France Drop Points, Belgium Run Riot
25 March, 2021
France 1-1 Ukraine
France were held to a 1-1 draw by Ukraine despite their opponents not having a single shot on target the entire match.
Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring for the world champions in the 19th minute but les Bleus defender Presnel Kimpembe put the ball into his own net in the 57th minute as the sides shared the spoils.
Turkey 4-2 Netherlands
Burak Yilmaz netted a scintillating hat-trick as Turkey defeated Netherlands 4-2 at Ataturk Olympic Stadium.
Yilmaz scored in the 15th, 34th and 81st minutes, while Hakan Calcanoglu also got on the scoresheet for the hosts.
Meanwhile, Davy Klaasen and Luuk de Jong found the back of the net for the Oranje in the final 15 minutes, but it wasn't enough on thenight.
Belgium 3-1 Wales
Belgium began their qualifying campaign in impressive fashion with a 3-1 victory over Wales.
The Red Devils were without influential captain Eden Hazard while Gareth Bale was named in the starting line-up for the visitors.
Liverpool starlet Harry Wilson gave Wales the lead but Belgium stormed back through goals from Kevin de Bruyne, Thorgan Hazard and Romelu Lukaku.
Other results:
Gibraltar 0-3 Norway
Finland 2-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latvia 1-2 Montenegro
Slovenia 1-0 Croatia
Serbia 3-2 Ireland
Malta 1-3 Russia
Estonia 2-6 Czech Republic
Cyprus 0-0 Slovakia
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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