Ruthless France Put Seven Past Ukraine
08 October, 2020
France 7-1 Ukraine
World Champions France were in a rampant mood because they dismantled Ukraine 7-1 at Stade de France on Wednesday.
Eduardo Camavinga got the opener for the hosts in the ninth minute after firing a strike from the rebound in to the top corner.
Oliver Giroud also found the top corner in the 24th minute to make it 2-0 before the Chelsea star completed his brace with a header from the rebound with nine minutes left of the first stanza.
An own goal by Vitali Mykolenko gave France a commanding 4-0 lead going to the break and Viktor Tsygankov pulled a goal back for Ukraine eight minutes from the break with a sublime strike from the edge of the box in to the bottom corner.
Tolisso and Mbappe were able to bag the fifth and sixth goals respectively to wrap up an emphatic win for the World champions
Germany 3-3 Turkey
Germany were denied victory after conceding in stoppage amount of time in a six-goal thriller against Turkey at RheinEnergieStadion.
Julian Draxler broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time with a strike from close range after a through ball from Kai Havertz before Ozan Tufan levelled matters for the visitors 5 minutes following the break with a composed finish from the edge of the box.
Debutant Neuhaus restored the lead for Joachim Low's charges right before the hour-mark with a smashing strike from the edge of the box after he was teed up by Havertz.
Efecan Karaca found the leveller for Turkey in the 67th minute with a robust strike from beyond your box that sailed past Leno.
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt managed to get 3-2 for Germany within the last eight minutes with another cracker but Kenan Karaman snatched the equaliser for Turkey in stoppage time with a minimal strike from the edge of the box.
Netherlands 0-1 Mexico
Netherlands suffered a shock narrow loss against Mexico at Amsterdam Arena in Frank De Boer's first game in control,
After a goalless first stanza, Raul Jimenez got the winnin goal for the visitors on the hour-mark from the penalty spot.
Italy 6-0 Moldova
Italy hammered minnows Moldova 6-0 at Stadio Artemio Franch, with Stephan El Shaarawy bagging a brace.
Adding to El Shaarawy brace were goals by Francesco Caputo, an own goal by Veaceslav Posmac and a late goal by Domenico Berardi.
Switzerland 1-2 Croatia
Croatia originated from behind to beat Switzerland 2-1 courtesy of a second-half winner by Mario Pasalic at AFG Arena.
Mario Gavranovic broke the deadlock for the Swiss soon after the half-hour mark but Josip Brekalo levelled matters for the visitors before Pasalic snatched the winner for Croatia in the 66th minute.
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