French and Belgian footballers made it to the World Cup finals on Saturday, while in Group G, the Dutch team left their chance to compete in Podgorica. The Netherlands played 2: 2 (1: 0) against Montenegro.
Memphis Depay scored two goals in the 25th minute with an 11-meter penalty and in the 54th minute. They were already the 11th goal of the European qualifying tournament in this cycle. He is ahead of his closest followers by three “gol”.
The hosts were saved by shifts. In the 82nd minute, Ilija Vukotičs, who came on the field 13 minutes earlier, renewed the intrigue – 1: 2, but Nikola Vujnovičs, who came on the field in the 62nd minute, equalized the result in the 86th minute – 2: 2.
It has already been reported that Latvia played 0-0 with Norway in this group, while Turkey defeated Gibraltar 6-0 (3: 0) at home. In the 11th minute, Kerems Aktirkolu put the home team in the lead with 1: 0. The victory was facilitated by Jesse Olivero, who earned a red card in the 22nd minute. In the 38th and 41st minute, Halil Dervishol made the result devastating – 3: 0. In the 65th minute, the defender Merihs Demirals reached 4: 0, in the 81st minute 5: 0 – Serdars Dursuns, but in the 84th minute 6: 0 – Merts Mildirs. In the first minute of the compensation time, with the participation of Dursuna, the ball hit the visitors’ goal again, but after watching the video replay, the back was found.
In Group G, after nine games, the Netherlands is in first place with 20 points, Turkey and Norway with 18 points each, Montenegro with 12 points, and Latvia with six points, while Gibraltar is still in the beige.
It has already been reported that in Group D, Finland was the first to catch up with France, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 3: 1 (1: 0). On the 25th minute, the Finns did not implement the 11-meter penalty kick. However, immediately after his pass, Markuss Fors put the guests in the lead three minutes later – 1: 0. In the 37th minute, the Finns remained in the minority after Juka Raitala’s violation. It did not hinder the victory. Robins Lods scored 2-0 in the 51st minute of the second half. And although Luke Menalo recovered one goal in the 69th minute, Daniel O’Chonesius scored 3: 1 for Finland in the 73rd minute.
In a later game, Kilian Mbape, who scored the goal in the 6th, 12th and 32nd minutes, was beaten by a hat-trick in the 26th minute in France. France defeated Kazakhstan at home with 8: 0 (3: 0). Karim Benzema scored the fourth and fifth goals in the 55th and 59th minutes. That was not enough for France. The goal scored by Musa Diabī in the 73rd minute was not scored due to the back, but Adriēns Rabio scored 6: 0 two minutes later. 7: 0 In the 84th minute, Antuāns Grizmans won with a penalty kick of 11 meters, but in the 87th minute, he scored his fourth goal in the match in Mbape.
After seven games, France has 15 points, Finland 11 points, Ukraine nine points and Bosnia and Herzegovina seven points, while Kazakhstan has already finished the tournament, winning three points in eight battles.
Group E favorites also celebrated convincing victories. Belgium, the world leader, beat Estonia 3: 1 (1: 0) in Brussels. Christian Benteks scored the first goal of the match in the 11th minute, but after his pass in the 53rd minute, Janiks Karasko doubled the lead. In the 70th minute, Erik Sorga played one goal for the Estonians – 1: 2. However, the joy of the guests was short, because four minutes later Torgans Azars scored 3: 1, restoring the dominance of the two goals. With this success, Belgium became out of reach of competitors.
Close to the “play-off” tournament in the fight for three more places in the final tournament is Wales, which defeated Belarus 5: 1 (2: 0) in Cardiff. Aaron Ramzijs discovered the result in the third minute, but in the 50th minute he realized an 11-meter penalty. Neko Williams scored his second goal in the 20th minute in favor of the Welsh. In the 77th minute, the difference was further increased by Ben Davis – 4: 0. The Belarusians did not leave empty either, because Artjoms Koncevojs scored the honorary goal in the 87th minute. The Welsh still managed to answer this with the exact broadcast of Konor Roberts in the 89th minute – 5: 1.
In Group E, Belgium has accumulated 19 points after seven games, 14 – Wales, 11 – the Czech Republic and four – Estonia, but Belarus, which has three points, has already finished the tournament.
In the European area, the samples are divided into ten subgroups, five by five and five by six. Ten group winners will qualify for the World Cup final, and ten second-place winners and the two best UEFA Nations teams in the sub-groups will be out of the top two.
In the elimination tournament, 12 teams will be divided into three “play-off” branches, where in March 2022 three more finalists will be determined.
The final of the World Cup will take place in Qatar, and due to the hot weather, the tournament will be played in the winter from November 21 to December 18.
Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and France have already entered the final tournament without a hostess in Qatar.
In 2022, Qatar will host the final World Cup final with 32 teams. The 2026 tournament, hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, will feature 48 national teams.
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