The opening round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe continues at this time, with the focus, Spain hosts Greece as part of House 2, with Sweden meeting Georgia, while in House 3, Italy hosts Northern Ireland. In addition, as part of House 6, which includes Israel, Scotland hosts Austria, while Moldova meets the Faroe Islands.
House 2
Spain – Greece 0: 1
Luis Enrique’s La Rucha wants to leverage Germany’s huge 0-6 draw and promotion to the League of Nations semi-finals as well as continue the momentum after the successful qualifying campaign and the Euro qualifier to open its journey to the World Cup on the right foot. The Greeks, on the other hand, are trying to surprise Granada and continue the momentum after five consecutive games without a loss.
33 minutes, Spain went up to 0: 1: After more than half an hour of pressing – the Greek bunker was broken into. Coca found Albero Murata, a Juventus striker, with a beautiful ball, took control of the ball and with the second touch sent a bomb with his left foot to the high net.
Sweden – Georgia 0: 1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s return match for the Swedish team. Jan Anderson’s Scandinavians want to recover after the 4-2 win over France and the relegation from the first division in the League of Nations and start the journey to the World Cup on the right foot. The Georgians, on the other hand, try to surprise and return from Solana with points after five consecutive games without a win.
35 minutes, Sweden went up to 0: 1: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is back! The Milan star took control of the ball in the box and while spinning handed a wide ball to Victor Classon, who while falling kicked a flat ball to the far corner.
House 3
Italy – Northern Ireland 0: 1
Roberto Mancini’s squad area wants to put together a 23-game unbeaten streak after the perfect Euro qualifier they provided and also, after advancing to the League of Nations semi-finals from first place at home that included the Netherlands, Poland and Bosnia. Northern Ireland, on the other hand, are trying to recover after five consecutive games without a win in order to surprise and come out with points from Enio Tardini Stadium in Parma.
14 minutes, Italy went up to 0: 1: A wonderful depth ball from Alessandro Florenzi found Domenico Bardi, Sassulo’s great player entered the field with a lot of power and kicked with his left foot into the high net and inside.
39 minutes, Italy went up to 0: 2: A celebration of the regional, who did whatever they pleased. Chiro Immobilia fired a flat ball to the near corner of the goalkeeper who was unable to respond.
Bulgaria – Switzerland 3: 1 (Finish)
The Swiss team, which is aiming for first place at home, opened the campaign with a storm with an away win in Sofia thanks to five magical minutes at the start of the game. In the seventh minute Ricardo Rodriguez picked up a ball from the left and Brill Ambolo overcame the defensive player who was close to him and slammed in from seven yards out. Three minutes passed and Chardin Shakiri put a ball to Harris Sprowitz, who was well freed from keeping it in the center of the extension and kicked left to Ilyev’s net. Already in the 12th minute came the third, this time Akiri penetrated the field from the right, tried to score from a hard angle, the ball hit Ilyev’s cross and back and the goal line really Steven accumulates a kick in. Kirill Despodov only shrank to the host in the first minute of the second half.
House 6
Scotland – Austria 0: 0
Steve Clark’s Scots meet the Austrians in the ‘Israeli House’ in an attempt to recover from the losses to Slovakia and the Israeli team in the League of Nations, while Franco Fuda’s Austria, which rose to Euros from the house that included Israel in the qualifiers, wants to continue its momentum and record a seventh game without a loss.
Another game:
Moldova – Faroe Islands 0: 1
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