AS MUCH 12 matches European Zone 2022 World Cup Qualification played on Thursday (25/3/2021) early morning WIB. Of the dozens of matches, what stole the attention was victory Portugal National Team (Timnas), a draw France vs Ukraine, as well as the defeat of the Netherlands.
The surprise immediately opened a series of European Zone World Cup Qualification matches. Why not, the Netherlands had to swallow the bitter pill because the host Turkey beat with a score of 2-4 at the Attaturk Stadium, Istanbul. Hattrick veteran striker Burak Yilmaz made The Orange moveless.
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Another surprising result came at the Stade de France when France hosted Ukraine. On the paper, Blues championed for an easy win over his guests. In fact, they took the lead in the 19th minute thanks to a beautiful goal from Antoine Griezmann.
Unfortunately, Didier Deschamps’ team was unable to increase their advantage. In fact, they had to concede in the 57th minute because of Presnel Kimpembe’s own goal. The final score is 1-1 so that the two teams have to settle for sharing the numbers.
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An own goal also colored the match between Portugal vs Azerbaijan at the Allianz Stadium, Turin. The match must be played in Turin, Italy, due to travel restrictions.
In control of the game, Portugal had to struggle to score goals. In fact, the single winning goal came from Maksim Medvedev’s suicide in the 37th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo and his friends failed to add a goal to disperse.
Belgium also won victory over Wales. Even, The Red Devil was left behind first through Harry Wilson’s quick goal in the 10th minute. Fortunately, the hosts did not panic.
That advantage only lasted 12 minutes. Kevin de Bruyne managed to equalize the score in the 22nd minute. Six minutes later, Thorgan Hazard managed to bring Belgium back ahead 2-1. The victory was confirmed by Romelu Lukaku’s penalty in the 73rd minute.
Meanwhile, Erling Braut Haaland failed to enter the scoreboard when the Norwegian national team was hosted by Gibraltar. The laws still able to win 3-0 thanks to goals scored by Alexander Sorloth (43 ‘), Kristian Thorstvedt (45’) and Jonas Svensson (57 ‘).
The finalists for the 2018 World Cup, Croatia, had to swallow a bitter pill after being bent by the host Slovenia with a thin score of 0-1. The Republic of Ireland also experienced negative results, which narrowly lost 2-3 to host Serbia.
Following are the complete results of the 2022 European Zone World Cup Qualifiers:
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