The latest points report of the European preliminaries: the world's second hit 14 goals, the Netherlands narrowly won, and Kosovo was upset
The group stage of the European Championship qualifiers continues. World No. 2 France pulled off a smashing 14-0 win over Gibraltar. Mbappe scored a hat-trick. The Netherlands narrowly beat Ireland 1-0 thanks to Weghorst's goal. Kosovo were upset away to Switzerland in a 1-1 draw. Croatia beat Latvia 2-0 away with Majer and Kramaric scoring a goal each. Israel lost 2-1 at home to Romania, with Super League veteran Zahavi scoring one goal.
The match between the French team and Gibraltar was crazy. France got into the groove early on, with Klos' cross resulting in an own goal. Thuram then scrambled to score and Unai Emery Jr. also scored. However, Unai Emery Jr. is injured as a result, which is the only bad news for the French team. Santos, on the other hand, was sent off for a foul. Gibraltar fought with one man less, and the rest of the game was completely kicked out. France did not stop at all and attacked frantically. Goals kept coming. Mbappe scored three goals and provided two assists, the best of the game. Coman and Olivier Giroud both scored twice. Rabiot, Klos, Wesley Fofana and Ousmane Dembele scored one goal each. The final score was 14-0, crazy for such a scoreline. The French team won all 7 games in the European qualifiers.
In the match between the Netherlands and Ireland, the Netherlands scored early, De Vrij sent a clever pass, Weghorst turned and burst into the box with the ball, and volleyed it into the net. At this point, the game had only been played for 11 minutes. In the following game, the Netherlands had the absolute initiative and there were many opportunities, but they failed to extend the score. Reinders missed a number of chances. The Netherlands hit 19 shots but scored just one goal. Ida scored for Ireland but was blown offside. In the end, the Netherlands narrowly beat Ireland 1-0. This puts the Netherlands in second place, three points ahead of Greece.
Kosovo had a tough away game against Switzerland, who are ranked 105th in the world and Switzerland are ranked 14th, and they won one point as a result of a shock draw. In this game, Switzerland had the absolute initiative, with 77% possession and 17 crazy shots on goal, only one goal was scored, and the goal was scored by Vargas. Kosovo, on the other hand, had only seven shots on goal and scored one goal to equalize in the 82nd minute. The final score was set at 1-1 and Kosovo did well.