BRATISLAVA. Football players from Spain, Scotland and Turkey advanced to next year’s European Championship in Germany.
The Spaniards won Sunday’s qualifying match 1:0 on the soil of Norway, and the northerners cannot catch up with their opponent or the Scots in points in the A-group.
The only goal for the Spaniards was scored by Gavi in the 49th minute, who got the ball behind goalkeeper Örjan Nyland after two unsuccessful attempts by his teammates.
The goal was still checked by VAR for a possible offside, but in the end it was valid and proved to be key for advancing to the eighth EURO in a row.
Alvaro Morata and Gavi. (Author: TASR/AP)
The Scots suffered their first defeat in the qualification on Thursday, precisely on the soil of Spain (0:2), and are thus in second place. They will appear at the EC for the fourth time in history.
The football players of Turkey won the promotion as well. In Sunday’s match, they won 4:0 over Latvia, and only Wales can overtake them in Group I.
Together with the Croatians, the latter can equal the Turks in terms of points, but it is Turkey that has the highest number of points (6) in the mutual matches of this trio.
The Welsh and the Croatians, who lost 1-2 in Cardiff on Sunday, have four each, but the Balkans are no longer scheduled to face either of the two teams. The Turks advanced to the sixth European Championship in history.
The Swiss saved the embarrassment
Switzerland surprisingly drew 3:3 with Belarus. Even in the 88th minute, they were losing in the duel of the I-group with a two-goal difference, Manuel Akanji and Zeki Amdouni took care of the equalization.
Their team is second in the table, one point behind Romania. The visitors are in fifth place with a one-point loss to Kosovo and have lost the chance to advance.
The home team Xherdan Shaqiri opened the scoring in the 28th minute and the first half belonged to his team. After an hour of play, however, Max Ebong equalized after a cross from Dmitri Antilevski to the far post.
After a corner kick, Denis Poljakov also headed in and made it 3:1 in the 84th minute, Antilevskij, who was sent off by Kirill Pechenin.
The home team did not allow a shocking result and scored the same number of goals within one minute from two standard situations.
The Romanians took advantage of Switzerland’s hesitation to move to the top of Group I after a smooth 4-0 win over Andorra.
The home team created a two-goal lead within less than half an hour – Nicolae Stanciu scored the winning shot and Ianis Hagi added another a moment later.
Andorra is in the last sixth place with two points and cannot advance.
Another hesitation of Poland
The narrowest margin was 1:0 won by the Czechs, who defeated the Faroe Islands. Tomáš Souček scored three points for the home team in the 76th minute from the penalty spot.
His team is currently second in the E-group table, two points behind Albania, on whose soil they lost 0:3 on Thursday.
The guests are on the last fifth place with a gain of one point. The Poles did not use the opportunity to jump to the second place when they drew with Moldova 1:1, the point was saved by Karol Swiderski.
His team is currently second in the E-group table, two points behind Albania, on whose soil they lost 0:3 on Thursday. The guests are on the last fifth place with a gain of one point.
Georgia broke the negative streak
Georgia beat Cyprus 4:0. It thus ended a series of three losses and is in fifth position in the A-group.
Otar Kitejišvili scored the winning goal in the 46th minute, Chviča Kvaracchelia added another. The Italian Napoli winger was assisted by Giorgi Čakvetadze, a former Slovan Bratislava player.
It was Kvaracchelia who scored Levan Šengelia’s third goal. Georges Mikautadze made it 4-0 in extra time from a penalty.
The last time Georgia triumphed was in June, when they won on the soil of Cyprus (2:1). He is in “A” on the sixth place without a point gain.
EURO 2024 qualification – October 15:
Group A:
Georgia – Cyprus 4:0 (0:0)
Goals: 46. Kiteishvili, 58. Kvaracchelia, 82. Šengelia, 90.+5. Mikautadze (from 11 m)
Norway – Spain 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: 49. Gavi
Turkey – Latvia 4:0 (0:0)
Goal: 83. a 90. +2. Tosun, 58. Akgun, 87. Akturkoglu
Wales – Croatia 2:1 (0:0)
Goal: 47. and 60. Wilson – 75. Pasalič
E-group:
Czech Republic – Faroe Islands 1:0 (0:0)
Goal: 76. Souček (from 11 m)
Poland – Moldova 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: 53. Swiderski – 26. Nicolaescu
Group I:
Switzerland – Belarus 3:3 (1:0)
Goals: 28. Shaqiri, 89. Akanji, 90. Amdouni – 61. Ebong, 69. Poljakov, 84. Antilevskij
Romania – Andorra 4:0
Goals: 23. Stanciu, 28. Hagi, 44. Marina (z 11 m), 50. Coman. ČK: 90.+1. San Nicolas (Andorra)
2023-10-15 21:10:48
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