Andorra vs England LIVE commentary: Tuchel eyes Three Lions history as Kane aims to achieve 19-year first

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England begin their post-season international break as they take on Andorra in a World Cup 2026 qualifier this evening, live on talkSPORT. The Three Lions have won both of their games so far under new boss Thomas Tuchel, beating Albania 2-0 and Latvia 3-0 in March.  Tuchel has won both of his games in charge of EnglandGettyTuchel has started to put his mark on the squad, who will now look to make it three wins from three in Group K of qualifying.After this clash against Andorra, an international friendly meeting with Senegal at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground follows on June 10. Andorra vs England: Three Lions history? Tuchel has enjoyed a winning start to his time in the England dugout.And just one more victory could see him achieve a feat no other boss has managed before. He is aiming to become the fifth Three Lions manager to win their first three games, following Ron Greenwood, Glenn Hoddle, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Fabio Capello. But none of them did so without conceding a single goal, and that is what Tuchel will be hoping to pull off against Andorra, who are ranked 173rd in the world. Meanwhile, Harry Kane is also looking to achieve a rare feat in this game, having scored in both of Tuchel’s first matches in charge.Should he score again, he would become only the second player to score in all three of a manager’s first fixtures, joining Peter Crouch, who did so in 2006 under Steve McLaren. Strangely, Crouch’s run of goals included two against Andorra, so Kane could well be set to follow in the big striker’s footsteps. Kane will pull off a rare feat if he scores against AndorraGettyAndorra have lost each of their six meetings with England by an aggregate score of 0-25, only conceding more goals against Portugal (29) and Estonia (28).England only have a better 100%-win rate in World Cup qualifiers against Albania (7/7) and San Marino (6/6) than they do against Andorra (4/4), most recently beating the Tricolours 4-0 at home and 5-0 away from home in qualification for the 2022 World Cup.Andorra vs England: Team news England have chopped and changed their team over Tuchel’s first two games, with only six players starting both under the new boss. Kane, Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa, Jordan Pickford and Marcus Rashford were in from the off against Albania and Latvia. However, Rashford didn’t make the squad this time around due to injury. It was then confirmed on Friday that Bukayo Saka, Conor Gallagher and Ollie Watkins have been left out of the England squad to face Andorra.Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah has received his first call-up, while Ivan Toney will get some minutes and Jordan Henderson and Kyle Walker continue to be selected for experience. England squad to face AndorraGoalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Burnley)Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Kyle Walker (AC Milan, on loan from Manchester City)Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Henderson (Ajax), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)Forwards: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli)Since the end of the 2024 UEFA European Championship, no player has been directly involved in more England goals than Declan Rice, with his five goal involvements across his six appearances in that time (2 goals, 3 assists) more than he managed across his first 58 caps for the nation (4 – 3 goals, 1 assist).  Andorra are winless in their last 14 qualification matches for major tournaments (World Cup/EUROs – D2 L12), since beating San Marino 3-0 in October 2021. In fact, their only two victories across their last 25 qualifiers have come against San Marino (also 2-0 in September 2021 – D3 L20).Andorra vs England: What has been said? England boss Tuchel has explained why he has picked Toney for this international break after his inclusion came as a shock. He has not featured for the Three Lions since his late substitute appearance in the Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain last July.On the Al-Ahli striker, he said: “We follow him closely like all the players on our list.“He played a lot, we watched him a lot and he had decisive contributions to goals in important matches. He won a big title with his club, the Asian Champions League. “I didn’t have the opportunity to see him live in Saudi Arabia, so we took the possibility to fly him in to our camp and watch him live within the group.“He will compete with Harry [Kane] and Ollie Watkins. It will be interesting, we have three strikers in camp.”Toney is set to play for England this weekendGetty173rd-ranked Andorra will be the lowest-ranked nation England have faced since beating San Marino (210th) 10-0 in November 2021. Since the rankings were introduced in 1993, the Three Lions have won 42 of their 43 games against nations ranked outside the top 100, with the only exception a 1-0 loss to Northern Ireland (116th) in World Cup qualification in September 2005.England have won each of their last five competitive matches in all competitions, last putting together a longer winning run between September 2017 and June 2018 (six in a row). Meanwhile, the Three Lions could win five competitive fixtures without conceding for only the third time ever, also doing so in September 2005 and October 2007.Andorra vs England: talkSPORT coverage This World Cup 2026 qualifier will take place on Saturday, June 7. Kick-off at the RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, Spain is set for 5pm.talkSPORT will have live coverage of all the action presented by Adrian Durham. Commentary will come from Jim Proudfoot and former England captain Stuart Pearce. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.The game will also be broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX.