Belgian Jeremy Doku rejoices at the goal against Belarus.
Francisco Seco, ČTK / AP
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The Belgians started in contrast to the match in Prague with a significantly changed line-up, which lacked, for example, the stars De Bruyne or Lukaku. However, less than a quarter of an hour of play passed and the favorite took the lead, when Batshuayi ran onto Doku’s pass and opened with a hard shot under the crossbar of the score. Striker Crystal Palace scored his ninth national goal from seven games played. A moment later, he pushed through with his first goal in the Vanaken national team and Trossard and Doku added more goals to the break.
The “Red Devils” did not slow down even in the second half, when four minutes after returning from the cabins he added the fifth goal with a shot from the border of the penalty area Praet. Twenty minutes before the end, the alternating Benteke prevailed with an accurate header and in the end they added their second goals in the match Trossard and Vanaken. The Belgians not only recorded the biggest qualifying win of the day, but also jumped to the top of the group E table.
Little James stopped the campaign of the Czech qualifying team
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The Turks still lead the Group G, even though they missed a two-goal lead over Latvia and lost the current 100% balance. After a 3: 3 draw, they have seven points and stay one point ahead of the Netherlands. For a change, he shot himself on the field of Gibraltar, which was outclassed by 7: 0. Even in the third match in a row, for example, Luuk de Jong scored. The Norwegians, who succeeded 1-0 on the field of Montenegro, also have six points.
Disaster, embarrassment! The Slovaks failed with outsiders for the second time, the Spartan Hancko was injured
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The Slovaks succeeded in a remedy for an unexpected 2: 2 draw with Malta, who defeated Russia 2: 1 thanks to Škriniar and Mak’s goals. In group H, they remain the only undefeated team and lose only one point to their current opponents and Croats.
A few days after the victory over Ireland, Luxembourg, which took the lead against Portugal in the 30th minute thanks to Gerson Rodriguez, stepped forward to another surprise. This time, however, the goal of striker Dynamo Kyiv was not enough for the sensation and the team of Fernando Santos gradually turned the duel thanks to Jota, Ronald and Palhinha. Thanks to a better score, he also got to the top of group A before the Serbs.
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Serbian footballers rejoice in the victory over Azerbaijan.
Aziz Karimov, Reuters
They also unexpectedly won the 2: 1 victory on the field of Azerbaijan. Already in the first half, thanks to the exact shot of Mitrovič, they took the lead, but after the break Kostič exaggerated the emphasis in the penalty area and Machmudov equalized from the penalty. The victory for the Serbs was saved again by Mitrovič, who took advantage of Milinkovič-Savič’s pass nine minutes before the end. It was already his 41st goal in the national team and the 31st goal from the last 32 starts in the national team.
The Slovenians suffered their second defeat in a row. Although the vice-champions of the world defeated the Croats at the beginning of the qualification, they subsequently did not have enough for Russia and now they lost unexpectedly in Cyprus as well. Pittas scored the only goal shortly at the end of the first half.
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| World Cup 2022 qualifiers: |
| Group A: |
| Azerbaijan – Serbia 1: 2 (0:1) |
| Goals: 60. Machmudov with pen. – 16. and 81. A. Mitrović. |
| Luxembourg – Portugal 1: 3 (1:1) |
| Goals: 31. Rodrigues – 45. + 2 Jota, 51. Ronaldo, 80. Palhinha. ČK: 86. Chanot (Luc.). |
| Group E: |
| Belgium – Belarus 8: 0 (4:0) |
| Goals: 38. a 76. Trossard, 17. a 89. Vanaken, 14. Batshuayi, 42. Doku, 49. Praet, 70. Benteke. |
| Wales – Czech Republic 1: 0 (0:0). |
| Group G: |
| Gibraltar – Netherlands 0: 7 (0:1) |
| Goals: 61. a 89. Depay, 42. Berghuis, 55. L. de Jong, 62. Wijnaldum, 64. Malen, 85. Van de Beek. |
| Montenegro – Norway 0: 1 (0:1) |
| Branka: 35. Sörloth. |
| Turkey – Latvia 3: 3 (2:1) |
| Goals: 2. Karaman, 34. Calhanoglu, 52. Yilmaz z pen. – 36. Savalnieks, 58. Uldrikis, 80. Ikaunieks. |
| Group H: |
| Cyprus – Slovenia 1: 0 (1:0) |
| Branka: 42. Pittas. |
| Slovakia – Russia 2: 1 (1:0) |
| Goals: 38. Škriniar, 74. Mak – 71. Fernandes. |
| Croatia – Malta 3: 0 (0:0) |
| Goals: 62. Perišič, 76. Modrič z pen., 90. Brekalo. |
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