for his team by scoring all of four goals to cement ir second spot in group. Ukraine occupies  first place in group with an advant of 5 points. Lituania, with a FIFA ranking of 136, remained at bottom of group after losing all ir matches.

With a game in hand, Portuguese team's coach Fernando Santos said that his team won match because y played better and kept momentum of a fast-paced game. Portugal started its title defense with draws against Ukraine and Serbia in its first two matches. 

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first goal against Lituania was a penalty taken by Ronaldo with second goal that saw ball bouncing off Lithuanian keeper's head before finding itself in net. third goal was scored in 65th minute with a volley from a close range with 4th one coming in like a shot from corner side. 5th and final goal of match were scored by 27-year-old defensive midfielder, William Carvalho in injury time taking scoreline to 5-1. 

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three lions

Meanwhile, England gave its manr Gary Southgate a reason to smile as y pulled off a 5-3 victory against Kosovo. 120th ranked team scored within 34 seconds but English team retaliated with 5 goals and scoreline stood at 5-1 after first half ended. second half saw Kosovo snatch 2 goals taking scoreline to 5-3. English team held on and won match taking m to top of ir group after 4 matches.

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A good day for world champions

On or hand, France, won ir match 3-0 at Stade de France against Andorra. Barcelona forward, Antonio Griezmann missed a penalty but it was trio of Clement Lenglet, Wissam ben Yedder and Kinglsey Coman who came to France's rescue. With Turkish team beating Moldova and Iceland losing ir match against Albania gave opportunity to Turkey to snatch away first spot in group standings from France.

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(Inputs from PTI)