Thanks to a strong final spurt, the Dutch national football team kept their distance duel open with Germany in the European Championship qualification. The team of Bondscoach Ronald Koeman won in the evening in Rotterdam against Northern Ireland 3: 1 (0: 0) and is now with 12 points again at the top of Group C before the equal DFB selection.
Josh Magennis (76 ') had put the British late in the lead, but Memphis Depay (80./90.+4) and Luuk de Jong (90. + 1) still turned the game. Also Northern Ireland is 12 points, but has also completed a game more than the team of national coach Joachim Loew and the Netherlands.
Germany's next group opponent Estonia remained victorious. However, coach Karel Voolaid's team scored their first point in the current qualifying campaign for the pan-European European Championship finals in the 0-0 draw against Belarus in Minsk.
A goal was missing to the two-digitity
Belgium became the first nation to prematurely qualify for the 2020 European Championship finals. After a 9-0 (6-0) victory over San Marino on Thursday, the 2018 World Cup semi-finalists can no longer be displaced by one of the first two ranks qualifying for direct qualification after their seventh victory in Group 7's seventh game ,
Russia are also close to qualifying for the continental tournament following a 4-0 success over Scotland with 18 points, which will be held next year in twelve countries. Cyprus has third place with ten points after the 2-1 (0-0) victory in Kazakhstan only theoretical opportunities.
Thanks to an outstanding Bayern scorer Robert Lewandowski Poland has defended the top of the table in Group G. With his international matches 58-60 led the Bundesliga top scorer his team on Matchday 7 to a 3: 0 (2: 0) at tail light Latvia, whereby the Poles have in the first place 16 points.
Austria took second place after a 3-1 (1-1) win over Israel with 13 points ahead of Northern Macedonia (11), who defeated Slovenia 2-0 (0-0). Israel (8) with the former Bundesliga professional and long-time Austrian international Andreas Herzog as coach has practically adopted by his third defeat from the race.