Another Harry Kane show: England face Macedonia with this starting lineup

The England national team had a near-perfect 2023. After the elimination in the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup against France, the chiefs decided to ratify the confidence of coach Gareth Southgate to continue leading the team with the aim of competing in Euro 2024.

And time proved it was the right decision. During this year the performances of The Three Lions have been excellent and they achieved the qualification to the most important tournament of the continent winning 6 of the 7 matches they played in Group C. The last one was on Friday at Wembley Stadium, when they beat Malta 2-0 with an own goal by Enrico Pepe and another by Harry Kane.

That goal allowed the striker to reach Erling Haaland at the top of the world's top scorers ranking in 2023. Between Tottenham, Bayern Munich and the English national team, Harry has netted 48 times in the year. And this Monday he will have the opportunity to become the leader, if the coach decides to give him some minutes, as he will be a substitute.

Gareth Southgate's team will play their last game in 2023. It will be against Macedonia at the National Arena Todor Proeski Stadium in Skopje. The coach decided that the starting lineup will be: Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, Marc Guehi, Harry Maguire, Rico Lewis; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Declan Rice, Phil Foden; Bukayo Saka, Ollie Watkins, Jack Grealish. In addition, the substitutes will be San Johnstone, Aaron Ramsdale, Fikayo Tomori, Ezri Konsa, Cole Palmer, Jordan Henderson, Conor Gallagher, Kalvin Phillips, Marcus Rashford and Harry Kane.

They, too, will be looking to bow out with a win

For Macedonia the match is a mere formality. They no longer have a chance to qualify for Euro 2024, as they have only 7 points and are 6 points behind Italy and Ukraine, who are competing for a place. But they will still try to beat England to satisfy their fans. Coach Milevski chose this XI: Stole Dimitrievski; Jovan Manev, Nikola Serafimov, Visar Musliu, Bojan Dimoski, Enis Bardhi, Jani Atanasov, Isnik Alimi, Ezdzhan Alioski; Bojan Miovski, Eljif Elmas.