The European Championship qualifiers continued in the early hours of this morning, with France beating Gibraltar 14-0 at home, winning seven in a row. The Netherlands beat Ireland 1-0 at home, three points ahead of Greece, and the win-loss relationship is still dominant, and they advanced to the first round early. Wales was forced to draw 1:1 away by Armenia and lost the initiative to qualify, while Croatia defeated Latvia 2:0 away, overtook Wales and rose to second place in the group, holding the initiative to qualify. Israel lost 2-1 at home to Romania and Switzerland drew 1-1 at home to Kosovo, so Romania and Switzerland advanced together one round earlier.
Armenia 1:1 Wales
Both teams still have a chance to qualify, so the play is more intense, shortly after the start of the game, Serraljan blasted the world, Armenia got off to a dream start, Harry Wilson met the ball in the penalty area, Chancharevic made a key save, in stoppage time of the half, Roberts threw the ball into the box with a strong hand, Tiknizyan accidentally set himself up for an own goal, Wales equalized 1-1. In the second half, Armenia played without staggering, Bichakgiorian's long-range shot from the top of the box hit the crossbar, Serarayan hit the top of the penalty area, Shevikyan pushed it in the box, and Danny Ward made another brilliant save to keep a point away from Wales.
Latvia 0:2 Croatia
As Wales were forced to draw by Armenia, as long as Croatia won this game, they could smoothly rise to second place in the group and grasp the initiative to qualify. As a result, the process of the game went very smoothly, in the 6th minute, Modric instigated an attack, Ivanushec passed the ball in an inverted triangle, Majer pushed the goal, Croatia made a dream start, and then Majer assisted, Kramaric pushed the goal in the penalty area, Croatia led 2:0.
In the second half of the game, Croatia continued to besiege, Passarić shot hard, goalkeeper O'Zors flew to pick up the ball, at the last moment of the game, Passarić's shot in the penalty area hit the post and popped up, in this game, Croatia occupied 70% of the ball, 14 shots on goal, 6 shots on target, while Latvia only had one shot on goal, 0 shots on target, after winning 3 points, Croatia rose to second in the group, grasped the initiative to qualify, and kicked Armenia in the final round, no big problem.
France 14:0 Gibraltar
The difference in strength between the two teams is too obvious, in the first leg, France won 3:0 away, and this game is back at home, and the French team has an obvious advantage. As expected, just 3 minutes into the opening game, Jonathan Klos crossed from the bottom line on the right side, the Gibraltar defender made a mistake in clearing, and accidentally owned, the French team led 1:0, and 1 minute later, the Gibraltar goalkeeper saved, and Thuram Jr. grabbed the point to score, and France led 2:0. Coman burst in on the right and crossed, Unai Emery Jr. outflanked the goal, and the French team led 3-0, but also caused a serious foul on Santos, who was sent off with a red card, and the French team played one more man. Handball in the Gibraltar penalty area, Mbappe hit the penalty and continued to expand the lead, Klose scored another goal outside the penalty area, the French team led 5:0, and then Coman pushed in front of the goal, Fofana cut the ground outside the penalty area, the French team scored two more goals, already 7:0 lead, at halftime, France had 19 shots on goal, 8 shots on target, scored 7 goals, Gibraltar 0 shots.
In the second half of the game, Rabiot scored in the scuffle in the penalty area, the French team 8:0, and a minute later Coman scored another goal in the penalty area, and the French team led 9:0. After the substitute Dembele shook continuously, he scored a low shot into the near corner to expand the score to double digits, Mbappe received an inverted triangle pass from Te'o, pushed the goal, and the score came to 11:0, creating the largest winning record for the French national team, Giroud's goal was blown because of offside, Mbappe scored a hat trick from a long distance, and expanded the score to 12:0, and in the final stage of the game, Giroud scored two goals in a minute to lock the score at 14:0.
Netherlands 1:0 Ireland
As long as the Netherlands wins, they can advance to the first round, soon after the start of the game, De Vrij sent a through stopper, Weghorst turned and burst into the penalty area, and scored from a small angle, the Netherlands made a dream start, after which the Dutch team occupied the initiative on the field, but there were not many good chances to shoot, only Reinders burst into the penalty area with the ball, and his left-footed volley was saved by the goalkeeper, and at halftime, the Netherlands 1:0 Ireland.
In the second half of the game, substitute Ida shot, the Dutch goalkeeper made a mistake and leaked the ball into the goal, but Ida was offside first, and the goal was invalid! In the whole game, the Dutch team had 57% possession, 19 shots on goal, 5 shots on target, and scored one goal, while the Irish team only had 2 shots on goal and 1 shot on target.
Israel 1:2 Romania
In this game, Israel must win to keep their hopes of qualifying, otherwise Romania will join hands with Switzerland to advance in advance. Just two minutes into the game, Miguel assisted from a corner kick and Zahavi headed home to break the deadlock, but Puskas soon scored in front of the goal to equalise for Romania, after which Romania hit the woodwork twice and Israel were lucky enough to draw 1-1 at half-time.
In the second half of the game, Innis Hadji scored with a low shot from the right side of the penalty area, Romania completed the overtake 2:1, and in the final stage of the game, Miheil was sent off with a red card, Romania played one less, and finally the game ended, Romania won 2:1 and advanced with Switzerland.