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In the control football match, the Romanian national team surprised by managing to not concede a goal against Argentina in Bucharest – 0:0.
Argentina, with their strongest lineup, had several opportunities to score goals against Romania, but they did not manage to do so. In the 36th minute, the Romanians had already scored a goal, but the referee ruled it offside.
From the beginning of the match, both Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero had great chances, but the Romanian goalkeeper saved the team several times. In the first half, Sergio Romero, who was guarding the Argentina goal, also had to make a couple of saves.
Meanwhile, in Cyprus, where the match was moved from Kiev due to a dangerous situation, the Ukrainian national team beat the USA 2:0.
Andriy Yarmolenko scored the first goal in the 12th minute, while Marko Devic scored the second goal in the 68th minute.
Ukraine and Romania will not be participating in the World Cup in Brazil, while Argentina and the USA will be competing in the competition.
The World Cup host Brazil started the year with a powerful victory away against PAR – 5:0.
Neymar scored three goals for the winners (41st, 46th, and 90th minute), while Fernandinho (79th minute) and Oscar (10th minute) scored once each.
In the clash between two World Cup participating teams, South Korea beat Greece 2:0 away. The goals were scored by Park Chu-Young (18th minute) and Heung-Min Son (55th minute).
In another match, Egypt also secured a surprising victory away, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina, who will be making their World Cup debut, 2:0. Gedo (52nd minute) and Mohamed Salah (64th minute) scored the goals.
The German national team defeated Chile's footballers 1:0 (1:0) at home. Mario Gotze scored the winning goal in the 15th minute.
Chile's footballers had 17 shots at goal, but only managed to hit the target five times. The Germans did it three times – but one shot was accurate and decisive.
England's footballers defeated Denmark's footballers 1:0 after Daniel Sturridge's goal in the 82nd minute.
Even though England had 19 shots at the goal, they only hit the target five times. Raheem Sterling hit the crossbar once.
France's footballers easily defeated the Netherlands 2:0 at home. Karim Benzema scored in the 32nd minute, and Blaise Matuidi in the 41st minute.
France had many chances to score goals, and the result in the first half could have been at least 3:0, but they did not convert all their opportunities.
Spain defeated Italy 1:0, and Portugal crushed Cameroon 5:1.
Other results:
Mozambique - Angola 1:1
Burkina Faso - Comoros Islands 1:1
Montenegro - Ghana 1:0
Hungary - Finland 1:2
Mauritania - Niger 1:1
Albania - Malta 2:0
Algeria - Slovenia 2:0
Israel - Slovakia 1:3
Czech Republic - Norway 2:2
Senegal - Mali 1:1
Macedonia - Latvia 2:1
Andorra - Moldova 0:3
Colombia - Tunisia 1:1
Cyprus - Northern Ireland 0:0
Botswana - South Sudan 3:0
Luxembourg - Cape Verde Islands 3:0
Turkey - Sweden 1:2
Namibia - Tanzania 1:1
Morocco - Gabon 1:1
Gibraltar - Estonia 0:2
Austria - Uruguay 1:1
Switzerland - Croatia 2:2
Ireland - Serbia 1:2
Wales - Iceland 3:1
Poland - Scotland 0:1
Belgium - Ivory Coast 2:2
Australia - Ecuador 3:4
