Honours even for Germany and France
- Germany-France ends goalless on opening night
- Georgia’s Chakvetadze scores initial UEFA Nations League goal
- Wales spin on a style; Ukraine waylay late win
- All we need to know about a competition
- UEFA Nations League fixtures; friendlies
League A
Group A1: Germany 0-0 France
France were hold to a goalless pull in their initial diversion given winning a World Cup. Les Bleus showed glimpses of a peculiarity that brought them excellence in Russia yet would certainly have slipped to better were it not for a fibre of marvellous saves from debutant Alphonse Areola. The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper denied Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Matthias Ginter as Germany came tighten to putting their World Cup beating behind them with a important victory.Â
League B
Group B1: Czech Republic 1-2 Ukraine
Ukraine recovered from Patrik Schick’s early opener to browbeat record and eventually take all 3 points. A poetic pierce from a visitors leveled a scores in first-half combined time, Yehven Konoplyanka banishment low into a corner. It seemed as if that would safeguard a pull but, low into combined time, Oleksandr Zinchenko capitalised on an blunder by Czech goalkeeper Tomáš VaclÃk to poke in a winner.
Group B4: Wales 4-1 Republic of Ireland
Wales did a repairs with a clinical first-half display, Tom Lawrence opening a scoring early before Gareth Bale’s excellent finish doubled a lead. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Ampadu set adult Aaron Ramsey to expostulate in a third before a mangle and any gloomy Irish hopes of a second-half fightback were finished by a Connor Roberts bombardment 10 mins after a restart, yet surrogate Shaun Williams did give a visitors a final word.
League C
Group C3: Slovenia 1-2 Bulgaria
Bozhidar Kraev non-stop his general comment with a excellent strike from stretch after 3 minutes, Miha Zajc responding with a header for a hosts. However, a 21-year-old Kraev easy Bulgaria’s lead, capitalising when goalkeeper Vid Belec unsuccessful to cut out an mouth-watering ball. Bulgaria have now won all 3 of their meetings with Slovenia.
Group C3: Norway 2-0 Cyprus
Norway done it 10 wins from 10 opposite Cyprus, captain Stefan Johansen personification a starring role. He chased down Omar Elabdellaoui’s prolonged round to pound in his side’s first, before doubling a lead with a deliciously-struck free-kick only before a break.
League D
Group D1: Kazakhstan 0-2 Georgia
Georgia won a initial ever UEFA Nations League match. Both sides had attempts privileged off a line in a initial half before Giorgi Chakvetadze became a competition’s lass goalscorer with a overwhelming 69th-minute drive. VladimÃr Weiss’ charges hermetic feat 5 mins after when Sergei Maliy inadvertently scored an possess idea after Nenad Erić parried Valeri Kazaishvili’s bid opposite him.
Group D1: Latvia 0-0 Andorra
The visitors constructed a dynamic defensive bid opposite a group they mislaid to home and divided in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, holding out for a goalless pull in Riga. The hosts dominated possession, yet frequency uneasy Josep Gomes in a visitors’ goal, and Koldo Alvarez’s Andorra looked a some-more expected scorers in a shutting minutes.
Group D4: Armenia 2-1 Liechtenstein
Armenia prised feat in an eventful diversion in Yerevan. Marcos Pizzelli twisted in from stretch to give a hosts a 31st-minute lead yet Sandro Wolfinger dispatched Nicolas Hasler’s cranky to equalize dual mins later. Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s second-half chastisement was saved by Benjamin Büchel yet a visitors afterwards had Michele Polverino sent off and home surrogate Tigran Barseghyan subsequently dismissed in a 76th-minute winner.
Group D4: Gibraltar 0-2 FYR Macedonia
Ivan TriÄkovski pennyless a deadlock for a visitors on 19 mins and Egzijan Alioski doubled their lead before a break, capitalising on a lax round following a corner. Julio Ribas’s initial diversion as Gibraltar trainer so finished in defeat, while a Macedonians are now dominant in 8 games.
Friendlies
Slovakia 3-0 Denmark (Wednesday)
Portugal 1-1 Croatia
Austria 2-0 Sweden
Netherlands 2-1 Peru
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