San Marino gets 10 in Vienna (4 stamps from Arnautovic), Belarus 6 from Hojlund and his teammates. Reijnders scores against Malta. Montenegro makes a poor impression against Far Oer
Thirty-five goals in eight games, almost half of which came from Austria (10) and Denmark (6). In short, the first evening of the qualifiers for the next World Cup was more than fun. Hojlund confirms his magical moment with the brace with which he contributes to the 6-0 defeat of Belarus in Hungary; the Danes confirm their lead in group C on equal points with Scotland but with a favorable goal difference. For the Scots it was a success in great style, in a comeback against Greece for whom Tsimikas’ goal (Rome) was not enough: the decisive overtaking goal was scored by the “Bolognese” Ferguson, the seal of serenity was from Dykes in injury time. Austria, as anticipated, canceled out San Marino with 10 goals, four of which were scored by Marko Arnautovic, who with 45 goals becomes his national team’s all-time best scorer, and two by Posch (Como). With this victory, Rangnick’s national team overtakes Bosnia, stopped at the last second by Cyprus, who recover the double disadvantage. A more than special mention for the Faroe Islands, who swept 4-0 against Montenegro under the downpour, Vucinic’s debut on the bench was truly terrible. Pasalic, Modric and Sucic’s Croatia fails to overcome the Czech Republic and stops at 0-0, leaving the gap at the top of group L unchanged with the Croatians ahead on goal difference (+16 versus +5). Ordinary administration for the Netherlands, who easily got rid of Malta (0-4) in an evening dotted with errors from the referee Strukan, Dumfries protagonist with a late assist for Depay’s goal. Finland beats Lithuania 2-1.
Finland-Lithuania 2-1 25′ Sirvys (L), 48′ Kallman (F), 55′ Marchiev (F)
Malta-Holland 0-4 12′ pen. and 49′ pen. Gakpo, 57′ Reijnders, 90+3′ Depay
Czech Republic-Croatia 0-0
Austria-San Marino 10-0 7′ Schmid, 8′ Arnautovic, 24′ Gregoritsch, 30′ and 42′ Posch, 45′ Laimer, 47′ Arnautovic, 76′ Wurmbrand, 83′ and 84′ Arnautovic
Scotland-Greece 3-1 62′ Tsimikas (G), 64′ Christie (S), 80′ Ferguson (S), 90+3′ Dykes (S)
Faroe Islands-Montenegro 4-0 16′ Sorensen, 36′ Frederiksberg, 55′ Sorensen, 71′ pen. Frederiksberg
Cyprus-Bosnia 2-2 10′ Katic (B), 36′ author. Michail (B), 45+1′ Laifis (C), 90+6′ pen. Pittas (C)
Belarus-Denmark 0-6 14′ Froholdt, 20′ and 45′ Hojlund, 45+6′ Dorgu, 66′ and 79′ Dreyer
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