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00:00Italy had ground to make up in the European qualifiers back-to-back
00:07September wins the target as they tried to draw level with opponents Israel yet
00:13to drop a point Croatia were confronted by one of their own World Cup legends
00:17now in charge of Montenegro's challenge and a big night in Basel for Switzerland
00:23who could strike a sizable blow to Slovenia's prospects
00:30we start with group I in this case I for Israel and Italy who met in Hungary
00:39the Italians had made a slow start to their campaign but were fresh from an
00:43emphatic victory over Estonia and they'd beaten Israel in six of their seven
00:48previous meetings Adam Somerton was watching
00:54there's one change to the Israel side that began their 4-0 win over Moldova on Friday
00:59Anand Kalaili is preferred to tie Buribo starman Manor Solomon registered a goal and an assist in that win over Moldova
01:07he and goalkeeper Daniel Perretz are the only players in the 11 who play in one of
01:11Europe's top five leagues at the moment the captain Eli Dassa is currently without a club
01:22Italy were 5-0 winners over Estonia in Gattuso's first game in charge he's made two changes to that team
01:28Mattia Zaccagni misses out through injury while Arsenal's Riccardo Calafiori moves to the bench
01:33Incam Manuel Locatelli of Juventus and Roma's Gianluca Mancini Giovanni Di Lorenzo earns what is his 50th cap for his country
01:42Solomon now of Villarreal who will take this corner
01:52in promotion from the championship with Leeds
01:55last season
01:57find it in with plenty of pace
02:00oh and in
02:01well now the referee
02:03has ruled this out
02:05well this will be interesting to see again
02:10well punched into his own net by Donnarumma
02:14now the referee feels he's seen an infringement here
02:18and they're not happy on the
02:21Israeli bench
02:23the check complete
02:26and the decision stands
02:28and the old parents with a crisp ball to Dassa
02:37Beaton had looked for it
02:42and turned in it's an own goal
02:44the own goal from Locatelli
02:47and Israel lead
02:49pulled across by Beaton who'd made a really clever run
02:55I don't think that Locatelli was entirely sure what was around him
03:01felt that he had to touch the ball
03:02and touched it into his own net
03:04Tonali
03:07Politano
03:10Varela
03:17Tonali
03:21ready to take this
03:24Mancini forward
03:25over towards Bastoni
03:31knockdown for Di Marco
03:34over towards Reteghi
03:35and Locatelli off the bar
03:38now that would have been redemption
03:41so close for Italy
03:44Locatelli getting over the top of the ball like that was excellent
03:48Italy four-time winners of the World Cup
03:52but fearful as a nation of missing a third finals in a row
03:55Reteghi
03:57Moise Kent
03:58gets his shot away and scores
04:01brilliantly
04:02the front two linking up
04:05and that is a superb finish
04:07from Moise Kent
04:10there was no stopping there
04:13Barella with the ball forward
04:16good awareness from Reteghi
04:20and then that is superb isn't it
04:21from Moise Kent
04:23Daniel Pettit
04:25comfortably
04:25beaten
04:26in terms of playoff football
04:31it's not brought either of these nations
04:34much luck has it
04:35Israel beaten
04:36in the playoffs
04:38for the last two European championships
04:41Italy beaten
04:42in playoffs for the last two World Cups
04:45first by Sweden
04:46then by North Macedonia
04:47great close control here by Solomon
04:51had Revivo to his left
04:52the shot's taken on
04:54superbly
04:55what a strike
04:58Dorc Perretz was in there
05:01swiped it home
05:05Donnarumma beaten
05:07in comprehensive fashion
05:09it's a brilliant strike
05:12with that left foot
05:13and Italy find themselves behind again
05:21Reteghi
05:26might run here for Kent
05:28immediate reaction from Italy
05:33what a game this is
05:37Moise Kent at the double
05:39and Israel's lead
05:41didn't last long did it
05:43Reteghi involved again
05:46he got a touch on that
05:47but what a confident finish that is
05:50for a Moise Kent
05:51just one minute and 25 seconds
05:54between the two goals
05:56helped on by Politano
05:59the backheel by Barella
06:01wonderful energy and tempo
06:03about the game
06:04Di Lorenzo
06:04Reteghi
06:06Politano
06:07oh this is quite something
06:12and so soon after
06:14going 2-1 down
06:16Italy have turned it all around to lead
06:19wonderful character shown by Gattuso's side
06:23you'd expect that
06:26from a team coached by him
06:28but no wonder there's a big smile on the face of Politano
06:33an instinctive finish from him
06:36Di Marco
06:42well-timed challenge to win it back
06:47oh good ball through
06:49and Torpedez
06:50oh it's broken kindly here
06:52and another chance for Avivo that time
06:55last ditch defending from Italy
06:58twice
06:59but somehow they kept it out
07:01it was brave initially Donnarumma
07:03and then it was Burribo with the shot
07:06that would have gone in
07:07but for that intervention towards the goal line
07:10good strength from Cambiazzo
07:16his first involvement
07:17Raspadori
07:19beyond him for Atese
07:20beyond him for Atese
07:21options left and right
07:23still for Atese
07:24Tonali for Atese
07:27on the play
07:28Raspadori
07:29gorgeous goal
07:33wonderful football from Italy
07:36that was a joy to watch
07:39but if that is a sign of things to come
07:42under Gattuso
07:43well Italy are going to be some side to watch
07:46such a clever ball
07:48lovely movement from Raspadori
07:50and such composure in front of goal
07:53I could watch that all day
07:55it's brilliant from Italy
07:57you have to say
07:58still plugging away here
08:02Israel
08:03Glock
08:04or Avivo
08:08fires one across
08:09and it's an own goal
08:11the second own goal of the night
08:14from Italy
08:14this time it's Bastoni
08:16and it's game on
08:19with just under four minutes of the 90 to go
08:23who knows
08:25there could yet be another twist in the tail here
08:28there's hope
08:29fresh hope
08:30for Israel
08:31what a crazy game of football this has been
08:35so there's lots of attacking threat on for the closing stages here for Israel
08:41could they yet
08:42nick a point
08:43foul on Solomon
08:47the chance maybe to stick one in the box here
08:50just over a minute of the 90 to go
08:55into the box it goes
09:00it's a fantastic ball
09:01sorry
09:02they've equalized
09:04this is truly astonishing
09:08an utterly remarkable game of football
09:134-4
09:16the second of the night
09:18for Dor Perets
09:20the decision to play it short paid off
09:23it's a brilliant set piece routine
09:25and as we go into added time
09:28astonishing
09:30that it is 4-4
09:32best game of football I've seen for some time
09:36amazing
09:37still time for a winner yet
09:43Orsolini
09:45it's breathless this
09:47Cambiazzo in a race to get to it
09:51numbers in the box
09:55needs a quality ball
09:56oh it's gone all the way through
09:58almost cannot believe what I'm seeing here
10:03a ninth goal
10:06and even Gattuso
10:09is utterly bemused
10:11Perets beaten
10:13Tonali who's been excellent out there tonight
10:17has somehow
10:19put the authority back in front
10:21just tried his look didn't he
10:24and after battling back
10:26from 4-2 down
10:28to 4-4
10:29almost immediately
10:31Israel give up the lead
10:33again
10:33patient approach play
10:37seconds remaining
10:38good ball
10:39corner
10:40searching cross that wasn't it
10:44and the reaction of Ravivo suggests
10:46he thinks
10:47he might have done better with this
10:48fantastic crossover
10:50into a ninth minute of added time
10:53in Debrecen
10:54now or never
10:56poor delivery
10:58will it be another corner
10:59no it won't
11:00it's the full-time whistle
11:03what a game of football
11:05we have witnessed
11:06it's Gattuso's side
11:08who take the points
11:11this
11:13this
11:13a nine-goal thriller
11:14that will last long
11:16in the memory
11:17what a night
11:19Israel 4
11:21Italy 5
11:23that astounding finale
11:27lifted Italy above Israel
11:28in the group high table
11:30though only on goal difference
11:31both three points adrift of Norway
11:33ahead of the leaders game
11:34against Moldova
11:35next to a group C encounter
11:42between the early pace setters Greece
11:44and Denmark in Piraeus
11:45the Greeks were buoyed by a handsome opening campaign win over Belarus
11:50their fourth victory in a row
11:51but they'd beaten the Danes just three times
11:54in 15 previous meetings
11:56commentating Paul Walker
11:58well Greece's starting line-up
12:01shows just a single change
12:02from the 5-1 thrashing over Belarus
12:04captain Tassos
12:05back at Setas
12:06drops to the bench
12:07replaced by Yanis Konstantelias
12:09Kostas Jelakis
12:10of Olympiakos
12:12continues in goal
12:12so plays in his home stadium tonight
12:14whilst all eyes
12:15will be on 17-year-old rising star
12:17Konstantinos Karetsas
12:19who owns his fifth cap
12:21and has two goals already
12:22so Vangelis Pavlidis
12:24wears the armband for Greece tonight
12:26Pierre-Emil Heubier
12:28wears it for Denmark
12:30well the Danes make two alterations
12:33from the draw with Scotland
12:34Viktor Froholt gets his first international start
12:37and Andreas Skov Olsen also comes in
12:39Anders Dreyer and Kasper Dolberg make way
12:42Kasper Schmeichel earns his 116th cap
12:45he's now just 13 behind his father Peter
12:47Andreas Christensen made his first appearance
12:49since last summer's European Championship
12:51against the Scots
12:52and keeps his place
12:53Miki Bireth of Monaco
12:55leads the attack
12:56on this his sixth appearance
12:58for his country
12:59Kuhlmann in sharply
13:07and winning it back for his team
13:09and here's Froholt
13:11inside and out
13:13and hits the side netting
13:15it's the closest they've come
13:18Kuhlmann did brilliantly
13:20to pinch it back
13:21Froholt goes around
13:23Mavropanos
13:24Angelakis the goalkeeper
13:26was out sharply to narrow the angle
13:28he would have been a very popular goal scorer
13:31for Denmark
13:32fans simply love him
13:34Viktor Froholt 19
13:36recently moved to Porto
13:39from FC Copenhagen
13:41Hillmann
13:47Damsgård
13:48lovely ball
13:49Skovolson
13:50free header
13:51for Bireth
13:52straight at the goalkeeper
13:53it's another big chance for the Danes
13:56and those red shirts streaming forward once again
14:01and uh greece playing their way into trouble damsgaard on the turn oh what a finish what a
14:11strike denmark's first goal of this world cup qualifying campaign and it is one to savor
14:20you do not save those but you do remember them it's a fabulous hit and no one more deserving
14:30than michael damsgaard who has been denmark's shining light so far beautifully placed into
14:37the corner and in the battle of the two highest ranked sides in group c it is the danes who
14:44strike first
14:45dimitris cordeles
14:53might have to do this all on his own
15:01he's done well there actually he's got his team a free kick
15:07it was a long way out from goal and drew the foul out of kularakis
15:14it is hoi bier who goes for it oh and the keeper saves with his legs
15:21and a good save because that deflects off kularakis
15:27christensen stepping high up the pitch
15:37and still oh it's brilliant
15:41andreas christensen
15:45how about that
15:47what on earth was he doing up there
15:51but what a decision it's turned out to be
15:54as denmark double their money
15:57on he went unchallenged
16:00and found the back
16:02of the greek net
16:03it's a wonderful strike
16:05his fourth goal
16:07for his country
16:09and one that gives the danes
16:11some much needed breathing space
16:14in pereas
16:15greece
16:18having to take more of a risk
16:20and they've worked that nicely enough
16:23and an important touch from rasmus christensen
16:25diverts it behind
16:27something for the home fans to get behind now
16:29sinnekas with the corner
16:37the outswinger
16:38not a down
16:39and schmeichel is there
16:40it was mavra panos with the header
16:43they've at least got something on target
16:46at long long last
16:47good header from mavra panos actually
16:49got up well
16:50schmeichel together for denmark
16:54cholis
16:57and yoanidis not quite able to combine
17:04in the way that they hope to
17:05but that is a really good ball
17:06on dorgu
17:06and look at the goalkeeper
17:08he's miles out
17:09patrick dorgu
17:10off the post
17:12hoi land
17:133-0 denmark
17:16mission accomplished
17:18rasmus hoi land
17:20off the bench
17:21to seal it
17:22fro halt with a peak of a pass
17:26jalakis
17:27goes awol
17:28mavra panos
17:29trying to keep it out
17:30he collided with the post
17:32and rasmus hoi land
17:34on hand
17:35to tuck it away
17:36hoi land was not
17:39going to miss that was he
17:40and the result now is beyond any doubt
17:43against a team who have been on the up in recent months
17:48scoring goals for fun
17:50hoi land
17:54dorgu look at the red shirts galloping forward
17:58denmark not finish yet
17:59patrick dorgu deflected
18:03and only just wide
18:05well the danes hungry for more
18:07well the danes hungry for more
18:08they sense that the back door is open for them
18:10and it needed a sliding intervention from kularakis to keep this one out
18:15hillmand
18:19gronbeck
18:20o'reilly
18:21gronbeck
18:22hoi bier
18:23stings the palms of jalakis
18:25dorgu coming on to this
18:26hit ferociously but wide
18:29lovely one-touch football
18:31it opened the door for hoi bier
18:33good height for the goalkeeper
18:34managed to push it out
18:35and dorgu
18:36off target
18:37well it was a mouth-watering prospect
18:41but i don't think too many would have predicted
18:44a scoreline as one-sided as this
18:46but the night belongs to denmark in piraeus
18:49much to the delight of their travelling support
18:52this group
18:54after two games
18:55is already looking very very interesting indeed
18:59a setback for greece
19:00they'll have to go again
19:02when qualifying resumes
19:04and the world cup dream
19:06tonight at least
19:07wears a viking smile
19:09full-time in piraeus
19:11greece nil
19:12denmark three
19:13scotland followed their goalish draw in denmark
19:21with another away trip
19:22to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:25steve clark's side travelled in hope
19:27having won three successive matches on the road
19:29before collecting that point in copenhagen
19:31commentary comes from andy barr
19:33to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:34to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:35to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:36to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:37to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:38to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:39to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:40to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:41to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:42to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:43to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:44to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:45to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:46to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:47to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary to face belarus behind closed doors in hungary
19:48Now, Ganondok is such a gem in the Scotland side.
19:53Gilmour's never scored a professional club goal.
19:56The only two he's ever backed in his career have both been for Scotland.
20:01Doak.
20:03Wasting no time.
20:06Johnston back across.
20:09And not far from the bottom corner, Scott McTominay arriving,
20:13as he likes to do.
20:15Brilliantly hooked in from Max Johnston.
20:18And Parkomenko's presence, enough for McTominay not to get the cleanest of contact.
20:28Matybong's onside, Johnston fell asleep, Belarus are in here!
20:32And Ganond saves the day.
20:36The shouts from the sideline are accurate, cannot switch off.
20:39Max Johnston for a split second, and that's all it takes.
20:44But quite comfortably, that's the clearest chance of the game.
20:48And Scotland have had ten times the number of passes in possession that Belarus have.
20:53Tells a story.
21:01Can't hold you on Ben Doak's shoulders, but here he goes again.
21:03Here he goes again for Gilmour, who sets himself!
21:08A stroke of luck for the Belarusians through Lapukov.
21:12And a few inches sufficiently enough to the left.
21:17Here they go around the other side this time with Gilmour for Shea Adams.
21:29Out to Johnston.
21:33McInn's cross.
21:38McTominay's header and Shea Adams slides in!
21:42And that is a roar, fueled by relief.
21:46They've shown next to nothing in attack for almost 45 minutes.
21:51McInn's cross was a good one, no question of offside there.
21:56Or subsequently, brilliant McTominay knockdown.
22:01And Adams where he needed to be, not by accident.
22:05He had almost 400 passes in the first half, many of them sideways, backwards.
22:17He's making him to cross, McTominay either side, and it's trouble for Lapukov.
22:30Gilmour.
22:31Adams back to Billy Gilmour.
22:36And the on-goal makes it two for Scotland.
22:39They worked their way in behind.
22:42Nicely done.
22:45Gilmour clearly onside, Shea Adams, weighted it well.
22:49And Zakhar Volkov, in his haste to stop Scotland in their tracks,
22:54only succeeds in putting a few more feathers in Scotland's cushion.
22:59McTominay.
23:02Robertson couldn't play that early for Shea Adams to finish it!
23:08Off the line from Zabelin.
23:11No Fritz at the counter's end.
23:15Excellent pass from Robertson, but it just didn't meet Adams' stride.
23:20He had to check and adjust.
23:25Scotland with the smiles.
23:27Belarus 0, Scotland 2.
23:29Scotland certainly enhancing their Group C prospects with that victory.
23:35They could put themselves in a great position with a win at home to Greece on Matchday 7.
23:39With Croatia's bid for yet another appearance at the FIFA World Cup off to a flying start,
23:48a daunting task awaited Montenegro.
23:51All the Group L action on the way.
23:53To Group L now as Croatia bid to continue their 100% campaign record as they face Montenegro.
24:12The Croatians were unbeaten at home in almost two years,
24:15whilst the visitors, coached by former Croatian star Robert Brozoneczki,
24:20hadn't gone away since March 2023.
24:23Watching was Gary Taphouse.
24:25Six changes to the side that edged past the Faroe Islands.
24:30Captain Luka Modric and vice-captain Ivan Perisic both start.
24:34They now have 336 caps between them.
24:38And a combined age of 75, Modric celebrates his 40th birthday tomorrow.
24:44Atalanta's Mario Paschalic will be up against his club mate Nikola Kristović,
24:49Bayern's Josip Stanisic and Ajax's Josip Shutalo come into defence.
24:56What a night for Montenegro's Croatian coach Robert Brozoneczki.
25:01He's without striker Militinoz Majic through injury.
25:04This team shows three changes to the side beaten at home by Cechia.
25:08It looks like a change to a back three with Nikola Shuchic coming into defence.
25:1319-year-old Partizan right-back Roganovic makes his full international debut
25:19after coming on as a sub on Friday.
25:22Driton Kamai of Astana earns a start in midfield.
25:28The first ever meeting between Croatia and Montenegro
25:32and it comes in a World Cup qualifier.
25:36A crucial one as well for both these nations.
25:40Jakic.
25:43Oh, he's stolen in Ivanovic!
25:46Well, it was a long way out.
25:49But he got the header on target.
25:51Daniel Petkovic having to make a save for the first time.
25:54You don't score many headers from 15 yards.
25:57Volatovic.
26:02Roganovic quickly closed down.
26:05Stanisic, Modric.
26:08Laid off for Sucic.
26:13Well, from there he would expect to hit the target.
26:19And Petr Sucic, who's only ever scored once for his country,
26:24blasts over the bar with Croatia's sixth attempt in this first half.
26:32Modric.
26:38Oh, he's looking for Stanisic. Beautiful ball!
26:41Very, very good recovery from Roganovic, the 19-year-old.
26:46Modric goes down. He's told to get up by the referee.
26:50Absolute cacophony of noise in this famous old stadium which opened 113 years ago.
27:02Yellow card brandished here in the direction of Andrija Volatovic, who will miss the next game for Montenegro.
27:16He will be against the Faroe Islands next month.
27:20Jäkic.
27:23Just the sense that Croatia are getting closer here.
27:27Jäkic! Oh! Brilliant goal!
27:29Just over ten minutes left in the first half.
27:34First half, Christian Jakic with his first international goal, I don't think too many were expecting the right back to cut inside on his left boot and find the bottom corner, but that's exactly what he did, gets away from Kamai and from Jovatic and just lets fly.
27:57Modric goes over, it's a free kick just outside the penalty area, oh it's a second yellow card, he's off, Bulatovic, they're down to ten Montenegro, their evening is going from bad to worse here, you can see his boot clips the back of Modric's calf,
28:27Kramaric, oh clever ball, Ivanovic, great block from Stefan Savic, he thought he was in there, the young Benfica striker,
28:50Oh there's the header and it's touched in by Kramaric, well Montenegro switched off from the corner, Croatia very much switched on,
29:02and Kramaric scores his sixth goal in qualifying, that should surely make the points safe for Croatia, given the way the game has gone,
29:15Modric, Modric, Modric with the out swinging corner, where was the marking there, Stanisic all alone to cushion the header down,
29:24Sucic, Perisic, Stanisic, he can get the cross in here, oh it's Perisic with the strike,
29:42Sucic, Modric, he'll shoot, great stop, wonderful snapshot from the Croatian captain,
29:53well Modric with this effort, very nearly crept inside the near post,
29:59this could all get a little bit messy for Montenegro here if they're not careful, they're really up against it now,
30:06Modric with a good ball, Maia, save, Budimir, oh brilliant double stop, how did he recover there Petkovic,
30:19spilled by the goalkeeper but he immediately got back up to deny Ante Budimir by tipping it over the bar,
30:27Perisic, Batarina,
30:34a little pass from Fruk to Batarina again,
30:40Stanisic,
30:43Maia deflected and in, there's the third goal for Croatia,
30:48well Maia let fly but it took an almighty deflection of the defender,
30:58which did for Daniel Petkovic, but the scoreline certainly
31:05showing the sort of dominance we've seen from Croatia, no chance at all for the goalkeeper there,
31:12the next game for Croatia, on paper is their toughest game against Chakia but
31:22they'll be looking to complete a comprehensive double over them,
31:25as Budimir gets it in for Maia and he sticks out a boot Perisic and makes it 4-0
31:30and it's every bit as deserved as that scoreline suggests,
31:41Ivan Perisic just stuck out a right boot
31:47and guided in and his 37th for his country, full-time Croatia 4, Montenegro 0.
32:00The other game in the group was Gibraltar's 100th international since joining UEFA in 2013,
32:11against the Faroe Islands Carlos Richard set up Julian Del Rio,
32:14whose attempt to mark the occasion was foiled by Matthias Landhaugen,
32:19the Faroes won June's reverse fixture 2-1, the only victory for either side so far,
32:24Samuel Chakwudi's wastefulness underlined why neither has made much impact in the qualifiers,
32:29and that theme continued when Gibraltar's defence was caught flat-footed by Landhaugen's long pump forward,
32:36offering Johan Edmondson a golden opportunity,
32:39Julian Valerino saved the day for the home side with his last ditch block,
32:44ultimately the visitors racked up twice as many efforts on goal as Gibraltar,
32:48and their persistence paid off midway through the second half,
32:51when Bradley Bander parried Edmondson's scuff shot straight to Martin Agnarsson.
32:56The Faroe Islands decisive goal means it's now officially impossible for Gibraltar to finish in the top two.
33:05Faroe Islands jump into third place in the standings thanks to that victory,
33:09and there's an eye-catching Group L fixture to come when the top two go head-to-head early next month.
33:17Sitting at the summit of Group B, Switzerland were determined to build on their emphatic opening win
33:22and give the rest a mountain to climb, that's still to come.
33:38Return to Group B next as Switzerland bid to consolidate their position at the top of the standings
33:43at home to Slovenia. The Swiss were fresh from a resounding victory over Kosovo on Matchday 5,
33:50but faced a Slovenian side unbeaten in its previous six matches. Mark Scott saw this one.
33:59Slovenia sitting in, seeing if they can soak up everything that the Swiss have to offer.
34:05Possession has been dominated by the hosts with a quarter of an hour gone,
34:09there's not been any calls for alarm for Jan Oblak between the sticks for Slovenia.
34:15And that's a loose challenge by Sandy Lovric, which has given the Swiss a free kick.
34:20Oh, they're queuing up in there, and Bolo nearly got there!
34:33The rebound was hammered goalwards by Vidma, and Oblak tips over the top to send it behind.
34:40First serious piece of work that the Slovenian keeper's been forced into.
34:44Ovlac guides that one from Vidma behind safely.
34:54Didn't he have read in there to aim for Vargas?
34:57And Elvedi one of them! Switzerland in front, Niko Elvedi with the header, and they have the advantage
35:07against Slovenia early on. Credit to Niko Elvedi. Yes, he's unmarked. Yes, Slovenia should be tighter,
35:15but he's still had so much work to do to guide that goalwards. And that is his first goal for his
35:23nation in over a year since scoring in a friendly against Estonia in June of 2024.
35:32It's a bit more like it for him. He didn't have the greatest of times last autumn and winter,
35:38scored an own goal in the Nations League last October, and was also sent off against Denmark in September.
35:44And Doyle. Not far away from the new Nottingham Forest man, that. But he does look a real danger,
35:54cutting in from that left-hand side, and that is narrowly wide of Oblak's post. This is what he's all about.
36:02Here's a big chance, and that's a big save from Jan Oblak. A reader latching onto the pass,
36:19Jan Oblak furious with his players, but the skipper did the business there to prevent
36:25Reader doubling the Swiss lead. Really slack at the back from the visitors,
36:32and it's well struck this by Fabien Reader.
36:41Vargas' corner is dealt with on this occasion, at the expense though of another Swiss corner.
36:55Reader's corner. Oh, and it's in! And it's Brilimpolo again!
37:02His hot streak in front of goal for Switzerland continues.
37:07Two against Kosovo on Friday, another tonight for Brilimpolo, which makes it six goals in his last five
37:17internationals. And again, it's wretched defending from Slovenia from a set piece.
37:25exploited on this occasion by Brilimpolo. And it is a long, long way back for Slovenia already.
37:34Bolo just had to get something on it. He was so close to Jan Oblak's goal. And get something on it, he did.
37:47Hungry for more here. Wittmer.
37:50Froyler.
37:53Froyler.
37:55Male
37:57Jacker for Froyler.
37:59Jacker.
38:02Froyler. Lovely 3-0!
38:03lovely 3-0 it's a beautiful goal and switzerland are tearing slovenia apart
38:10dan and doy the latest to get in on the act and murat yakins men are making headway in group b
38:20and they have sliced through the slovenian rear guard here to devastating effect
38:27jack has spotted the run of freuler who tees up and doy and he sweeps home clinically
38:35we're not even at halftime and you'd say that the game is already up
38:41dan and doy's impressive run of international scoring goes on
38:46it's a nice uh idea czech goes lay off and it's the best we've seen from slovenia
38:58vittiernik who smashed in against the swedes on friday off target here czech did brilliantly
39:05look at the control there the athleticism and then the expertise to take it out of the air
39:11awareness to tickle it back to jan vitiernik who couldn't really do the approach work justice
39:18grido
39:24polo for vargas
39:27nobody in red had been making the move forwards on the right
39:33well that sloppy picked off by freuler in polo
39:43fargas asking why brilliant polo didn't find him and an apology comes from impolo to ruben
39:50bargas for that
40:00we lost it in a bad area there will it be costly shesko
40:05oh got a touch on its way through penjamin shesko weaving his way
40:11into a useful position to have a pop a goal
40:14will it through the legs
40:15will have a couple of players and it came off the leg of one of them and then off the gloves of koble
40:22the swiss roll on two wins from two for
40:27murat yak inside seven goals scored none conceded it is a fine start to their qualifying campaign
40:36full-time switzerland three slovenia nil
40:45having twice let the lead slip to draw in slovenia last time out sweden intended to be more ruthless
40:53in kosovo to boost their group b challenge across three previous meetings the scandinavians had scored
40:59seven times without conceding andy bishop watch this one
41:02kosovo could be in here great ball in behind albion romani difficult opportunity
41:11he's unable to find the target such an energetic player albion romani the angle was always tight and
41:18didn't really hit it with a great deal of conviction
41:21time to turn here for yari brushes it out to the far side
41:29jokeres looking to pin del over looking to turn del over he gets the strike away but it crashes against
41:35our own muric
41:41chase on here for albion romani in fact it's elvis for a back strike who cuts in side pass larsson and on
41:48the follow-up puts it in kosovo lead
41:54well he has a habit of scoring important goals elvis for a back shy he just loves driving forward from midfield
42:01and elements of good fortune to it but we're back shy will feel that that fortune was fortune earned
42:10through his persistence cut inside larsson and then as the ball popped off the hand of robin olsen
42:16it could not have fallen any kind of for a batch
42:19you know
42:27yari as sweden look to mount a quick response easy save for muric from the header from alexander bernhardson
42:40opportunity here for sweden it's cut back left by larsson shooting opportunity for anton
42:45salatros he fails to hit the target salatros had so much time on the edge of the area smack bang middle
42:51in front of goal he puts his effort wide avaro muric his right-hand post
42:59goodmanson plenty to pick out in the middle palmed away by muric
43:05able to get the ball out of harm's way and it might work out even better for them here
43:09romani into muric takes it on first time thunderous finish by vedat muric
43:20it's a stunning goal to double kosovo's advantage
43:26sweden on the front foot muric pushed out the cross from goodmanson and then it was left down to albion
43:33romani and vedat muric paired together tonight in attack just look at that for a finish take them first
43:40time it ripped past robin olsen
43:45and he could not vedat muric have struck it any better
43:50yashari
44:02able to just about defend that situation but kosovo back on the ball here with muslik who weaves his way past
44:09a couple of challenges muslik is still going here florin muslik just the wrong side of the post
44:15it would have been a fabulous goal real grace real balance here
44:22won the ball back ahead of sebastian nenasi and then just carved his way towards goal
44:30wasn't too far away either
44:36isak in the clear here alexander isak straight against muric
44:42there was the chance to get sweden back into this game the cross comes in and it doesn't find anyone
44:48sweden's hopes here are fading fast
44:51just got himself between the two center halves
44:55norwich though was out so sharp he's a big target to beat
44:58a problem here it's a yellow card for emeralu
45:10he was shown a yellow card just four minutes ago
45:15he knows what's coming and he's being called to the referee kosovo are going to have to see this one out
45:21a player short can't have any complaints it's a deliberate attempt at handball
45:31an incredible night for kosovo
45:34who defeats sweden by two goals to nil to kick start their campaign to qualify for the world cup
45:42clear finishes kosovo two sweden nil
45:48looking good for switzerland in group b thanks to consecutive victories three points clear of kosovo
45:53sweden desperately need to beat the swiss when they meet in solna in october
46:00czechiel took a break from their pursuit of a place at next summer's world cup finals
46:04with a friendly meeting with saudi arabia and the host started brightly
46:08tomas hori tortered early on the chanks had won five of their previous six games and were given an
46:16opportunity to assert some authority on this one ziyad el johan is late challenge on alex kraal
46:22led to a yellow card and even more significantly an early penalty
46:27hori relishing the chance to give his nation the lead from the spot 21 minutes in
46:32in this their first friendly in over 12 months the czechs were keen to experiment
46:37but it evolved into a somewhat disjointed performance the saudis grew into the game
46:42muhanad al shankiti tried his way
46:47but the green falcons were persistent against a below-bar czechia side
46:51and eventually earned their reward abdullah al hamdan stepping up to deliver a rare moment of quality
46:57and earn a well-deserved draw
47:02in the european qualifiers andrei kramaric heads the scoring chart six goals already after croatia
47:11extended their perfect start denmark have waited more than four decades for the winning greece that
47:16moved them top of their group while italy have hit five in successive matches for the first time in
47:22their history edging a classic with israel right at the end
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