On Saturday, June 17, as part of the selection cycle of the European Championship, in which the national team of Ukraine defeated the team of North Macedonia the day before (3:2), 11 matches were held in five groups.
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Group A
Norway – Scotland – 1:2 (Holland, 61, from the penalty – Dykes, 87, McLean, 89).
Forward Erling Holland, realizing the penalty, brought the number of goals this season for the club and the national team to 54 – this is the best indicator among all representatives of the top 5 European leagues. However, his goal did not help the Norwegians to score at least a point…
Cyprus — Georgia — 1:2 (Pittas, 38, from the penalty – Mikautadze, 31, Davitashvili, 84).
Position of the teams: 1. Scotland — 9 points (3 matches); 2. Georgia — 4 (2); 3. Spain — 3 (2); 4. Norway — 1 (3); 5. Cyprus — 0 (2).
Group E
Faroe Islands – Czech Republic – 0:3 (Krejci, 15, Cherny, 44, 75).
Albania — Moldova — 2:0 (Asani, 52, Bayrami, 76).
Position of the teams: 1. Czech Republic — 7 (3); 2. Poland — 3 (2); 3. Albania — 3 (2); 4. Moldova — 2 (3); 5. Faroe Islands — 1 (2).
Group F
Belgium — Austria — 1:1 (Lukaku, 62 — Mangala, 22, own goal).
Before the game, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois received a commemorative prize for 100 matches played as part of the national team. That’s when the partners put a pig on the goalkeeper – Mangala cut the ball into his own goal in the middle of the first half, and the hosts could only equalize after the break, ultimately losing important points.
Azerbaijan — Estonia — 1:1 (Krivotsyuk, 62 — Sappinen, 27).
Position of the teams: 1. Austria — 7 (3); 2. Belgium — 4 (2); 3. Sweden — 3 (2); 4 Estonia — 1 (2); 5. Azerbaijan — 1 (3).
Group G
Lithuania — Bulgaria — 1:1 (Hirdvainis, 15 — M. Petkov, 27). In the 17th minute, Lasickas (Lithuania) was sent off.
Montenegro – Hungary – 0:0.
Position of the teams: 1. Serbia — 6 (2); 2. Hungary — 4 (2); 3. Montenegro — 4 (3); 4. Lithuania — 1 (2); 5. Bulgaria — 1 (3).
Group J
Portugal — Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3:0 (Bernardo Silva, 44, Bruno Fernandes, 77, 90+3).
Iceland — Slovakia — 1:2 (Finnbogason, 41, from the penalty – Kutska, 27, Suslov, 70).
Luxembourg — Liechtenstein — 2:0 (Sinani, 59, J. Rodriguez, 89).
Position of the teams: 1. Portugal — 9; 2. Slovakia — 7; 3. Luxembourg — 4; 4. Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3; 5. Iceland — 3; 6. Liechtenstein — 0.
The next matchday in the European Championship qualifiers will take place on Monday, June 19, when they will play: Group B — France — Greece, Ireland — Gibraltar; group C — Ukraine — Malta; England — North Macedonia; group D — Turkey — Wales, Armenia — Latvia; group N — Slovenia — Denmark, Northern Ireland — Kazakhstan; group I — Switzerland — Romania, Israel — Andorra, Belarus — Kosovo.
Earlier, “FACTS” reported that Oleksandr Petrakov took revenge on Wales for the defeat in the play-off of selection for the 2022 World Cup.
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