France corner closer as Sweden, Belgium mangle records

THE DAY REPLAYED – The latest European qualifiers finished yet any uninformed names combined to a list of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ participants. Nonetheless, a few thespian formula inched some teams ever closer while withdrawal others perilously tighten to blank out.

France, for example, will now validate with a win over Belarus on Tuesday, while tip symbol in Group B will – as approaching – be motionless by a showdown between Portugal and Switzerland. The Netherlands, though, now need a whopping seven-goal win over Sweden to deliver their play-off hopes, while Bosnia and Herzegovina’s hopes were exceedingly dented by a heart-stopping home detriment to Belgium.

Match of a day
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-4 Belgium
A humid Sarajevo representation was a theatre on that one of a many stirring and vibrated Russia 2018 qualifiers so distant was played out. The conditions contributed to a thespian and error-laden confront in that Belgium led, fell behind, led again and were pegged behind before finally snatching feat by Yannick Carrasco’s late winner. It extended to 12 matches a Belgians’ dominant run, while Jan Vertonghen – who scored to make adult for a shocking first-half blunder – equalled Jan Ceulemans’ record of 96 caps

Belgium set a new group record by staying dominant in 12 uninterrupted matches.

— Gracenote Live (@GracenoteLive) October 7, 2017

Elsewhere
Group A
Sweden 8-0 Luxembourg
Belarus 1-3 Netherlands
Bulgaria 0-1 France

France sojourn in stick position in Group A after an Blaide Matuidi idea cumulative a hard-fought win over a Bulgaria group who were formerly dominant during home before tonight. Sweden, meanwhile, increased their play-off chances, and their idea difference, in a section’s early compare with an 8-0 dispersion of Luxembourg – their biggest-ever World Cup subordinate win. Perhaps deflated by that result, and a impact on their prospects, a Netherlands afterwards limped to an groundless 3-1 win over with Belarus. It’s a outcome that keeps alive a Oranje’s faint Russia 2018 hopes, yet usually just.

Group B
Faroe Islands 0-0 Latvia
Andorra 0–2 Portugal
Switzerland 5-2 Hungary

Cristiano Ronaldo came off a dais and came to Portugal’s rescue, scoring one and environment adult another after a European champions had struggled to mangle down a realistic Andorra side. Switzerland, though, sojourn 3 points transparent during a tip interjection to an considerable 5-2 win over Hungary that featured a six-minute Steven Zuber brace. The outcome also means La Nati continue their 100 per cent record in Group B.

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— nationalteams_SFVASF (@SFV_ASF) October 7, 2017

Group H
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-4 Belgium
Gibraltar 0-6 Estonia
Cyprus 1–2 Greece

Greece were a large winners in Group H, with a multiple of their hard-fought win in Cyprus and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s home detriment to Belgium withdrawal Michael Skibbe’s group good placed to finish second. It was a good night too for Estonia, who – carrying never scored some-more than twice in an divided World Cup qualifier – strike Gibraltar for six, with Joonas Tamm grabbing a hat-trick.

Player of a day
Rarely inclusive and mostly in a shade of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcus Berg had enjoyed a mostly mediocre general career until a Russia 2018 preliminaries began. But now, aged 31, he has been given a possibility to make his symbol – and is rapacious it firmly. Berg has averaged a goal-a-game in these qualifiers and was a Swedes’ star male again as they cruised to a record-breaking 8-0 win over Luxembourg. A integrate of headers and dual grand right-foot finishes saw Berg turn a initial Swede since, we guessed it, Zlatan to measure 4 times in a singular match.

Victoire difficile et trois points importants! #fiersdetrebleus pic.twitter.com/lquIKv9PhG

— Samuel Umtiti (@samumtiti) October 7, 2017

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