London: England eased to a comfortable 4-0 win over Hungary at the Puskas Arena here on Thursday to sit pretty at the top of World Cup qualifying Group I.It was a miserable night for Hungary on and off the field. The country’s football federation is likely to face a FIFA investigation after crowd misbehaviour and reports of racial abuse of two England players.
Meanwhile, Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium overcame an early scare to crush Estonia 5-2 away on Thursday and solidify its position at the top of World Cup qualifying Group E.
Lukaku took his international record to 66 goals in his 99th appearance after Belgium was shocked when Estonia captain Matthias Kait stole the ball in midfield and thundered home a powerful shot to put the host ahead in the second minute.
But FIFA’s top-ranked team fought back to reach 10 points ahead of the second-placed Czech Republic on seven points, also from four games. Estonia is bottom without a win from three games.
Last week, Argentina maintained their unbeaten start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, cruising to a 3-1 victory at 10-man Venezuela on Thursday night. But Brazil continued their perfect start to qualifying with a seventh win out of seven as Everton Ribeiro scored the only goal in a 1-0 away victory over Chile.