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Elimination duels for World Cup 2022 / North, Central America and Caribbean confederation / round 1 / game 2 of 4:

Guyana - Bahamas 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 09 Terence Vancooten

               2:0 54 Kadell Daniel

               3:0 76 Omari Glasgow

               4:0 81 Emery Welshman

Belize - Turks and Caicos islands 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 45+2 Carlos Roberto Bernardez Garcia

               2:0 46 Jesse August

               3:0 47 Carlos Roberto Bernardez Garcia

               4:0 81 Deshawon Nembhard

               5:0 90 Deon McCaulay

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - British Virgin islands 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 09 Oalex Anderson

               2:0 20 Zidane Sam

               3:0 86 Azinho Solomon

Grenada - United States Virgin islands 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 33 Saydrel Lewis

Barbados - Anguilla 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 81 (80.29) Emile Saimovici

Bermuda - Aruba 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 36 Kane Crichlow

               2:0 41 Jaylon Bather

               3:0 57 Dante Leverock

               4:0 64 Knory Scott

               5:0 79 Kane Crichlow

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Two Benelux teams started goal-race competition

World Cup qualifying games for 2022, region Europe, round 1, game 03 of 10, night 1 out of 2:

Azerbaijan - Serbia 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 16 (15.44) Aleksandar Mitrovic

               1:1 59-pen (58.56) Emin Makhmudov

               1:2 81 (80.22) Aleksandar Mitrovic

Cyprus - Slovenia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 41 (41.00) Ioannis Pittas

Turkey - Latvia 3:3

Scorers: 1:0 02 (01.40) Kenan Karaman

               2:0 33 (32.46) Hakan Calhanoglu

               2:1 35 (34.27) Roberts Savalnieks

               3:1 52-pen (51.26) Burak Yilmaz

               3:2 57 (57.19) Roberts Uldrikis

               3:3 79 (78.40) Davis Ikaunieks

Wales - Czech Republic 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 81 (80.55) Daniel James

- Both teams have finished this duel with 10 men: first to go off was the Czech Republic striker Patrick Schick with a direct red card for using an elbow on 48 (47.31), while at 77 (76.40) Connor Roberts (Wales) saw his second yellow card.

Slovakia - Russia 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 38 (37.30) Milan Skriniar

               1:1 71 (70.48) Mario Fernandes

               2:1 73 (73.20) Robert Mak

Belgium - Belarus 8:0

Scorers: 1:0 14 (13.21) Mitchy Batshuayi

               2:0 17 (16.44) Hans Vanaken

               3:0 38 (37.26) Leandro Trossard

               4:0 42 (41.24) Jeremy Doku

               5:0 49 (48.28) Dennis Praet

               6:0 70 (69.27) Christian Benteke

               7:0 75 (74.58) Leandro Trossard

               8:0 88 (88.19) Hans Vanaken

Luxembourg - Portugal 1:3

Scorers: 1:0 30 (29.34) Gerson Rodrigues

               1:1 45+1 (46.03) Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva (known as Diogo Jota)

               1:2 50 (49.58) Cristiano Ronaldo

               1:3 80 (79.38) Joao Palhinha

- Home defender Maxime Chanot had to left early because of his second yellow card that turned into red on 86 (85.52).

Montenegro - Norway 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 34 (34.09) Alexander Sorloth

Gibraltar - Netherlands 0:7

Scorers: 0:1 41 (40.58) Steven Berghuis

               0:2 54 (54.19) Luuk de Jong

               0:3 60 (60.06) Memphis Depay

               0:4 62 (61.25) Georginio Wijnaldum

               0:5 64 (63.23) Donyell Malen

               0:6 84 (84.07) Donny van de Beek

               0:7 88 (87.52) Memphis Depay

Croatia - Malta 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 62 Ivan Perisic

               2:0 75-pen Luka Modric

               3:0 90 Josip Brekalo

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Refused to play their decisive game

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 6, night 3 out of 3:

Central African Republic - Mauritania 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 41 (40.35) Aboubakar Kamara

Ivory coast - Ethiopia 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 02 (02.07) Willi Boly

               2:0 19-pen (18.26) Franck Kessie

               2:1 73 (73.20) Getaneh Kebede

               3:1 75 (75.08) Jean Evrard Kouassi

- Ghanaian referee Charles Bulu collapsed on the pitch and, as was unable to continue his job, this duel ended 10 minutes early. As the fourth official who was from Ivory coast could not officiate the result seems to be final. While the guests are claiming that the score should not be valid, there is no loss suffered for anyone because both teams have qualified for the finals.

Madagascar - Niger 0:0

Senegal - Eswatini 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 03 (03.46) Sabelo Gamedze

               1:1 90+6 (65.23) Cheikhou Kouyate

- Lindo Mkhonta (Eswatini) saw a second yellow that turned into red immediately after the equalizing goal.

Guinea-Bissau - Congo 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 45 (45.11) Piqueti Djassi Brito Silva

               2:0 73 (72.21) Frederic Mendy

               3:0 80 (79.26) Jorge Intima (better known as Jorginho)

Nigeria - Lesotho 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 23 Victor Osimhen

               2:0 50 Oghenekaro Etebo

               3:0 83 Paul Onuachu

Sierra leone - Benin CANCELLED (Benin did not want to go on with the game after five of its players was tested positive with the virus, thus this duel was postponed two hours before scheduled kick-off).

Mozambique - Cape verde 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 58-own goal (57.34) Faisal Bangal

Cameroon - Rwanda 0:0

- The visiting number one Olivier Kwizera did a nasty foul for a direct red card on 53 (53.09).

Morocco - Burundi 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 45 (44.26) Munir el Haddadi

Additional (incomplete) information: Morocco and Mauritania (group E), Cameroon and Cape verde (group F), Senegal and Guinea-Bissau (group I), Ivory coast and Ethiopia (group K) together with Nigeria (from group L) book their tickets to the finals next year. The last representative will be either Benin or Sierra leone whose game was postponed tonight.

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Only two teams were in the mood for goals

Asian World Cup 2022 plus Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers, round 2, match 08 out of 10:

Mongolia - Japan 0:14 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 12 (12.06) Takumi Minamino

               0:2 22 (22.10) Yuya Osako

               0:3 26 (25.49) Daichi Kamada

               0:4 32 (32.03) Hidemasa Morita

               0:5 39-own goal (38.42) Khash-Erdene Tuya

               0:6 55 (54.55) Yuya Osako

               0:7 67 (67.14) Sho Inagaki

               0:8 73 (72.41) Yunya Ito

               0:9 78 (77.57) Kyogo Furuhashi

              0:10 79 (78.54) Yunya Ito

              0:11 86 (86.00) Kyogo Furuhashi

              0:12 90 (90.19) Takuma Asano

              0:13 90+2 (91.50) Yuya Osako

              0:14 90+3 (92.51) Sho Inagaki

Saudi Arabia - Palestine 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 37 (36.54) Yasser al-Shahrani

               2:0 43 (42.58) Fahad Mosaed al-Muwallad al Harbi

               3:0 51 (51.10) Saleh al-Shehri

               4:0 57 (57.19) Saleh al-Shehri

               5:0 88-pen (87.25) Salem al-Dawsari

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Basketball saga with lots of beautiful goals, one hat trick, couple of names written twice...

Elimination duels for World Cup 2022 / North, Central America and Caribbean confederation / round 1 / game 1-2 of 4:

Cayman islands - Canada 0:11

Scorers: 0:1 05 (04.38) Frank Sturing

               0:2 13 (12.46) Cyle Larin

               0:3 24 (24.15) David Wotherspoon

               0:4 27-pen (26.58) Alphonso Davies

               0:5 32 (31.38) Mark-Anthony Kaye

               0:6 42 (41.46) Alistair Johnston

               0:7 63 (62.03) Mark-Anthony Kaye

               0:8 67 (67.16) Lucas Cavallini

               0:9 72 (72.01) Alphonso Davies

             0:10 74 (73.30) Lucas Cavallini

             0:11 75 (75.01) Lucas Cavallini

- An 11 metre shot from Mark-Anthony Kaye (Canada) was perfectly saved at 72 (71.58), but nevertheless the goal was given from the second try 3 seconds later by his teammate.

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Eight more sides advanced through

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 6, night 2 out of 3:

Malawi - Uganda 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 15 (14.53) Richard Mbulu

Democratic Republic of Congo - Gambia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 45+2 (46.42) Kazadi Kasengu

Egypt - Comoros 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 14 (14.18) Mohamed Elneny

               2:0 17 (16.47) Mohamed Sherif

               3:0 20 (20.01) Mohamed Salah

               4:0 25 (24.40) Mohamed Salah

Togo - Kenya 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 32 Hassan Abdallah

               0:2 64-pen Masoud Juma

               1:2 90+4 Henri Eninful

Burkina faso - South Sudan 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 48 Bertrand Traore

- At 79 the home midfielder Charles Kabore saw his second yellow card that turned into red.

Angola - Gabon 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 63 (52.35) Manuel Luis da Silva Cafumana (better known as Show)

               2:0 69 (68.33) Loide Augusto

Zimbabwe - Zambia 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 21 Patson Daka

             2:0 90+2 Patson Daka

Algeria - Botswana 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 24 (23.28) Mehdi Zeffane

               2:0 58 (57.33) Sofiane Feghouli

               3:0 64-pen (63.26) Riyad Mahrez

               4:0 72 (71.45) Baghdad Bounedjah

               5:0 87 (87.12) Farid Boulaja

Additional information: at the main team tournament of the continent we are going to see the following countries: Burkina faso, Malawi (both from group B), Gambia, Gabon (both from group D), Egypt, Comoros (both from group G) together with Algeria and Zimbabwe (both from group H).

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Matches that are going to end eliminations for this month

Because the following confederation have big time difference from the rest, action from the North, Central American and Caribbean region practically concludes the World Cup 2022 qualifying duels for this month. Six pairs remained to be played from matchnight two.

30 March, Tuesday at 21.00 CET: Guyana - Bahamas.

30 March, Tuesday at 23.00 CET: Belize - Turks and Caicos islands.

31 March, Wednesday at 00.00 CET: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - British Virgin islands.

31 March, Wednesday at 01.00 CET: Grenada - United States Virgin islands.

31 March, Wednesday at 01.30 CET: Barbados - Anguilla

31 March, Wednesday at 02.00 CET: Bermuda - Aruba.

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In two consecutive nights 25 pairs

Unequal distribution of matches for the World Cup qualifying - European region (not to say as always). The schedule was like that that on the last two nights of this month matchnight number 3 is going to finish. As no one wants to play early in the day, in the following 25 matches there will be two different kick-off times where, of course, most weight is going to bear the last one.

30 March, Tuesday at 18.00 CET: Azerbaijan - Serbia.

30 March, Tuesday at 18.00 CET: Cyprus - Slovenia.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Belgium - Belarus.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Croatia - Malta.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Gibraltar - Netherlands.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Luxembourg - Portugal.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Montenegro - Norway.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Slovakia - Russia.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Turkey - Latvia.

30 March, Tuesday at 20.45 CET: Wales - Czech Republic.

31 March, Wednesday at 18.00 CET: Armenia - Romania.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Andorra - Hungary.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Austria - Denmark.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Bosnia and Herzegovina - France.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: England - Poland.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Germany - North Macedonia.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Greece - Georgia.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Liechtenstein - Iceland.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Lithuania - Italy.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Moldova - Israel.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Northern Ireland - Bulgaria.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: San marino - Albania.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Scotland - Faroe islands.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Spain - Kosovo.

31 March, Wednesday at 20.45 CET: Ukraine - Kazakhstan.

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Completion of an elimination cycle

The penultimate two nights on the African continent will bring the last 18 teams who will qualify for the main championship which is moved to next year. But before knowing that (who are in the finals and who are out), 18 more matches have to kick-off which is unequally distributed over two consecutive nights. As always, the following (provisional) schedule have to be taken with much precaution.

29 March, Monday at 18.00 CET: Angola - Gabon.

29 March, Monday at 18.00 CET: Burkina faso - South Sudan.

29 March, Monday at 18.00 CET: Democratic Republic of Congo - Gambia.

29 March, Monday at 18.00 CET: Egypt - Comoros.

29 March, Monday at 18.00 CET: Malawi - Uganda.

29 March, Monday at 18.00 CET: Togo - Kenya.

29 March, Monday at 21.00 CET: Algeria - Botswana.

29 March, Monday at 21.00 CET: Zimbabwe - Zambia.

30 March, Tuesday at 15.00 CET: Central African Republic - Mauritania.

30 March, Tuesday at 15.00 CET: Ivory coast - Ethiopia.

30 March, Tuesday at 15.00 CET: Madagascar - Niger.

30 March, Tuesday at 18.00 CET: Guinea-Bissau - Congo.

30 March, Tuesday at 18.00 CET: Nigeria - Lesotho.

30 March, Tuesday at 18.00 CET: Senegal - Eswatini.

30 March, Tuesday at 18.00 CET: Sierra leone - Benin.

30 March, Tuesday at 21.00 CET: Cameroon - Rwanda.

30 March, Tuesday at 21.00 CET: Morocco - Burundi.

30 March, Tuesday at 21.00 CET: Mozambique - Cape verde.

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Visitors will play on their own soil

At the penultimate night of this month the last two duels are scheduled to play from groups F and D in the Asian region for World Cup 2022, together with Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers as well. Sadly, the health situation within the continent is still causing plenty of headache, thus one match is forced to kick-off outside its borders.

30 March, Tuesday at 12.30 CET: Mongolia - Japan (playing at Chiba, Japan).

30 March, Tuesday at 19.30 CET: Saudi Arabia - Palestine.

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Double of games with same scores

Elimination duels for World Cup 2022 / North, Central America and Caribbean confederation / round 1 / game 1-2 of 4:

Cayman islands - Canada (POSTPONED due to epidemic)

Dominica - Panama 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 28-own goal (27.59) Briel Thomas

               1:1 82 (81.44) Audiel Laville

               1:2 85 (85.09) Jose Fajardo Nelson

Puerto Rico - Trinidad and Tobago 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 56 (55.21) Joevin Jones

               1:1 71 (70.59) Ricardo Rivera

Cuba - Curacao 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 11 (11.02) Leandro Bacuna

               1:1 27 (26.58) Onel Hernandez

               1:2 45 (44.39) Charlison Benschop

Montserrat - El Salvador 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 03 David Antonio Rugamas Leiva

               1:1 89 Lyle Taylor

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Scandinavian team stopped at eight

World Cup qualifying games for 2022, region Europe, round 1, game 02 of 10, night 2 out of 2:

Kazakhstan - France 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 19 Ousmane Dembele

               0:2 44-own goal Serhiy Malyi

- The visiting team had a punishment, but the shot from Kylian Mbappe was perfectly saved at 75.

Georgia - Spain 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 43 (43.00) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

               1:1 55 (55.02) Ferran Torres

               1:2 90+2 (91.56) Daniel Olmo

- In 90+3 (93.17) Levan Shengelia (Georgia) received a deserved direct red card.

Armenia - Iceland 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 52 (52.14) Tigran Barseghyan

               2:0 73 (73.17) Khoren Bayramyan

Denmark - Moldova 8:0

Scorers: 1:0 18-pen (18.03) Kasper Dolberg

               2:0 21 (20.58) Mikkel Damsgaard

               3:0 28 (28.10) Mikkel Damsgaard

               4:0 34 (34.19) Jens Stryger Larsen

               5:0 38 (38.00) Mathias Jensen

               6:0 48 (47.40) Kasper Dolberg

               7:0 81 (80.50) Robert Skov

               8:0 89 (88.51) Marcus Ingvartsen

Albania - England 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 39 Harry Kane

               0:2 63 Mason Mount

Kosovo - Sweden 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 12 (11.21) Ludwig Augustinsson

               0:2 34 (34.14) Alexander Isak

               0:3 70-pen Sebastian Larsson

- For Bernard Berisha (Kosovo) this game finished early as he was sent off with a direct red card on 90+1 (91.12).

Ukraine - Finland 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 79 (79.02) Junior Moraes

               1:1 89-pen (88.22) Teemu Pukki

- Nasty foul at 88 (87.42) did Vitaliy Mykolenko for straight red card.

Israel - Scotland 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 44 (43.30) Dor Peretz

               1:1 56 (55.29) Ryan Fraser

San marino - Hungary 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 13-pen (12.28) Adam Szalai

               0:2 70 (70.19) Roland Sallai

               0:3 88-pen (87.51) Nemanja Nikolics

- On 20 (19.54) the second penalty of the match was not converted because the shot from Roland Sallai (Hungary) was saved.

Austria - Faroe islands 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 18 (18.11) Sonni Ragnar Nattestad

               1:1 29 (29.12) Aleksandar Dragovic

               2:1 37 (36.38) Christoph Baumgartner

               3:1 44 (43.42) Sasa Kalajdzic

Bulgaria - Italy 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 43-pen Andrea Belotti

               0:2 82 Manuel Locatelli

Poland - Andorra 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 30 Robert Lewandowski

               2:0 54 Robert Lewandowski

               3:0 87 Karol Swiderski

Switzerland - Lithuania 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 02 (01.24) Xherdan Shaqiri

- Right before the kick off irregularities were spotted, thus one goal had to be removed so that another could take its place. Because of the delay this game has started 18 minutes later, but as it was Sunday night, everything was forgiven.

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Qualified teams have emerged of three groups

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 6, night 1 out of 3:

Tunisia - Equatorial Guinea 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 03 (03.06) Seifeddine Jaziri

               2:0 52-own goal (51.30) Carlos Akapo

               2:1 87 (87.19) Firas Chaouat

Namibia - Guinea 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.34) Mamadou Kane

               1:1 45+2 (46.51) Peter Shalulile

               2:1 77 (76.41) Peter Shalulile

Tanzania - Libya 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 45+1 (46.06)  Simon Msuva

Sudan - South Africa 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 04 (04.20) Saifeldin Bakhit

               2:0 31 (30.24) Mohamed Abdel Raman

Ghana - Sao Tome e Principe 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 12 (12.00) Nicholas Opoku

               2:0 31-pen (30.30) Jordan Ayew

               3:0 60 (59.48) Baba Rahman

               3:1 83 (82.34) Jokceleny Fernandes Carvalho (known as Iniesta)

Mali - Chad (suspended and awarded 3:0)

Additional information: the first travelers from groups A, C and J to the finals next year are: Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Sudan, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea.

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Unbelievable results: not a chance given for the home sides to score

Elimination duels for World Cup 2022 / North, Central America and Caribbean confederation / round 1 / game 1-2 of 4:

Turks and Caicos islands - Nicaragua 0:7

Scorers: 0:1 03 Juan Barrera

               0:2 09 Ariagner Smith

               0:3 45+3 Ariagner Smith

               0:4 46 Marvin Fletes

               0:5 59 Juan Barrera

               0:6 78 Dshon Forbes

               0:7 90 Matias Belli Moldskred

British Virgin islands - Guatemala 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 21 Darwin Lom

               0:2 44 Moises Hernandez

               0:3 81 Robin Osvaldo Betancourth

- At 88 the home defender Charles Medway deservedly saw a direct red card.

Anguilla - Dominican Republic 0:6

Scorers: 0:1 22-pen Dorny Romero

               0:2 25 Nowend Lorenzo

               0:3 26 Dorny Romero

               0:4 46 Nowend Lorenzo

               0:5 65 Domingo Peralta

               0:6 75 Luis Espinal

Bahamas - Saint Kitts and Nevis 0:4

Scorers: 0:1 25 Keithroy Freeman

               0:2 53 Kiamaree Rogers

               0:3 64 Keithroy Freeman

               0:4 82 Omari Sterling-James

United States Virgin islands - Antigua and Barbuda 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 26 Peter Byers

               0:2 34-pen Quinton Griffith

               0:3 42 Quinton Griffith

Aruba - Suriname 0:6

Scorers: 0:1 19 (19.04) Nigel Hasselbaink

               0:2 28-own goal (27.39) Ryan Donk

               0:3 37 (36.46) Nigel Hasselbaink

               0:4 55 (54.55) Nigel Hasselbaink

               0:5 69 (69.19) Florian Jozefzoon

               0:6 74 (73.44) Miquel Darson

- At 50 (49.40) an 11 metre shot from Nigel Hasselbaink (Suriname) hit the crossbar.

Additional information: in an absolute destruction of the home teams their strict opponents gave 29 goals, not leaving even a slight chance to shake the nets (here is not counting the own goal given).

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After sending off the turnaround began on a crazy duel

World Cup qualifying games for 2022, region Europe, round 1, game 02 of 10, night 1 out of 2:

Montenegro - Gibraltar 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 25 (24.57) Fatos Beciraj

               1:1 30-pen (29.28) Reeche Styche

               2:1 43 (42.51) Marko Simic

               3:1 52 (52.01) Zarko Tomasevic

               4:1 80 (79.56) Stevan Jovetic

Russia - Slovenia 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 26 (25.37) Artem Dzyuba

               2:0 34 (34.09) Artem Dzyuba

               2:1 36 (35.52) Josip Ilicic

Netherlands - Latvia 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 31 (31.06) Steven Berghuis

               2:0 69 (68.45) Luuk de Jong

Belarus - Estonia 4:2

Scorers: 0:1 31 (30.48) Henri Anier

               1:1 44-pen (44.01) Vitaly Lisakovich

               1:2 55 (54.32) Henri Anier

               2:2 63 (63.05) Yury Kendysh

               3:2 81 (80.23) Pavel Savitskiy

               4:2 83 (82.37) Vitaly Lisakovich

- Karl Oigus (Estonia) saw his second yellow card turned into red on 76 (76.18).

Norway - Turkey 0:3 (neutral venue)

Scorers: 0:1 04 (03.35) Ozan Tufan

               0:2 28 (27.42) Caglar Soyuncu

               0:3 58 (58.03) Ozan Tufan

- On 79 (79.01) Kristian Thorstvedt (Norway) was shown a direct red card.

Croatia - Cyprus 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 40 (39.25) Mario Pasalic

Republic of Ireland - Luxembourg 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 85 (84.47) Gerson Rodrigues

Czech Republic - Belgium 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 49 (49.09) Lukas Provod

               1:1 60 (59.57) Romelu Lukaku

Slovakia - Malta 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 16 (15.34) Luke Gambin

               0:2 19 (18.58) Alexander Satariano

               1:2 49 (48.25) David Strelec

               2:2 52 (52.03) Milan Skriniar

Serbia - Portugal 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 11 (10.40) Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva (known as Diogo Jota)

               0:2 36 (35.38) Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva (known as Diogo Jota)

               1:2 46 (45.27) Aleksandar Mitrovic

               2:2 60 (59.28) Filip Kostic

- Nikola Milenkovic wanted to go early off the pitch and he succeeded doing that when at 90+1 (91.13) the home defender saw a direct red card.

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Little to report

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 5, night 4 out of 4:

Lesotho - Sierra leone 0:0

Benin - Nigeria 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 90+3 (92.53) Paul Onuachu

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Rescheduling the two group plays

The organizers of the oldest international football team competition have done a new plan of the group stages for Copa America 2020 (2021) that is going to kick off this summer. After the withdrawal of the guests (Qatar and Australia) the schedule had to be re-done again, so finally the 10 teams within the South American continent learned the opponents which will play from 13 until 28 June at their groups. Dated from 15 March, the whole thing can be seen on the website of the confederation.

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'Coming from behind may cost you losing all points'

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 5, night 3 out of 4:

Eswatini - Guinea-Bissau 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 14 Marcelo Djalo

               1:1 19 Felix Badenhorst

               1:2 24 Alfa Semedo

               1:3 49 Judilson Mamadu Gomes (known as Pele)

- At 88 an 11 metre penalty from Felix Badenhorst (Eswatini) was perfectly saved. 

Burundi - Central African Republic 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 39 Loius Mafouta

               0:2 52 Louis Mafouta

               1:2 57 Saidi Ntibazonkiza

               2:2 80 Christophe Nduwarugira

Niger - Ivory coast 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 24 (24.28) Serge Aurier

               0:2 33 (33.19) Max Gradel

               0:3 60 (59.25) Serge Wilfried Kanon

Cape Verde - Cameroon 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.44) Pierre Kunde Malong

               1:1 25 (24.24) Carlos Miguel Pereira Fernandes

               2:1 59-own goal (58.34) Macky Bagnack

               3:1 68 (68.19) Ryan Mendes

Congo - Senegal 0:0

Mauritania - Morocco 0:0

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Goals were 19, while matches was 6

Elimination duels for World Cup 2022 / North, Central America and Caribbean confederation / round 1 / game 1 of 4:

Haiti - Belize 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 49 Ricardo Ade

               2:0 81 Steven Seance

Curacao - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 01 Juninho Bacuna

               2:0 17 Anthony van den Hurk

               3:0 35 Juninho Bacuna

               4:0 44 Jarchinio Antonia

               5:0 87 Elson Hooi

Trinidad and Tobago - Guyana 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 07 Levi Garcia

               2:0 14 Ryan Telfer

               3:0 44 Ryan Telfer

Canada - Bermuda 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 18 (18.14) Cyle Larin

               2:0 27 (26.33) Cyle Larin

               3:0 53 (52.42) Richie Laryea

               3:1 62 (62.02) Kane Crichlow

               4:1 68 (67.58) Cyle Larin

               5:1 81 (80.31) Theo Corbeanu

Panama - Barbados 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 82 Jair Catuy

El Salvador - Grenada 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 23 Gerson Mayen

               2:0 46 David Antonio Rugamas Leiva

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Three targets received in five minutes

World Cup qualifying games for 2022, region Europe, round 1, game 01 of 10, night 2 out of 2:

Bulgaria - Switzerland 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 07 (06.39) Breel Embolo

               0:2 10 (09.33) Haris Seferovic

               0:3 12 (12.03) Steven Zuber

               1:3 46 (45.46) Kiril Despodov

Israel - Denmark 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 13 (12.22) Martin Braithwaite

               0:2 67 (66.35) Jonas Older Wind

Liechtenstein - Armenia 0;1

Scorer: 0:1 83-own goal Noah Frommelt

Spain - Greece 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 33 Alvaro Morata

               1:1 57-pen Anastasios Bakasetas

Moldova - Faroe islands 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 09 Ion Nicolaescu

               1:1 82 Meinhard Olsen

Scotland - Austria 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 54 Sasa Kalajdzic

               1:1 70 Grant Haley

               1:2 79 Sasa Kalajdzic

               2:2 85 John McGinn

Sweden - Georgia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 34 Viktor Claesson

Italy - Northern Ireland 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 14 Domenico Berardi

               2:0 38 Ciro Immobile

Germany - Iceland 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 03 Leon Goretzka

               2:0 07 Kai Havertz

               3:0 56 Ilkay Gundogan

Hungary - Poland 3:3

Scorers: 1:0 06 Roland Sallai

               2:0 53 Adam Szalai

               2:1 60 Krzysztof Piatek

               2:2 61 Kamil Jozwiak

               3:2 71 Vilmos Orban

               3:3 83 Robert Lewandowski

- Attila Fiola was quicker than the final whistle, because the home defender said early bye-bye to his teammates, receiving second yellow on 90+3.

Andorra - Albania 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 41 (40.22) Ermir Lenjani

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Opponent was left to zero

Asian World Cup 2022 plus Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers, round 2, match 07 out of 10:

Tajikistan - Mongolia 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 03 (02.38) Manuchekhr Dzhalilov

               2:0 50 (49.40) Alisher Dzhalilov

               3:0 86 (86.09) Shahrom Samiev

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Early opening happened on 89 seconds

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 5, night 2 out of 4:

Comoros - Togo 0:0

Gambia - Angola 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 61 Assan Ceesay

Kenya - Egypt 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 02 (01.29) Mohamed Magdy (also known as Afsha)

               1:1 64 (64.07) Hassan Abdallah

- For a nasty foul, the home defender Johnstone Omurwa received a direct red card at 75 (74.52).

Gabon - Democratic Republic of Congo 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 44 (43.37) Aaron Salem Boupendza

               2:0 72 (71.22) Denis Bouanga

               3:0 85 (85.04) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

South Africa - Ghana 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 48 (48.12) Mohamed Kudus

               1:1 51 (51.18) Percy Tau

Botswana - Zimbabwe 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 14 Perfect Chikwende

Libya - Tunisia 2:5

Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.58) Muaid Ellafi

               1:1 38 (38.14) Ellyes Skhiri

               1:2 47 (47.02) Seifeddine Jaziri

               1:3 51 (50.30) Mohamed Drager

               2:3 54 (53.55) Muaid Ellafi

               2:4 84 (83.46) Anis ben Slimane

               2:5 90+2 (92.11) Seifeddine Jaziri

Equatorial Guinea - Tanzania 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90 (89.25) Emilio Nsue

Zambia - Algeria 3:3

Scorers: 0:1 18 (18.07) Rachid Ghezzal

               0:2 25 (24.51) Islam Slimani

               1:2 34-pen (33.31) Patson Daka

               2:2 52 (51.43) Clatous Chama

               2:3 55 (54.27) Islam Slimani

               3:3 80-pen (79.22) Patson Daka

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No one won in a game full of goals

Elimination duels for World Cup 2022 / North, Central America and Caribbean confederation / round 1 / game 1 of 4:

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Puerto Rico 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 41 Vinceroy Nelson

Suriname - Cayman islands 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 21 (21.18) Shaquille Pinas

               2:0 39-pen (38.59) Ryan Donk

               3:0 76 (75.57) Gleofilo Vlijter

Antigua and Barbuda - Montserrat 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 06-pen Lyle Taylor

               1:1 23 Eugene Kirwan

               1:2 25 Lyle Taylor

               2:2 44 D'Andre Bishop

Dominican Republic - Dominica 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 52 Francisco Nunez

Guatemala - Cuba 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 59 (59.02) Luis Martinez

- On 62 (62.02) the visiting defender Karel Espino received a direct red card for a nasty foul.

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Hat trick right at start, and then later was scored another

World Cup qualifying games for 2022, region Europe, round 1, game 01 of 10, night 1 out of 2:

Turkey - Netherlands 4:2

Scorers: 1:0 14 (14.06) Burak Yilmaz

               2:0 34-pen (33.57) Burak Yilmaz

               3:0 46 (45.32) Hakan Calhanoglu

               3:1 74 (74.07) Davy Klaassen

               3:2 76 (75.39) Luuk de Jong

               4:2 81 (80.21) Burak Yilmaz

- An 11 meter punishment from Memphis Depay (Netherlands) was perfectly saved at 90+4 (93.59).

Belgium - Wales 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 10 (09.56) Harry Wilson

               1:1 22 (21.47) Kevin de Bruyne

               2:1 28 (27.32) Thorgan Hazard

               3:1 72-pen (72.10) Romelu Lukaku

Cyprus - Slovakia 0:0

Portugal - Azerbaijan 1:0 (neutral ground)

Scorer: 1:0 36-own goal (36.02) Maksim Medvedev

Finland - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 55 (54.35) Miralem Pjanic

               1:1 57 (57.15) Teemu Pukki

               2:1 77 (76.57) Teemu Pukki

               2:2 84 (83.43) Miroslav Stevanovic

- Miralem Pjanic had a penalty at 55 (54.33) which was saved, but scored from the rebound for the visitors two seconds later.

Slovenia - Croatia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 15 (14.53) Sandi Lovric

Estonia - Czech Republic 2:6

Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.26) Rauno Sappinen

               1:1 17 (17.07) Patrik Schick

               1:2 27 (26.55) Antonin Barak

               1:3 32 (31.44) Tomas Soucek

               1:4 43 (42.43) Tomas Soucek

               1:5 48 (47.34) Tomas Soucek

               1:6 56 (55.33) Jakub Jankto

               2:6 85 (85.02) Henri Anier

Latvia - Montenegro 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 39 (39.12) Janis Ikaunieks

               1:1 41 (40.33) Stevan Jovetic 

               1:2 82 (82.10) Stevan Jovetic

Malta - Russia  1:3

Scorers: 0:1 22 (22.15 Artem Dzyuba

               0:2 35 (34.40) Mario Fernandes

               1:2 56 (55.21) Joseph Mbong

               1:3 89 (88.58) Aleksandr Sobolev

France - Ukraine 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 19 (18.31) Antoine Griezmann

               1:1 56-own goal (56.10) Presnel Kimpembe

Serbia - Republic of Ireland 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 18 (17.50) Alan Browne

               1:1 40 (39.35) Dusan Vlahovic

               2:1 68 (67.55) Aleksandar Mitrovic

               3:1 75 (74.54) Aleksandar Mitrovic

               3:2 86 (85.37) James Collins

Gibraltar - Norway 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 42 (42.17) Alexander Sorloth

               0:2 45 (44.33) Kristian Thorstvedt

               0:3 56 (56.16) Jonas Svensson

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Without a single penalty

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations 2021 (2022), round 5, night 1 out of 4:

Rwanda - Mozambique 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 69 (68.53) Lague Byiringiro

Uganda - Burkina Faso 0:0

Sao Tome e principe - Sudan 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 27 (26.39) Mohamed Abdel Raman Yousif

               0:2 53 (52.42) Saifeldin Malik Bakhit

Ethiopia - Madagascar 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 19 (18.30) Amanuel Gebremichael

               2:0 34 (33.35) Getaneh Kebede

               3:0 41 (40.27) Abubeker Nassir

               4:0 86 (85.36) Shimelis Bekele

South Sudan - Malawi 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 47 Richahrd Mbulu

Guinea - Mali 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 75 (74.45) Seydouba Soumah

Chad - Namibia (suspended and awarded 0:3)

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Performed draws revealed three consecutive rounds

Immediately after the knockout rounds have concluded last midweek, four days ago the European football organization has done the last draws of this season for both international club events. Therefore 16 duels are familiar and although the last 8 pairs are a mystery its logical that everything has to start from the first part. All these games have to be completed within the next two months.

Three English clubs will have a hard battle to remain in this tournament against two German opponents, as well as one French, Spanish and Portuguese team each. Briefly, the following clubs from these five countries will appear in the Champions league. Schedule for the quarter finals is on 06 and 07 April, while return plays are seven nights later.

Manchester city - Borussia Dortmund.

Porto - Chelsea.

Bayern Munich - PSG.

Real Madrid - Liverpool.

Further more, dates for the last four are on 27 and 28 April together with 04 and 05 May, and the layout is the winner of the third quarterfinal pair playing with the first plus the victory club from the fourth duel is going to battle with the second one. Out of this schedule the winner of the first semifinal game will be the 'home' team on Saturday, 29 May in Istanbul (Turkey), as the last game for 2020-21 season will occur.

Representatives from an Europa league tournament are destined to play only on one night. The third knockout stage will kick off on 08 April with the first 90 minutes, and at 15 of the same month is going to be the decision date between:

Granada - Manchester united.

Arsenal - Slavia Praha.

Ajax - Roma.

Dinamo Zagreb - Villarreal.

Half from eight is four, so in this stage victory teams from the third and first quarter final pair, as well as fourth with second duel will meet each other on 29 April and 06 May. Polish city of Gdansk is going to host the final on 26 May, where on television screens and in the stadium the winner of the second semi final match will be written first.

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Interference prevented team from participating

It looks like Chad cannot complete their qualifying campaign for the Africa Cup of nations finals in 2022. Just two days before the decisive elimination duels, the country was thrown out of the competition by the confederation, stating political interference by man from the government (sport minister) who dismissed the football association of their duty. Therefore victory of the closing two matches will belong to their opponents (Namibia and Mali) without fight.

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Debut appearance on television

Last Tuesday Football marketing Asia brought its confederation a signed agreement that will show the main club and team tournaments entering on a totally new markets. Viewers at one of the biggest state in Europe (that is spreading on two continents), plus their neighbors have the ability to watch events from 2021 and up until 2024. This deal was purchased by the Russian media provider Television Start, where the broadcast will also be available at Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine (who are all part of the Commonwealth of independent states). Audience out of these 10 countries will surely grow and make a great interest of each competition, and what this makes more interesting is that this top content is going to be watched for the first time.

Immediately, at the end of March comes the World Cup 2022 together with the Asian Cup qualifiers as a debut program (three duels are going to be played within this month), followed by the two international club events (commencing with elimination matches from 07 April) for full four years. Of course (and on top of the cake), in between comes the last phase of the Asian Cup qualifiers, plus the final itself at 2023.

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