High tension in the World Cup qualification! Germany fought a close 2-1 home win against Romania. All results at a glance:
With the Germans, captain Manuel Neuer was out at short notice. Actually no problem, because Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter-Stegen replaced the Bayern star equally.
The initial phase was turbulent. At first it looked like a penalty for Germany, but the VAR exposed Timo Werner’s brazen swallow. Practically in return, Romania countered the Germans, Ianis Hagi sank after ten minutes to make it 1-0 for the outsider.
Germany pressed for the equalizer, which then succeeded in the 52nd minute with a wonderful long-range shot by Serge Gnabry. Chances of a clear victory would have been there, but especially Leroy Sané had completely wrongly adjusted his visor.
Bayern veteran Thomas Müller had to fix it with his 2-1 in the 81st minute, who fixed the three points for the DFB team after Leon Goretzka had presented it.
In any case, behind the Germans, Group J will be exciting. North Macedonia is the new runner-up with a 4-0 win against Liechtenstein, Armenia is third after a 1-1 draw against Iceland. Romania slipped to fourth place after the defeat against the Germans.
Holland remains leaders in the Group G. The Oranjes only narrowly prevailed against Latvia thanks to Davy Klaassen (19th). In the duel between the pursuers, Turkey and Norway parted ways (without Superstürmer Erling Haaland) with 1: 1.
In Group EBelgium had due to the Nations League Finals tournament backlash-free. The Czech Republic and Wales are battling for second place behind the sovereign leaders. This time there was no decision, there was a 2-2 between the two opponents.
Thanks to a 2-0 win in Cyprus, Croatia is still on course for the World Cup Group H.. Ivan Perisic (45th) and Josko Gvardiol (80th) scored three points on the Mediterranean island, Luka Modric missed a penalty. Behind it it will be exciting: Russia defeated Slovakia 1-0, Slovenia stayed cool on Malta with a 4-0.
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