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đ WCQs: Portugal suffer shock defeat; Spain qualify; Germany beat Armenia
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Dan Burke¡14 November 2021
There was a dramatic batch of European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup on Sunday.
Hereâs what went down.
Scorers: Renato Sanches 2â˛; TadiÄ 33â˛, Mitrovic 90â˛
Portugal were pipped to top spot in Group A by a late winning goal from Serbiaâs Aleksandar Mitrovic.
The hosts needed just one more point to seal automatic qualification for the World Cup and they made a dream start in Lisbon when Renato Sanches broke the deadlock after just two minutes.
But DuĹĄan TadiÄ equalised for Serbia midway through the first half when his effort was spilled into the net by Portugal goalkeeper PatrĂcio.
And then in the dying minutes, Tadic was the provider as Mitrovic headed in a dramatic winning goal at the back post to seal Serbiaâs spot at the World Cup.
Portugal will enter the play-offs.
Scorers: Morata 86â˛
A late winning goal gave Spain victory and sealed top spot in Group B after a nervy game with Sweden.
It took until the dying minutes for Spain to finally get their noses in front in Seville, with Alvaro Morata finishing calmly after a 20-yard Dani Olmo effort had come back off the crossbar.
Scorers: Duffy 67â˛, Ogbene 75â˛, Robinson 88â˛
Republic of Irelandâs final fixture of 2021 ended with an impressive victory over Luxembourg.
Luxembourg thought theyâd broken the deadlock in the second half when Daniel Sinani slotted home, but the goal was ruled out for a push on Shane Duffy in the build-up.
And Duffy soon nodded Ireland in front when he rose highest to meet Joshua Cullenâs free-kick into the box.
The second Ireland goal came soon after, with Chiedozie Ogbene finishing off a lovely team move involving Jason Knight.
And they werenât done there, with Callum Robinson sealing the victory with a third goal late on.
Scorers: Mkhitaryan (p) 59â˛; Havertz 15â˛, GĂźndoÄan (p) 45+4â˛, 50â˛, Hofmann 64â˛
Germany had already qualified as group winners before they took on Armenia in Yerevan.
But nevertheless, Kai Havertz gave the visitors the lead after 15 minutes when he finished after Jonas Hofmannâs cut-back.
Hansi Flickâs side were then awarded a penalty on the stroke of half-time when Taron Voskanyan brought down Florian Neuhaus, and Ä°lkay GĂźndoÄan converted the spot-kick for 2-0.
Five minutes into the second half GĂźndoÄan scored again from open play to make it 3-0.
Armenia then pulled one back from the penalty spot, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan converting after Neuhaus had brought down Davit Terteryan in the box.
But Hofmann soon got on the scoresheet to restore Germanyâs three-goal lead.
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Join us again on Monday when the World Cup qualifiers continue.