That's a bit foolish late on from Mings, who crashes into Nanni as the game winds down and gets a booking for his troubles.
FULL-TIME: ENGLAND 5-0 SAN MARINO
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There will be two added minutes at Wembley.
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It looks like it will be a flying start then for England on the road to Qatar. They - and everyone else in Europe - sit in the unlikely position of playing qualifiers for a major tournament before they have even competed in the next immediate one. It's going to be a full-throttle year-and-a-half from June onwards.
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D'Addario takes out Chilwell inside the box and the latter is convinced that he should have a penalty. There's no VAR in the qualifying stage to have a second look and the referee isn't buying it, so it will be a goal-kick in the end.
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There was one man who might have had a bigger smile in Wembley than Watkins just then and it's Gareth Southgate. A huge grin bloomed across the England manager's face; he's pleased as punch for his debutant. Is there one more goal to make it half-a-dozen here?
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O. Watkins has scored a goal for England! Assist by P. Foden.
GOAL! OLLIE WATKINS MAKES IT A DREAM DEBUT FOR ENGLAND! 5-0! The Aston Villa man has not had much of a chance in this half, but meets the short pass on the lip of the penalty box, opens himself up and pulls a low shot past Benedettini into the far corner. He's grinning with delight and why shouldn't he? What a way to mark your maiden cap.
Foden, arguably the best of England's second-half arrivals, is the man who clips that short ball across for Watkins to collect under relatively little pressure. It is a neat delivery, and gets him an assist for the day too.
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Bellingham with the header! It's the 30th attempt on goal from England as the Borussia Dortmund man meets a flying Ward-Prowse delivery. That will be a frustration for the hosts, the fact they have yielded a relatively low haul in comparison to their expenditure.
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A. D'Addario enters the game and replaces F. Berardi.
M. Giardi enters the game and replaces L. Lunadei.
Alessandro D'Addario is the latest new face for San Marino, replacing Berardi.
The visitors have also brought off Lorenzo Lunadei to bring Mattia Giardi on.
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Benedettini denies Lingard again now, palming away the loanee's low strike. As the pair wait for a throw-in, they exchange rueful grins. The keeper has been a pest for the England man today.
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This hasn't been as dynamic from the Three Lions in the second half - though whether that's down to a relative scoreboard complacency or a shake-up in rhythm thanks to changing half the side, it's hard to say.
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Bellingham! That is a rather acrobatic attempt from the youngster as Watkins - allowed to move wide and craft some possession now - cuts the ball back towards the penalty spot with a looping delivery that the former miscues dramatically wide.
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Michael Battistini is the latest replacement for San Marino, taking the spot of Golinucci.
Ward-Prowse! The Southampton man has built a reputation as a set-piece specialist with the free-kick and he shows why now with a beauty from 30 yards, an effort somehow matched by Benedettini who manages to push it onto the left post.
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M. Battistini enters the game and replaces E. Golinucci.
Another reason why Watkins may be here to stake a claim over Bamford? (Avoid calling the pair rivals, as there appears to be nothing but magnanimous respect between the duo.) The former can slot in out wide in attack if needed. He's not been allowed to showcase it yet though, quiet through the middle so far.
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Much is made of how England's mid-noughties giants never amounted to anything other than a quarter-final, but while there's not as many pure superstars for Gareth Southgate, he does have an embarrassment of riches in certain areas. There are some very diligent, low-key talented players at his disposal; choosing a squad from those here, those injured and those knocking on the door will be a huge headache.
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Bellingham makes loping strides down the left and lofts a shot straight to Benedettini now. The youngster will be gaining valuable minutes today, even against minnows like these.
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Lingard! This is a softer finish than the others offered up by the West Ham loanee so far but it's another solid attempt. He looks desperate to mark his return with a goal.
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O. Watkins enters the game and replaces D. Calvert-Lewin.
It's possibly the biggest moment of one young man's career now though; Ollie Watkins is on for his England debut! The Aston Villa man replaces Calvert-Lewin, who will have to settle for just two goals today.
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Foden! The Manchester City man hooks a low effort in and Benedettini has to get down to the ground to deny him too. England surely have another goal in them.
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Bellingham and Foden have both been lively since making their way on after the break and now the former is caught offside as he looks to encroach forward on the left edge.
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Calvert-Lewin's chances of a hat-trick are thinning; Watkins is taking instructions on the sidelines. The Aston Villa man, unlike Patrick Bamford who he edged out, has not worked with Gareth Southgate before, even when the England boss was in charge of the junior set-up. That unfamiliarity may be another reason he got the nod here, so the two could build up a rapport.
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Lingard! A right-footed effort flashes close to the right post now following a Ward-Prowse delivery and Benedettini does well again. The keeper may have let four in but he's had a pretty good game, all things considered.
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M. Mularoni enters the game and replaces A. Hirsch.
L. Ceccaroli enters the game and replaces A. Grandoni.
The visitors also pull Hirsch from the action, to hand Marcello Mularoni a game at Wembley.
San Marino will now make their own first changes of the game, and Luca Ceccaroli is on for Grandoni.
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D. Calvert-Lewin has scored a goal for England! Assist by J. Lingard.
GOAL! DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN DOUBLES HIS TALLY FOR ENGLAND! 4-0! It's a brace for the Everton man and a well-worked team goal sure to cheer Gareth Southgate too. Chilwell hooks a ball out to Lingard on the left of the box and he squares it in for the striker to tuck past Benedettini with a fine flick. The Three Lions are enjoying themselves on a mild London night.
He might have not found the back of the net yet himself but Lingard is undoubtedly enjoying his return to the England fold. He'll hope to have one to his name by the end of things today.
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Coady goes to the sidelines but returns immediately and is good to continue. That will be a sign of relief for the hosts.
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Is that a penalty call for Coady? It's not - the Wovles defender has been caught across the head, but by his own man instead, taking a sharp glancing blow. He's a bit groggy and play comes to a halt for him to get treatment.
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That's an interesting selection of replacements from Southgate. The money might have been on a debut cap for Ollie Watkins up front or Sam Johnstone in goal but neither have made an appearance. Instead, it's a clutch of relatively inexperienced international faces and a single stalwart onto the pitch.
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T. Mings enters the game and replaces J. Stones.
K. Trippier enters the game and replaces R. James.
P. Foden enters the game and replaces R. Sterling.
J. Bellingham enters the game and replaces M. Mount.
Finally, it is another cap for Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings, who takes the place of Stones at centre-back for the Three Lions. It will be interesting to know if the players who have been replaced are being conserved for other games down the line.
Phil Foden is another young face on and he replaces fellow Manchester City man Sterling for the Three Lions now. Conor Coady has taken the captain's armband.
Kieran Trippier is England's third change, and the Atletico Madrid man will look to bring some experience out wide on the right in place of James. The ex-Tottenham man was a star wing-back performer in Russia in 2018.
There's been a number of changes - four in all - from Southgate at the break and the most eye-catching is Jude Bellingham. The Borussia Dortmund starlet is on for Mount after that excellent first half.
We're back underway for the second half at Wembley. What can England do here to further stretch an already comfortable lead? And can San Marino offer anything in response?
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HALF-TIME: ENGLAND 3-0 SAN MARINO
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Lingard! England craft a swift counter and Sterling stops the ball to roll it back for the former just inside the box. Benedettini gets down low to keep it out from the bottom-left corner though, and then Sterling drifts a follow-up well wide of the mark.
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James nudges Nanni down and San Marino will have a free-kick over 30 yards out from where Pope is perched in goal. Brolli takes an pushes it straight into the wall.
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Stones - who has, like a handful of England's rearguard, had a quiet evening so far - gets into a tussle with Berardi now. It will be curious to see if he's one of two centre-backs at Euro 2020 - or if a return to a core trio with wing-backs, in a Russia-era throwback, is in line for Southgate.
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Berardi wins a corner for San Marino! He pushes James hard and the latter is the last to touch. The subsequent delivery is pretty rubbish though and England coast back downfield once again to continue tormenting their visitors.
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San Marino break with an unlikely counter and then have to fly back when Mount counters with a move of his own. The cut-back finds Lingard with very few bodies to beat and the latter just manages to read his lines wrong, catching it off the outside of his boot.
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What a ball that is from Lingard! James plays the West Ham loanee in on the right and his delivery is straight out of the 2018 World Cup playbook, swept beautifully into the six-yard area where Calvert-Lewin can't push it in.
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Calvert-Lewin! It's a neat flick-on from Lingard, pushing Mount's cut-back into the Everton man's path, and he just scythes the finish past the wrong side of the right post. Is there a fourth before the break?
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R. Sterling has scored a goal for England! Assist by M. Mount.
GOAL! RAHEEM STERLING BRINGS UP A TRIPLE DELIGHT FOR ENGLAND! 3-0! It's an attempt to play it out from the back by San Marino and it comes entirely unstuck when they pass straight to the Manchester City man, who carves his way back into the box, cuts around two defenders and hammers home from close-range, overpowering Benedettini. Classy stuff.
Mount has got absolutely everywhere so far. This isn't the most taxing of opposition, but he's such an architect down that left flank. His manager must be delighted.
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Mount rifles a low effort in from 25 yards out or so and Benedettini deflects it again. Sterling attempts to drag a follow-up in but pulls it wide to the right of goal, though he feels that he should have had a corner for it.
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Calvert-Lewin makes a looping connection with a ball now and sends it spiraling out for a goal-kick to the left of the net. It almost dislodges his hair, pulled up for today's encounter. England continue to make the final third their home.
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Chilwell! Benedettini executes a second corking save for his showreel to punch away a cracking effort heading towards the top-left corner from the Chelsea man, lifted from outside the penalty area. Keep those efforts coming!
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This isn't exactly an audition to be Kane's understudy for Calvert-Lewin - he's likely ahead of Ings, Wilson, Watkins and Bamford for the nine position, among others - but it won't hurt to make those stick. A hat-trick would be a nice reward today.
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D. Calvert-Lewin has scored a goal for England! Assist by R. James.
The absence of Trent Alexander-Arnold - perhaps justly dropped for form, though more controversial as a reason given the inclusion of other faces in this side - has seen James come under some scrutiny as his effective usurper, but he's proved his mettle there. That's a cracking delivery.
GOAL! DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN DOUBLES ENGLAND'S LEAD! 2-0! The Three Lions are going to fill their boots tonight! The Everton man gets the power on Brolli, and nudges a towering, inch-perfect lob cross from James out wide on the right in at the far post to atone for that early miss. A smart finish.
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Sterling carves a mazy path and looks to roll it back in for Lingard, only to get the angle wrong and smack the side netting instead on the left. After those struggles in front of goal in Russia, the Manchester City man has made himself a vital cog of the England camp.
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Is that the first of a flood then? It is the first encounter with San Marino for Southgate, but the only player in his squad to have previously netted against them is Harry Kane. There could be a few here.
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J. Ward-Prowse has scored a goal for England! Assist by B. Chilwell.
If every possible player in England is fit for Euro 2020, Chilwell is surely one of the few guaranteed names on the list. There's a lot of competition up front, plenty in midfield and a bit at right-back - but he can really make that spot on the left his own for the future. It's a fine assist.
GOAL! JAMES WARD-PROWSE OPENS ENGLAND'S ACCOUNT! 1-0! It is a first goal for the Three Lions for the Southampton man and it's a lovely clinical finish too. Sterling and Mount combine down the left flank, and play Chilwell down the edge; he hooks it back and the midfielder turns it casually towards the far post where it rattles in. Nicely done.
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Stones now in front of goal! It's another Mount delivery, turned in off the left edge and it bounces in front of Sterling. His domestic team-mate is beside him, inside the six-yard area, and he's almost bamboozled by it, tipping it over the crossbar.
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Lingard! That's a nice save from Benedettini to deny the Hammers loanee, who unloads an effort from middle distance only for the keeper to make an acrobatic leap to push it away. Mount sees a short pass blocked from the corner for a second set-piece.
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Now Calvert-Lewin and Sterling fall over each other rising for a Mount cut-back, with the Manchester City man taking a knock to the back for his troubles. That's three plum chances that England probably should have seized now, but you could argue they're still warming up.
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England are playing so high up the park on the wings, Phillips seems to have sunk back into the defensive line by default. Lingard guides a towering ball into the penalty area and Sterling flashes his header wide to the left.
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Calvert-Lewin! The best chance of the game yet comes the way of the Everton man and it is on a plate, squared into the six-yard area by James. He can't connect cleanly though and the ball pings away to relative safety.
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There's a cross from Mount now that's overhit, before James is flagged for offside going forward on the right but there has hardly been anything inside England's half so far. The pattern of this game is already set.
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Mount taps on a neat ball for Sterling to chase with the first serious attack of the game and Benedettini does well to sweep out and collect cleanly before the forward gets there near the six-yard area.
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The remit for the Three Lions today is fairly simple; make this a routine win with no injuries and perhaps provide their manager with a few selection headaches. A lot of the starting faces today aren't the logical picks to be in the XI against Croatia in June, but now is the time to impress.
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We are underway in this 2022 World Cup qualifier between England and San Marino!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualifiers, as England look to get their campaign off to a flawless start against San Marino in Group I at Wembley Stadium.
It's fourth in the world versus last around the globe; the Three Lions against the whipping boys of international football. The road to the Middle East starts here - and for some, it will be a much shorter journey than others.
For Gareth Southgate's hosts, there could be no easier first encounter out of the gate. In six previous meetings stretching back to 1993, England has netted a total haul of 37 goals and conceded just the one. This is effectively a free hit out ahead of Euro 2020 for the manager to experiment with some new faces - and a few old ones two.
Yet there has arguably been progress for Franco Varrella's minnows over the past year; 2020 was their most successful competitive period ever, snagging two goalless draws with Liechtenstein and Gibraltar in the Nations League. For the microstate, that is a not-insignificant step.
SAN MARINO (4-2-3-1): Elia Benedettini; Manuel Battistini, Cristian Brolli, Dante Rossi, Andrea Grandoni; Lorenzo Lunadei, Enrico Golinucci; Adolfo Hirsch, Filippo Berardi, Mirko Palazzi; Nicola Nanni.
Subs: Harry Kane, Dean Henderson, Eric Dier, Tyrone Mings, Luke Shaw, Kieran Trippier, Declan Rice, Phil Foden, Harry Maguire, Ollie Watkins, Sam Johnstone, Jude Bellingham.
ENGLAND (4-2-3-1): Nick Pope; Reece James, Conor Coady, John Stones, Ben Chilwell, Kalvin Phillips, James Ward-Prowse; Jesse Lingard, Mason Mount, Raheem Sterling; Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Michael Battistini, Simone Benedettini, Mattia Giardi, Luca Ceccaroli, Marcello Mularoni, Giacomo Conti, Kevin Zonzini, Filippo Fabbri, Tommaso Zafferani, Alex Stimac, Luca Nanni, Alessandro D'Addario.
This is an England squad of course without a host of key faces; those listed as injured in action include regular goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and recent creative dynamo Jack Grealish, with James Maddison, Tammy Abraham, Danny Ings, Callum Wilson and Harvey Barnes all also missing. But that has opened the door for a few strangers.
Lingard too has staked his claim well and made no secret of Southgate's own influence in his return to form. While Stones has battled his way back into the reckoning for league leaders Manchester City, the Manchester United man's loan move to West Ham has left him a rejuvenated presence.
It's hard to quibble with the return of Stones to the England fold; he's not played for the Three Lions since a November 2019 drubbing of Montenegro. The only other players in the starting side that night to repeat here are Chilwell and Mount.
But it is Watkins who is the most curious. The Aston Villa man edged out Leeds United's Patrick Bamford for the spot, despite the latter's superior haul and stats sheet this season; his youth and livewire skill is what gave him the edge. He deserves his place - but spare a thought for the man he beat to it.
Southgate has made no secret of the fact he hopes to use the March international break - the last nailed-on matches for his side before what looks like a tricky Euro 2020 campaign - to see what works and what doesn't. Don't be too surprised if Johnstone, the West Brom keeper, gets on at half-time.
Looking back, there's just the one player who started last time out for the Three Lions too, and to nobody's surprise, it's Mount. The Chelsea man is a favourite of the international manager - and he's mostly repaid that faith so far too.
The teams are emerging at Wembley Stadium now, beneath the towering arc. Raheem Sterling has taken the captain's armband, with Kane on the bench to begin with.
A personal milestone too for Southgate today; this is his 50th game in charge of England. He's the seventh to do so: Walter Winterbottom, Alf Ramsey, Ron Greenwood, Bobby Robson, Sven-Goran Eriksson and Roy Hodgson are the others.
The national anthems have concluded and we're moments away from kick-off. There will be a moment of reflection first for a host of late England players and coaches; Glenn Roeder, Frank Worthington, Colin Bell and Peter Swan.
It's positively ludicrous to suggest that a goalkeeper who has conceded three times in the first half is a genuine shoo-in for the man of the match, but Elia Benedettini has had an excellent game. Alas, it's has not been as excellent as that of Mason Mount, who - along with at least half-a-dozen other England faces - have been running the show in clinical, continuous fashion.
So, if you were Gareth Southgate, has anyone played themselves onto the hypothetical Euro 2020 plane today? (Given England will play all their confirmed games at Wembley, the plane really is hypothetical.) Mason Mount's first-half performance suggests that he's a lock. Dominic Calvert-Lewin's double means he'll be the reserve behind Harry Kane for the nine shirt. A hosts of others have all staked their claim. But really, against San Marino, it's hard to tell. Greater tests lie ahead.
So, that result leaves England comfortably atop Group I after just one match, with Albania also besting Andorra and Poland held to a draw by Hungary. Next up, it is Edoardo Reja's Eagles on March 28; until then however, thank you for joining us and have a great week!
Franco Varrella's side far from disgraced themselves then under the bright lights in London, but responsibility for that may lie with Elia Benedettini. The goalkeeper has given a fine account of himself today; his efforts to deny Jesse Lingard the perfect return to the England fold will be a point of pride.
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