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News ID: 66925
Publish Date : 12 June 2019 - 22:09

Germany, Italy, Belgium Stay Perfect in Euro 2020 Qualifying

BERLIN (AP) - European heavyweights Germany, Italy and Belgium have maintained their perfect records in qualifying for the 2020 European Championship, while world champion France bounced back from a surprising loss.
Germany flexed their muscle with an 8-0 rout of Estonia, Italy scored a late winner to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 and Belgium eased to a 3-0 win over Scotland.
France, which lost 2-0 in Turkey on Saturday, recorded a 4-0 win over tiny Andorra.
Russia, which thrashed San Marino 9-0 on Saturday for their biggest win since the Soviet era, had to settle for a 1-0 win at home over Cyprus.
France, which lost 2-0 in Turkey on Saturday, recorded a 4-0 win over tiny Andorra.
Russia, which thrashed San Marino 9-0 on Saturday for their biggest win since the Soviet era, had to settle for a 1-0 win at home over Cyprus.
Germany's rout of Estonia capped a good week for interim coach Markus Sorg, who took charge of the side for two games while Joachim Löw recovers from an injury he sustained in the gym.
Marco Reus and Serge Gnabry both scored twice, while Leon Goretzka, Ilkay Gündogan, Timo Werner and Leroy Sané added the other goals.
Reus opened the scoring in the 10th minute before Gnabry, Goretzka and a penalty from Gündogan had Germany four goals up inside the first 26 minutes - for the first time since its 7-1 win over Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semifinals.
Despite their third win from three games, Germany are behind Northern Ireland, which stayed perfect thanks to Paddy McNair's late goal for a 1-0 win in Belarus.
Germany next play the Netherlands in September.
Marco Verratti scored Italy's late winner against Bosnia-Herzegovina to keep the Azzuri top of Group J, three points clear of second-place Finland, which won 2-0 in Liechtenstein. Armenia are third, six points behind Italy, after stunning Greece 3-2 in Athens.
Edin Dzeko's first-half opener for Bosnia were the first goal Italy have conceded in their four qualifying matches.
New Real Madrid signing Eden Hazard led Belgium to another win, setting up Romelu Lukaku for the team's opener after he had combined with his brother Thorgan.
Lukaku grabbed his second after the break before Kevin de Bruyne sealed the win late.
Scotland keeper David Marshall helped keep the score down for the visitors.
Belgium lead Group I with 12 points, three more than Russia and six more than both Kazakhstan and Scotland.
France, which also scored four goals in each of their first two wins in Group H, got back on track after their loss in Turkey.
Star forward Kylian Mbappé got the visitors off the mark before Wissam Ben Yedder, Florian Thauvin and Kurt Zouma each got their first international goals for France.
"We reacted well after not playing to our usual level on Saturday," France coach Didier Deschamps said. "I think the players enjoyed themselves."