Still no goals conceded
(Denmark – Austria 1–0) The Danes stabbed and stabbed against Austria’s Daniel Bachmann, until wingback and duracell rabbit Joakim Mæhle (24) took the trip up in the Austrians’ box.
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The Atalanta defender, who impressed tremendously during this summer’s European Championships, placed balls behind the Watford goalkeeper and a full Parken went off the hinges, and we would forward that the scoring would send Danish to the World Cup in Qatar, regardless of other results.
The jubilation was put on hold due to a VAR check, but the score remained, Kasper Hjulmand’s men won the match and thus follow Germany to the World Cup. Apart from the host country Qatar, Germany and Denmark are the only nations already ready for the next world championship.
– It means a lot. It was not beautiful today, but it is important that we win. This is one of the coolest fights in a long time. Now we will celebrate, says match winner Mæhle to Kanal 5 according to Ekstra Bladet.
“We are red, we are white” resounded over the Park in overtime while the flags waved. When the final signal went, the huge cheers erupted among the Danish players, supporters and coaches. The Danes’ successful coach, Kasper Hjulmand, raised his arms in the air and clenched his fists.
The Danes set a scoring record in the previous qualifier against Moldova, and the record-breaking qualification only continues. After the victory over Austria, they stand with 27 goals 8 games, which gives a goal average of crazy 3.3 goals (!) Per game. In addition, they kept a clean sheet for the eighth time in Group F. The Reds and Whites have still not conceded a goal in the World Cup qualifiers.
Denmark is the only nation without goals against in the qualifiers. Now only charm stages remain for Denmark in this qualification.
– Every match has been a pleasure. It is something unique we have created, and we can be proud of that, says midfielder Thomas Delaney according to Ekstra Bladet.
Before the match Danes honored with the fair play award «World Fair Play Trophy» after dealing with Christian Eriksen’s malaise during this summer’s European Championships.
Group leaders Scotland struggled for a long time to score against the Faroe Islands, but after 86 minutes of play, Lyndon Dykes got the ball in goal. However, the Scots ‘victory has no impact on the Danes’ part: With two games left of the World Cup qualifiers, Denmark is seven points ahead of Scotland, which at best can secure a playoff spot.
Sweden to the top
Like Denmark, Sweden had a jubilant night on Tuesday: Greece was defeated 2-0 at Friends Arena, and thus Sweden goes past Spain and takes 1st place in group B.
Sweden have Georgia away in their next match while Spain play away against Greece. If both teams do the job there, a terrific group final awaits between the two on Spanish grass on November 14th.
In the victory that sent Sweden to the top of the group, it was Emil Forsberg and Alexander Isak who scored the goals.
Ronaldo hat trick
Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time highest scoring player in international football, gave Portugal both 1- and 2-0 before the quarter was wasted in the Portuguese’s home game against Luxembourg. Both goals came from the penalty spot.
Bruno Fernandes arranged 3-0 before the break, before the same man served Palhinha to 4-0. As before full time, Cristiano Ronaldo crowned another good Portugal night by completing the hat trick, this time with a header.
The Manchester United stars now stand with an incredible 115 Earthship goals.
Unfortunately for Portugal, Serbia took all three points against Azerbaijan. Thus, Portugal is still number one for group A. Also there it can be a group final when Serbia and Portugal meet on 14 November.
Other results in the World Cup qualifier on Tuesday:
Kazakhstan-Finland 0–2
Serbia-Azerbaijan 3–1
Kosovo Georgia 1-2
Lithuania-Switzerland 0–4
Bulgaria-Northern Ireland 2–1
Ukraine-Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-1
Israel-Moldova 2–1
England-Hungary 1-1
San Marino-Andorra 0–3
Albania-Poland 0-1