The fifth round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers opened tonight (Saturday) with six interesting games across Europe.
In the first house, Serbia clung to Portugal at the top of the house after a 1: 4 victory over Luxembourg.
Alexander Mitrovic strengthened his position as the king of qualifying goals when he scored a third double and raised his tally to seven goals.
In the same house Ireland and Azerbaijan parted ways in a 1-1 draw.
Portugal, who remained free in this round, defeated Qatar 1: 2 in a friendly match.
In the fourth round, Finland achieved its first victory in the campaign when it defeated Kazakhstan 0: 1 from a goal by Joel Puyanpolo.
Holland conquers from the penalty spot, Reuters
In the 7th round Norway achieved an important 0: 2 victory in Latvia when the goals were scored by Arling Holland (in Pendel) and Muhammad Alionosi.
At home, Russia defeated Cyprus 0: 2 and climbed to the top of the house with 10 points after 5 games.
In the 6th minute, Alessander Yeruhin gave his team the lead from a cook by Fedor Smolov, who also cooked Russia's second in the 55th minute for Rifat Zmeltdanov.
In another match at home Slovenia defeated Malta 0-1 from a successful penalty by Sandy Lowric and rose to third place.
Smolov stars in Cyprus, Reuters