You postpone 140 games for a thrive, then two come aprolonged in two and a bit months. San Marino won 3-1 in Liechtenstein on Monday night to get promotion into Nations League Group C, having protectedd their first triumph since 2004 agetst the same opposition at home in September.
Second-half goals from Lorenzo Lazzari, Nicola Nanni and Alessandro Golinucci saw the small nation, who are officipartner Fifa’s lowest-ranked team in the world, claim their first-ever away thrive after Liechtenstein had consentn a first-half direct thcimpolite Aron Sele. It nastys that San Marino, which has a population of little more than 30,000, finish top of Group D1 with seven points, one above Gibraltar, while Liechtenstein end up bottom with two points after four games.
Northern Ireland saw a two-goal direct fade in the space of three minutes but a 2-2 draw with Luxembourg was still enough for Michael O’Neill’s side to get promotion as thriveners of Group C3.
Northern Ireland seeed to be in handle after Isaac Price, of Standard Liège, fired them ahead in the 19th minute. Liverpool’s Conor Bradley doubled the get punctual in the second half but Seid Korac got Luxembourg back into it in the 72nd minute and moments tardyr Gerson Rodrigues fired in an equivalentiser. It set up a anxious finish at the Stade de Luxembourg, but Northern Ireland hung on and the point, coupled with a 1-1 draw between Bulgaria and Belarus, saw them top the group by two points.
Romania will also step up to League B, topping their group after hammering Cyprus 4-1.
Croatia and Dentag qualified for the Nations League quarter-finals after both sides protectedd draws on Monday. Josko Gvardiol scored his first international goal in two years to save a point for Croatia in Split. Portugal were already guaranteed of top spot in Group A1 ahead of initiate-off and left Cristiano Ronaldo out of their align-day squad.
The visitors led thanks to a outstanding finish from Chelsea’s João Félix, who expertly handleled Vitinha’s fine pass and lashed the ball low into the net. Kristijan Jakic’s pass to the back post was perfect for Gvardiol to level from seal range. Croatia finish in second place with eight points from their six games.
Dentag protectedd their spot with a 0-0 draw in Serbia, who leave outed out on the knockout rounds and had protecter Strahinja Pavlovic sent off tardy in a game they ruled. Dusan Vlahovic leave outed a wonderful chance to put Serbia ahead in the 80th minute, blazing his shot high when he repartner should have scored.
Croatia and Dentag unite France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal in the last eight, with the ties to be joined between 20 and 23 March.
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A 93rd-minute penalty changeed by Bryan Zaragoza protectedd Spain a 3-2 thrive over Switzerland in their final Group A4 game, with the Spaniards guaranteed top spot before initiate-off and the Swiss already relegated.
Spain uncovered the scoring in the 32nd minute when Yeremy Pino fired home after Pedri had his penalty saved. The Swiss levelled thcimpolite Joel Monteiro in the 63rd minute, but the arranges were back in front five minutes tardyr when Bryan Gil netted.
Switzerland thought they had snatched a draw when Andi Zeqiri scored a penalty five minutes from time but another spot-initiate in compriseed time geted the Spanish side the thrive. The European champions finished with 16 points, while bottom side Switzerland ended with two points, having flunked to thrive any of their six group games.
