Without the confrontation between the national teams of Lithuania and Slovakia, nine World Cup qualifying matches were played in the European group last night.
France's national team took the lead at home for a few minutes, but Emil Forsberg's goal was quickly answered by Paul Pogba, and then Dimitri Payet scored the winning goal. So, Didier Deschamps' players earned three points and strengthened their position at the top of Group A.
In the clash in Group C between San Marino and Germany, the world champions scored eight times against their opponents. Among the winners, Serge Gnabry stood out with a hat-trick, Jonas Hector with a brace, and goals were also scored by Sami Khedira, Kevin Volland, and an own goal by Mattia Stefanelli.
In the away game, our neighbors, the Poles, defeated the Romanian team. They led the whole match after Kamil Grosicki's goal in the 11th minute, and at the end of the game, Robert Lewandowski secured the victory with a brace.
Meanwhile, in the Lithuanian group, the English team defeated Scotland thanks to goals from Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana, and Gary Cahill, while the Maltese footballers at home lost to the Slovenians by a narrow margin.
Results:
Group A: France 2 - 1 Sweden
Group C: Czech Republic 2 - 1 Norway Northern Ireland 4 - 0 Azerbaijan San Marino 0 - 8 Germany
Group E: Armenia 3 - 2 Montenegro Denmark 4 - 1 Kazakhstan Romania 0 - 3 Poland
Group F: England 3 - 0 Scotland Malta 0 - 1 Slovenia Slovakia 4 - 0 Lithuania
