UEFA WC Qualifiers Round-Up: Germany, England Clinch Comfortable Victory

Mar 27, 2017 at 5:50 PM

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UEFA WC Qualifiers Round-Up: Germany, England Clinch Comfortable Victory

On the day 3 of the round 5 in 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification from UEFA zone, Germany continued their winning streak while England retained their unbeaten streak through a 2-0 victory against Lithuania.

In other matches, Czech Republic clinched a thrashing 6-0 victory against San Marino while Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Scotland, Armenia and Poland won their games. On the day, the only draw resulted between Romania and Denmark without opening the scoreline.

Here is the detailed round-up with current standings of each group.

Group C

Germany

Germany continued their winning streak while Czech Republic accounted a thrashing away victory and Northern Ireland clinched a comfortable victory.

Germany beat Azerbaijan by 4-1. Andre Schurrle (19’) struck early for Germany which was equalized on 31 minutes by the hosts’ Dimitrij Nazarov. Germany regained their lead (1-2) on 36 minutes through Thomas Muller’s finishing while Mario Gomez (45’) stretched Germany’s lead to 1-3 just before the halftime. Schurrle accounted his second goal of the match on 81 minutes as the top placed Germany clinched their 5th straight victory in qualifiers.

On the other hand, Czech Republic thrashed hosts San Marino by 6-0. Antonin Barak (17′, 24′) Vladimir Darida (19′, 77′ PEN) scored a brace each while Theodor Gebre Selassie (26′) and Michal Krmencik (43′) also netted once each in the match.

In the other game, Northern Ireland remained at the second position in the points table after securing a 2-0 home victory against Norway. Jamie Ward (2′) and Conor Washington (33′) scored the goals for the hosts in the first half of the match.

 

Brief Scores:

Azerbaijan 1 4 Germany 

Northern Ireland 20 Norway

San Marino 0 – 6 Czech Republic

 

Group Standings after the end of Round 5

Position      Team Matches Won Drawn Lost GD Points
1 Germany 5 5 0 0 +19 15
2 Northern Ireland 5 3 1 1 +8 10
3 Czech Republic 5 2 2 1 +4 8
4 Azerbaijan 5 2 1 2 −5 7
5 Norway 5 1 0 4 −4 3
6 San Marino 5 0 0 5 −22 0

(Note: GD = goals differences)

Group E

Romania vs Denmark

In the Group E contests, hosts Armenia beat 10-man Kazakhstan by 2-0 while Poland defeated another Montenegro by 2-1. Meanwhile, Romania-Denmark match resulted in a goalless draw.

Taking the advantage of an extra player on the field, hosts Armenia beat Kazakhstan by 2-0. The visitors’ defender Sergiy Maly was shown red card on 64 minutes after he got two yellow cards on 19 minutes and 64 minutes respectively. After that, Armenia earned two goals in the quick successions from the feet of Henrikh Mkhitaryan (73′) and Aras Ozbiliz (75′) respectively.

On the other hand, Poland beat hosts Montenegro by 2-1. Poland took a 1-0 lead in the first half after Robert Lewandowski scored a fine goal from a free-kick on 40 minutes. On 63 minutes, Stefan Mugosa levelled the scoreline through a header. However, that equalizer went vain after Lukasz Piszczek scored the winning goal for Poland on 82 minutes.

Due to the defeat of Montenegro, Romania and Denmark both had a chance to climb up at the second position in the points table through victory. But Romania and Denmark left the ground with a goalless draw.

Brief Scores:

Armenia 2 – 0 Kazakhstan  

Montenegro 12 Poland 

Romania 0 0 Denmark

 

Group Standings after the end of Round 5

Position      Team Matches Won Drawn Lost GD Points
1 Poland 5 4 1 0 +6 13
2 Montenegro 5 2 1 2 +4 7
3 Denmark 5 2 1 2 +2 7
4 Romania 5 1 3 1 +2 6
5 Armenia 5 2 0 3 −4 6
6 Kazakhstan 5 0 2 3 −10 2

(Note: GD = goals differences)

Group F

England

In the Group F matches, England and Scotland assured victories against their respective visitors while Slovakia beat hosts Malta by 3-1.

Hosts England clinched a convincing victory against Lithuania by 2-0. Jermain Defoe opened the scoreline for the hosts on 21 minutes which was extended at later in the second half by Jamie Vardy (66’). With this victory, England is standing on the top of the table with 13 points.

In the meantime, Scotland edged out Slovenia through a late goal by Chris Martin (88’). Substitute Martin’s goal keeps alive Scotland’s chance to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On the other hand, Slovakia earned a 3-1 victory against the hosts Malta. Vladimir Weiss opened the scoreline early for Slovakia on just 2 minutes while Jean-Paul Farrugia made square the scoreline for the hosts (1-1) on 14 minutes. Just before the half-time, Jan Gregus (41’) provided the 2-1 lead for Slovakia.

Few minutes after Farrugia was sent off due to two yellow cards (47’ and 78’), Adam Nemec (84’) added another goal for Slovakia to secure their victory. However, Adam Nemec was also sent off during the injury time of the second half due to his second yellow card (40’ and 90’+1’), but that did not affect his team.

 

Brief Scores:

England 2 0 Lithuania

Scotland 1 0 Slovenia

Malta 1 3 Slovakia

 

Group Standings after the end of Round 5

Position      Team Matches Won Drawn Lost GD Points
1 England 5 4 1 0 +8 13
2 Slovakia 5 3 0 2 +7 9
3 Slovenia 5 2 2 1 +1 8
4 Scotland 5 2 1 2 −1 7
5 Lithuania 5 1 2 2 −4 5
6 Malta 5 0 0 5 −11 0

(Note: GD = goals differences)

 

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