the Turkish team on their field beat the world Champions France 2 : 0. the Turks after the first goal and with the strong support of the stands, felt confident, played boldly, scored the second goal and in the second half did not allow the French to somehow rectify the situation. France has 1 shot on goal and 0 on target !!! sensation.
Most teams have 1 or 2 games left to play and there's still some places (out of possible 20) up for grabs ...
Group A:
Yesterday Kosovo were close as they even were leading in Czech Republic but one local player thought otherwise by scoring twice and securing czechs place in next summer's tournament alongside England who beated Montenegro 7:0
Group B:
Ukraine have already secured group win so that leaves Portugal and Serbia fighting for that second spot ... Right now Portugal has 1p adventage so as long as they will win in Luxembourg then Serbia may even beat Ukraine at home 6:0 but still not qualify directly ...
Group C:
With 2 games to go Holland and Germany have 15, N. Ireland 12 points ...
So N. Ireland still has slim chance but they'll need to beat Holland at home and Germany away which looks very unlikely ... So it's looking grim for them surely
Group D:
Assuming Switzerland and Denmark will beat Georgia & Gibraltar at home today then ahead of final matchday we'd have this situation:
Denmark 15, Switzerland 14, Ireland 12p - with Switzerland travelling to Gibraltar on monday that means there's all to play for in Ireland - Denmark match where hosts definitely need to win cause then they'd have better h2h record vs danes but they'd also have worse goal difference unless they win like 9:0 ... And i'm not exactly sure what they'll watch if teams finish level on points
Group E:
Croatia needs draw at home vs Slovakia to qualify but after beating them 4:0 on the road surely they cant be much worse at home right ...
Hungary is also through if they beat Wales on tuesday - draw might be also enough for them depending what Slovakia does (or doesn't do) at the same time ...
Group F:
Spain have 5p adventage ahead of 2 remaining homegames so it's probably 3 horse race for second place as Sweden have 15, Romania 14 and Norway 11p
From that trio Norway have easiest 2 matches left on paper but as they cant get more than 17p then it's not looking great for us assuming Swedes have no problem beating Faroes at home on monday ... With that in mind Romania definitely needs to beat Sweden tonight and then take points from Spain in the last match ...
Group G:
Poland have already qualified and with 2 games to go Austria is holding 5p lead over Macedonia, Slovenia and Israel so it's looking bright for Austria considering they only need to beat Macedonia at home or Latvia away ...
Group H: France and Turkey have qualified with game to spare
Group I: ... Belgium and Russia also have nothing to play for anymore
Group J: Italy have already qualified while Finland needs to beat scary footballer powerhouse Liechtenstein at home tonight to get to major tournament for the very first time
Group A:
Yesterday Kosovo were close as they even were leading in Czech Republic but one local player thought otherwise by scoring twice and securing czechs place in next summer's tournament alongside England who beated Montenegro 7:0
Group B:
Ukraine have already secured group win so that leaves Portugal and Serbia fighting for that second spot ... Right now Portugal has 1p adventage so as long as they will win in Luxembourg then Serbia may even beat Ukraine at home 6:0 but still not qualify directly ...
Group C:
With 2 games to go Holland and Germany have 15, N. Ireland 12 points ...
So N. Ireland still has slim chance but they'll need to beat Holland at home and Germany away which looks very unlikely ... So it's looking grim for them surely
Group D:
Assuming Switzerland and Denmark will beat Georgia & Gibraltar at home today then ahead of final matchday we'd have this situation:
Denmark 15, Switzerland 14, Ireland 12p - with Switzerland travelling to Gibraltar on monday that means there's all to play for in Ireland - Denmark match where hosts definitely need to win cause then they'd have better h2h record vs danes but they'd also have worse goal difference unless they win like 9:0 ... And i'm not exactly sure what they'll watch if teams finish level on points
Group E:
Croatia needs draw at home vs Slovakia to qualify but after beating them 4:0 on the road surely they cant be much worse at home right ...
Hungary is also through if they beat Wales on tuesday - draw might be also enough for them depending what Slovakia does (or doesn't do) at the same time ...
Group F:
Spain have 5p adventage ahead of 2 remaining homegames so it's probably 3 horse race for second place as Sweden have 15, Romania 14 and Norway 11p
From that trio Norway have easiest 2 matches left on paper but as they cant get more than 17p then it's not looking great for us assuming Swedes have no problem beating Faroes at home on monday ... With that in mind Romania definitely needs to beat Sweden tonight and then take points from Spain in the last match ...
Group G:
Poland have already qualified and with 2 games to go Austria is holding 5p lead over Macedonia, Slovenia and Israel so it's looking bright for Austria considering they only need to beat Macedonia at home or Latvia away ...
Group H: France and Turkey have qualified with game to spare
Group I: ... Belgium and Russia also have nothing to play for anymore
Group J: Italy have already qualified while Finland needs to beat scary footballer powerhouse Liechtenstein at home tonight to get to major tournament for the very first time
Biibel said:
If I had been told before the selection that the Finland team would take 2 place in Group J, I would not have believed. I suggested 4 place. But I congratulate you, this is Finland 's big new football history!
I have one question for you. After scandal and disqualification, Roman Eremenko stopped being called up to the national team. He plays in the Russian football league and I can see his game sometimes. Of course he 's not young, but he 's a creative football player, a creator.
Do you think he has a chance to return to the national team and what is generally said about him in Finland?
BART777 said:
I believe i read article about this Finland achievement in our local newspaper today and there was section about him (alongside with Moisander and that third person who played/is playing in italy - i believe it was Hetemaj) ... If i remember correctly then ofc he should have legit chance (as do the other 2 although they have already ended their NT careers?) as Kanerva said something like that he's going to take best players to this tournament ...
we will rock you said:
First world problems as it's finest 🙂
Romania missed the chance to qualify from the classic groups but we still have a chance to qualify through the play-off in the League of Nations. It would be a pity not to participate in a final tournament in which Bucharest will hold 4 matches next summer. 🙁🙁🙁
