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2022 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

EUROPE section

l 13 finals places available (3 via the play-offs)

second round – semi-finals

Path a

scotland -

ukraine -

Postponed untilJune, along with the Path A final

Mar 24 – Cardiff

Wales 2 (Bale 25, 51)

austria1 (Sabitzer 64)

Wales: Hennessey - C. Roberts, Ampadu, Rodon, B. Davies, N. Williams, Ramsey, Allen, Wilson, Bale (Mepham 90+3), James (Johnson 88).

austria: Lindner - Lainer (Gregoritsch 88), Dragovic, Hinterreger, Alaba, Laimer (Kalajdzic 55), Schlager (Lazaro 77), Seiwald, Baumgartner (Weimann 77), Sabitzer, Arnautovic.

Path b

russia -

Poland -

Poland given a bye to the Path B final

Mar 24 – Solna

sweden1 (Quaison110)

Czech republic 0

After Extra-Time

sweden: Olsen - Danielson, Lindelof, Nilsson, M. Olsson (Bengtsson 61), Claesson (Quaison 62), K. Olsson (Karlstrom107), Ekdal (Svanberg 72), Forsberg (Elanga115), Kulusevski, Isak (Helander115).

Czech republic: Vaclik - Zima, Brabec, Holes, Masopust (Havel 76), Soucek, Sadilek (Sykora 90+2), Jankto (Mateju 76), Barak (Krejci 90+2), Hlozek (Lingr111), Kuchta (Pekhart 83).

Path C

Mar 24 – Palermo

italy 0

North Macedonia1 (Trajkovski 90+2)

italy: Donnarumma - Florenzi, Mancini (Chiellini 90), Bastoni, Emerson, Barella (Tonali 77), Jorginho, Verratti, Berardi (Joao Pedro 89), Immobile (Pellegrini 77), Insigne (Raspadori 64).

North Macedonia: Dimitrievski - S. Ristovski, Velkovski (Ristevski 86), Musliu, Alioski, Ademi (Ashkovski 59), Churlinov, Nikolov (Spirovski 59), Bardhi, Trajkovski, M. Ristovski (Miovski 72).

Mar 24 – Porto

Portugal 3 (Otavio15,Jota 42, M. Nunes 90+4)

turkey1 (Yilmaz 65)

D. Costa - Dalot, Fonte, Danilo, Guerreiro (N. Mendes 88), J. Moutinho

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