In the group of Italy, victory of the Swiss national team that remains in the wake of the Azzurri. Bosnia makes 3 to Kosovo, but the Inter is unlucky and remains dry. Here are all the results
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Switzerland is Italy’s nemesis in the race for the World Cup in Qatar 2022: the result of Geneva says so, where Northern Ireland remains 10 in the first half and then falls 2-0 against the Swiss. In the other qualifying rounds England (Tammy Abraham’s goal) and Poland (Piatek’s brace) easily win, Sweden advances targeting Spain and Dusan Vlahovic signs the overtaking of Serbia against Portugal. Two woods hit by Edin Dzeko in the afternoon, while Denmark continues to score full points with three out of four goals from Serie A.
AZERBAIJAN-IRELAND 0-3
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On the eve of the away match in Baku, Eire has an absolutely unacceptable ranking by its standards and the visit to the bottom of the group is the best opportunity to seek the first victory. Callum Robinson takes care of it in a very short time, good at scoring two goals in the first half, at 7 ‘and 39’. With these assumptions Azerbaijan is soon offside and the rest of the match is ferried towards the triple whistle, with the trio of Chiedozie Ogbene that brings down the curtain in the 91st minute.
LUXEMBOURG-SERBIA 0-1
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A long, endless stalemate worries the guests involved in the trip to the Grand Duchy not a little, but the ghosts of a very disappointing draw are chased away by the brightest talent in Serbia. In the 68th minute it was Fiorentina star Vlahovic who put things right for the Balkans and allowed his team to temporarily take first place in the group against Portugal, who, however, have one less game behind them. Luxembourg ko.
Ranking: Serbia 14 points, Portugal 13, Luxembourg 6, Ireland 5 and Azerbaijan 1. Next round (Tuesday 12 October): Portugal-Luxembourg, Serbia-Azerbaijan.
GEORGIA-GREECE 0-2
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Batumi’s match is undoubtedly the least pyrotechnic of those scheduled at 18 for an hour and a half and reflects the opaque moments of the two national teams, even if the draw that gradually matures is above all negative for Greece and its ambitions of playoffs. The guests certainly build more than Georgia, but the fruit is only a goal canceled by the Var in the first quarter of an hour of play: this up to 91 ‘, when the fate evened the scores with the Hellenics who on a penalty find the precious victory with Tasos Bakasetas, before Dimitris Pelkas’ final double in the 96th minute.
SWEDEN 3-0 KOSOVO
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A match on paper without history needs a penalty kick to break from 0-0 and in charge of it is the Leipzig player Emil Forsberg, effectively. At this point Sweden melts and sees the doubling of Ludwig Augustinsson printed on the post, but after the interval Kosovo takes the field with a very different attitude. Lazio’s Vedat Muriqi finds the draw but is canceled for offside and the Scandinavians, alarmed, react with two attempts by Dejan Kulusevski and Alexander Isak. At 62 ‘it is the latter who duplicates the gap from the Balkan national team, spreading it with a nice shot under the intersection. The match ends, Robin Quaison drops the three of a kind in the 79th minute and Spain is in the sights.
Ranking: Spain 13 points, Sweden 12, Greece 9, Kosovo 4 and Georgia 1. Next round (Tuesday 12 October): Kosovo-Georgia, Sweden-Greece.
LITHUANIA 3-1 BULGARIA
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The Saturday of the group of Italy opens with the first points of these qualifiers for Lithuania, even if in Vilnius the first ring is Bulgarian. In fact, in the quarter of an hour Dimitar Iliev fails the penalty of the possible advantage and the hosts increase the dose in the 18 ‘with the goal of Justas Lasickas. The guests try for the whole first hour to assert the higher technical rate, aware of facing a team still dry in the standings: so the equalizer at 64 ‘of the former Cagliari Kiril Despodov seems auspicious, but in the final the Baltics hit the Fedor Cernych’s goal with two flashes in three minutes, scoring in the 82nd and 84th minutes.
SWITZERLAND-NORTHERN IRELAND: 2-0
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The challenge that closely affects Italy experiences two key moments in the first half, both in the last ten minutes of the fraction. In fact, Jamal Lewis’ ingenuity is sensational in the 37th minute who, already booked previously, wastes time indefinitely and gets kicked out by the referee. Switzerland then presses on the accelerator to make the direct clash their own and in injury time manages to score with Steven Zuber, lethal on the counterattack to hit Northern Ireland. Aware of the favorable position, the home team then aims to increase the gap in terms of goal difference in the head-to-head with the Azzurri, but the many occasions turn into doubling only in the 91st minute thanks to Christian Fassnacht.
Ranking: Standings: Italy 14 points, Switzerland 11, Northern Ireland and Bulgaria 5, Lithuania 3. Next round (Tuesday 12 October): Bulgaria-Northern Ireland, Lithuania-Switzerland.
FINLAND-UKRAINE 1-2
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The tight fight for second place behind France goes through games like that of Helsinki, sparkling from the first minute and unlocked in the 4 ‘, with the guest advantage of Andriy Yarmolenko. Finland creaks and risks sinking, but in the half hour the Scandinavian striker Teemu Pukki finds an area of prey draw to punch Andriy Pyatov. Not bad for Oleksandr Petrakov, technical commissioner successor to Andriy Shevchenko, because in the 34th minute Ukraine gets back on with Roman Yaremchuk, good at capitalizing on a good assist from Viktor Tsygankov. Unlike what happens in other fields, however, the recovery is less sparkling and the only highlight to report is a good attempt, on the side, by Paulus Arajuuri: Ukraine is second.
KAZAKHSTAN-BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 0-2
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The match between two teams without a win had to give the first joy to one of the national teams on the field and to celebrate are the guests. The hero of the day, however, is not Inter striker Edin Dzeko – who stops at a crossbar and a post – but his attacking partner Smail Prevljak. The 26-year-old owned by the Eupen Belgians in fact overshadows the Nerazzurri champion with a splendid brace, opened at 25 ‘by a header and completed at 66’ with a low shot. Deserved victory for Bosnia-Herzegovina, while Kazakhstan is left with only one goal disallowed for offside.
Ranking: France 12 points, Ukraine 8, Bosnia-Herzegovina 6, Finland 5 and Kazakhstan 3. Next round (Tuesday 12 October): Kazakhstan-Finland, Ukraine-Bosnia-Herzegovina.
FAROE ISLANDS-AUSTRIA 0-2
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The Austrian victory in the archipelago of northern Europe is all marked by Red Bull, because the advantage in the 26th minute is the work of Konrad Laimer of Leipzig and the doubling in the 48th minute is instead the business of his former teammate Marcel Sabitzer, from here summer at Bayern Munich. The recovery is academy, the result is already homologable
MOLDOVA 0-4 DENMARK
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In fact, the home side’s match in Chisinau lasted 23 minutes, as there was no discussion on the pitch and at that moment the advantage of Bologna winger Andreas Skov Olsen collapsed Moldovan tenacity. At 34 ‘the doubling is still of an “Italian” matrix with the Milan player Simon Kjaer on a penalty after a handball in the area, while at 39’ it is Christian Norgaard who signs the 0-3 even before the interval. And it does not end here, because in the 45th minute Joakim Maehle’s poker arrives to aggravate the situation in Moldova: the second half is a training session, Denmark only knows how to win.
Scotland 3-2 Israel
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Absolutely everything happens in Glasgow in the first 45 minutes, for a truly spectacular head to head in the second place area. After only 5 minutes it is Eran Zahavi who starts the dance with a winning free-kick that is worth 0-1 until the half hour, when Josh McGinn signs the Scotland equalizer. With another free kick, however, Israel returns immediately ahead this time thanks to Munas Dabbur’s foot, but in injury time a penalty kick can restore balance: it does not happen, because Lyndon Dykes fails from the spot and the interval ends on ‘1-2. The pace remains high even after the break, but the evening seems to be bewitched for Dykes himself, who in the 57th minute sees the Var control his goal, canceled by Szymon Marciniak for a foul at the beginning of the action: no infringement, goal validated and 2 -2. The number 9 of Scotland remains the absolute protagonist even later in the match but, a quarter of an hour later, his overtaking goal is really invalidated by a foul. Over? No, in the 94th minute Scott McTominay kicks in on a corner and makes the Hampden Park fans explode with joy.
Ranking: Denmark 21 points, Scotland 14, Israel and Austria 10, Faroe Islands 4 and Moldova 1. Next round (Tuesday 12 October): Denmark-Austria, Faroe Islands-Scotland, Israel-Moldova.
ANDORRA-ENGLAND 0-5
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The task of the weekend for Gareth Southgate’s boys is not the most complicated and at the end of the first half the match is already well addressed. The credit goes first to Ben Chilwell in the 19 ‘and then to Bukayo Saka in the 40’, the two faces of the 0-2 that matures before the interval in the Pyrenees. The risks of a comeback by Andorra are really minimal but, to rest assured, England burdened the passive in the 59th minute with the goal of the Roman player Abraham on an assist from Jadon Sancho. The picture finally closes at 81 ‘, with James Ward-Prowse who first misses a penalty and then bags at a later time, and at 87’ with the stamp of Jack Grealish, the idol of crowds across the Channel.
POLAND 5-0 SAN MARINO
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As was to be expected on the eve, on a technical level there is little to say in the match in Warsaw, with the hosts scoring three times only in the first half: if the third, by Robert Lewwandowski, is canceled for offside, the the first two are very valid. At 10 ‘Karol Swiderski unlocks the score despite a control at the Var, at 20’ Mirko Palazzi is the protagonist of an unfortunate own goal for San Marino. The former Genoa and Milan Krzysztof Piatek are also on the pitch, who in less than 5 minutes volunteers to participate in the goal festival by scoring the 0-3 of Poland. In the final, at 84 ‘and 92’, there is also time for Adam Buksa’s exultation and for Piatek’s brace.
HUNGARY 0-1 ALBANIA
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After a really soporific first half at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, the direct clash in the playoff area lights up in the second half, especially due to the initiatives of Albania. The guests in fact create and touch the advantage several times, but the clearest opportunity is an impromptu pole hit by the Hungarian Attila Szalai. After the fright, the Rossoneri finally manage to move forward with Chelsea’s jewel Armando Broja, author of the very important goal that is worth the defense of second place in the standings from the threatening ambitions of Poland.
Ranking: England 19 points, Albania 15, Poland 14, Hungary 10, Andorra 3 and San Marino 0. Next round (Tuesday 12 October): Albania-Poland, England-Hungary, San Marino-Andorra.
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