England national football team began their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 away win against Vladimir Petkovic’s team, Switzerland.

Poor edition at the World Cup in Brazil and weak performance in the friendly match with Norway, raised the question of Roy Hodgson’s job, but his team responded to criticism with a convincing victory against the Swiss who did not have a good evening.

Watch Switzerland 0-2 England Full Match Replay

Both teams struggled in the first half but in the second half The Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck struck twice to help the Three Lions to enter their first three points. First goal Welbeck scored in the 58th minute while the second he burried in the last minute of the injury time. Surely, Man Utd could start doubting there decision of letting Welbeck to Arsenal.



Danny Welbeck post-match interview

Roy Hodgson post-match interview

Results of qualifications for the European Football Championship 2016 (Monday)

Group C, 1st round

Luxembourg – Belarus 1-1 (Lars Gerson 42 / Stanislav Dragun 78)

Spain – Macedonia 5-1 (Sergio Ramos 15-pen, Alcacer 17, Sergio Busquets 45 + 3, David Silva, 50, Pedro 90 + 1 / Agim Ibraimi 28-pen)

Ukraine – Slovakia 0-1 (Robert Mak 17)

Group E, 1st round

Estonia – Slovenia 1-0 (Ats Purje 86)

San Marino – Lithuania 0-2 (Deivydas Matulevicius 5, Arvydas NOVIKOVAS 36)

Switzerland – England 0-2 (Danny Welbeck 58, 90 + 4)

Group G, 1st round

Russia – Liechtenstein 4-0 (Martin Buechel 4-ag, Franz Burgmeier 50-ag, Dmitry Kombarov 54-pen, Artem Dzyuba 65)

Austria – Sweden 1-1 (David Alaba 7-pen / Erkan Zengin 12)

Montenegro – Moldova 2-0 (Mirko Vucinic 45 + 3, Zarko Tomasevic 73)

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