![]() ![]() Nair Tiknizyan’s own goal brought the visitors level before half-time, but Wales failed to find a winner that leaves them needing Croatia to slip up. Rob Page’s men began the day with automatic qualification in their own hands.īut Wales fell behind early on to Lucas Zelarayan’s strike from outside the box in Yerevan. Wales’ hopes of reaching a third consecutive European Championship were dealt a huge blow by a 1-1 draw away to Armenia. Romania are now in pole position to win Group I with a draw at home to the Swiss on Tuesday enough to secure top spot. Switzerland also qualified despite being held 1-1 at home by Kosovo. ![]() Romania reached just a second major tournament since 2008 by ending Israel’s chances of automatic qualification with a 2-1 win.ĭespite being forced to play what should have been a home fixture in Hungary due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Israel went in front after just two minutes through Eran Zahavi.īut Romania hit back quickly to level through George Puscas and secured their place in Germany thanks to Ianis Hagi, son of Gheorghe Hagi who inspired the Romanians famous run to the 1994 World Cup quarter-finals. “We created a lot of chances, opportunities, but we have to score more goals and have more finesse in the final third.” Romania, Switzerland qualify We knew we needed the three points to qualify directly today, at home with our own fans,” said Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo. “In the end, it’s about winning the game. Wout Weghorst’s powerful drive separated the sides in Amsterdam in what is likely to be Irish boss Stephen Kenny’s final competitive game in charge. Just one goal was enough to ensure the Dutch joined France in qualifying from Group B with a 1-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland. That is the ambition that there is in this team,” said France boss Didier Deschamps. “We did everything to make this score happen. Olivier Giroud then came off the bench to grab the final two goals and ensure the history books were re-written.īut the scoreline will raise fresh questions over the need for such clashes between giants and minnows in a congested fixture calendar. The France captain lobbed Dayle Coleing from just inside the Gibraltar half to register his 300th career goal aged just 24. Mbappe’s penalty made it 4-0 and Jonathan Clauss, Kingsley Coman and Youssouf Fofana all scored before half-time.Īdrien Rabiot, Coman again and Ousmane Dembele kept the score ticking over before Mbappe struck twice to seal his hat-trick in style. That was Zaire-Emery’s last contribution as the PSG midfielder was forced off with an ankle injury but a red card for Santos after just 18 minutes allowed the World Cup finalists to run amok. Les Bleus set a new record margin of victory in European qualifying and a national record in Nice.Įthan Santos’ own goal and Marcus Thuram had already opened the floodgates before 17-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery scored. ![]()
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