Babot and Andorra: Defeat against England feels like a victory!

Babot and Andorra: Defeat against England feels like a victory!

Hanau, Deutschland - The football world stands still when a small country like Andorra claims its place on the big stage. In a gripping World Cup qualification encounter, Andorra met the English football stars on June 7, 2025 in Barcelona. Despite a 0-1 defeat, the result for the national players felt like a small victory, like op-online.de reports.

Pau Babot, international Andorra and currently under contract with the Hessen league team SC 1960 Hanau, did his best in this historical game for Andorra. With only 17 % possession of the ball and a corner ratio of 0:12, the statistics prove that Andorra bravely struggled against the overpowering English. The only goal of the game scored Harry Kane in the 50th minute after he had given another chance in the first half, such as [sportschau.de] (https://www.sportschau.de/fussball/fifa-wm-2026/pfiffe-fuer-englaender- against-andorra-england-spielbericht-100.html) reported.

a special experience

for Babot, the encounter was more than just a fight for points. He observed Jew Bellingham with great attention, against whom he was used in standard situations. Unfortunately, Babot had to leave the game a quarter of an hour before the end due to injury and could not play against Serbia in the following qualification game. A drop of bitterness remains, because the sixth place in the group makes hope for a World Cup participation for Andorra. The team is still waiting for the first goal in qualifying, with the next chance on September 6th when the second leg against England is due.

The game ended not only with a manageable score for Andorra, but also with the boos of the English fans, given the disappointing performance of their team. Coach Thomas Tuchel was still able to celebrate his third win in the third game, and England remains on course for the 2026 World Cup, where only the group winner qualifies directly.

The move to Rot-Weiß Walldorf

After the exciting game, Pau Babot decided to close his chapter at the SC 1960 Hanau. He was duly adopted at a team evening. In summer he moved to Rot-Weiß Walldorf, one of the top teams in the Hessenliga. This change marks a new section in his career after missing the district cup final.

Andorra may only be on the 173rd place in the FIFA world rankings, but in the football world not only counts how high you are, but above all how to fight. And Andorra impressively demonstrated that in the game against England - with courage, heart and a large portion of proud. Let's wait and see what the upcoming games will bring.

In the football world, other developments are of interest, such as the new FIFA world rankings, which shows that France has been back for the first time since 2002, while other teams such as Germany and Argentina have fallen in the ranking. You can find out more about this at Vol.at.