It’s difficult making sense of European qualifying matches so let’s look at England’s opponents.
FIFA’s ranking system has England at 4th; Kosovo 120th; Czech Republic 44th and Bulgaria 62nd. Translating this into English football league positions gives us.1
England at 4th in the Premier League = Leicester
Czech Republic = Stoke City in the Championship
Bulgaria = Milton Keynes Dons in League One
Kosovo = Havant and Waterlooville in National League South (5th top).
Expressing this another way England lost to Stoke City 2-1. Havant and Waterlooville scored three goals in 45 minutes losing 5-3 in the end. And Milton Keynes Dons were triumphantly rolled over 6-0.
None of which gives much confidence for the European Championships. If we qualify that is.
1 As of 15th October 2019. FIFA’s top two are Belgium and France with Brazil at third.
Chris
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