Israel defeats Austria with five goals
In the match of the 5th round of Group F of the qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Cup, the Israeli national team defeated the national team of Austria. The meeting took place at the Sammy Ofer stadium in Haifa (Israel) and ended with a score of 5: 2.
As part of the Israelis, midfielder Eran Zahavi scored a double. Manor Solomon, Munas Dabbur and Shosh-Zalman Weissman also scored on a goal. Christoph Baumgartner and Marko Arnautovich scored for the Austrians.
In another match of the World Cup qualifying tournament, the Danish national team beat the Faroe Islands. The meeting took place at the Torsvollur stadium in Torshavn (Faroe Islands) and ended with a score of 1: 0. In the 84th minute, the defender of the Faroese team Rene Johnsen was sent off. After that, the only goal was scored by Jonas Wind with the transfer of Matthias Jensen.
Denmark has 15 points and is leading in the table of group F. Israel (10) - in second place. Further in the group table are Scotland (8), Austria (7), Faroe Islands (1), Moldova (1).
Holland's goal helped Norway beat Latvia
In the match of the 5th round in group G of the qualifying tournament of the qualification of the 2022 World Cup, the Norwegian team beat Latvia. The meeting took place at the Daugava stadium in Riga and ended with a score of 2: 0.
At the 20th minute of the meeting, Erling Holland opened the scoring. In the second half, midfielder Mohamed Elyunoussi increased the Norwegian team's lead, assisted by Birger Meling.
The Norwegian national team scored 10 points in five matches and topped the standings of Group G. Latvia (4) is in fifth place. The Turkish national team (8) is in second place. Netherlands (7) - third, Montenegro, which is in fourth place, also 7 points. Gibraltar has not yet scored points and is on the last line.
France cannot win in five matches in a row
The French national team cannot win five matches in a row in all tournaments.
The unsuccessful French streak began at the group stage of Euro 2020, where the team drew with the Hungarian national team (1: 1). After that, the French in the group stage of the tournament drew with Portugal (2: 2). At the 1/8 finals of the European Championship, the French national team in a series of penalty shootouts lost to Switzerland (3: 3 - regular time, 4: 5 - on penalties).
On September 1, Didier Deschamp's team drew with Bosnia and Herzegovina (1: 1) in the qualifying stage of the 2022 World Cup (1: 1), and three days later they played a world match with Ukraine (1: 1).
France tops the Group D standings with 9 points. The national team of Ukraine (5) is now in third place. On September 7, the French national team will play with Finland.
The matches in the European qualifiers are now more difficult. Unexpected results may occur more often. There are ambitious teams in each group, which increases the competition. It means more enjoyable matches in competition.