England easily beat Serbia 2-0 on Thursday to achieve full marks after seven rounds of World Cup qualifiers.Bukayo Saka's brilliant direct shot in the 28th minute was one of the few bright spots in a modest match in which Serbia did not offer much despite its urgent need for points to maintain its hopes.Substitute Ebrici Eze concluded the scoring in the 90th minute.Having already qualified for next year's finals in North America as Group 11 leaders, Thomas Tuchel's side lacked the urgency to win at times despite the encouraging debut of young Manchester City left-back Nico O'Reilly.
Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham's participation as a substitute midway through the second half was met with great enthusiasm from the audience, as this was his first appearance with the national team since June.Serbia showed greater resistance compared to its 5-0 loss at home to England last September (September), and Dusan Vlahovic twice came close to equalizing, but the defeat ended his team's hopes of finishing the qualifiers in the first two places and having the opportunity to qualify for the qualifying play-off.
Albania will finish second and secure qualification to the play-offs after beating Andorra 1-0.England, who have yet to concede a goal, are looking to complete their away qualification perfectly against Albania next Sunday
