ANDORRA: England’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra will go ahead despite a dramatic fire in the Estadi Nacional.

The television gantry went up in flames three hours after England had trained on the pitch on Friday.

One of the dugouts had melted, while the video assistant referee monitor had been left burnt and the walls blackened by the blaze.

The Andorra federation said, in a statement: “As we all know there has been a small accident and a fire, no personal harm has been reported, only material damages.”

Andorra coach Koldo Alvarez added: “We have to congratulate everybody ourselves because there has been no personal harm, which is the most important part, but I have no doubt we are going to train and we will be able to play tomorrow.”

England, who are top of Group I, four points clear of Albania in second, welcome Hungary to Wembley on Tuesday in the second part of a double header.

This will be the first time that a senior England’s men’s international is being refereed by a woman – Kateryna Monzul, 40. Fellow Ukrainians Maryna Striletska and Svitlana Grushko will be the assistant referees for the game.

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