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A brace from Memphis put the Netherlands on course against Montenegro
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Netherlands v Montenegro / imago images / ANP
France's national soccer team has been
waiting for a success across all competitions for five competitive games.
The 2018 world champions only scored 1-1 in qualifying for the World Cup on Saturday evening in Ukraine.
France's last victory so far was at the European Championship when coach Didier Deschamps' team beat Germany.
Mykola Schaparenko scored the opening goal for the home side (44th).
Anthony Martial equalized five minutes after the break.
France had bad luck in the final quarter of an hour when Moussa Diaby only hit the post, but is still at the top of Group D.
There were no points for
Austria
in the fight for the World Cup ticket for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
.
In Israel, the ÖFB selection was already 3-0 down after 33 minutes.
The race to catch up that Hoffenheim's Christoph Baumgartner initiated was not enough.
Israel caught itself again and won 5: 2 (3: 1).
The Danes are still ahead in Group F, who achieved a difficult 1-0 (0-0) win on the Faroe Islands.
The
Netherlands
solved their task in the second game after the return of Louis van Gaal as Bondscoach, beating Montenegro 4-0 (1-0).
A double pack from Memphis put the Elftal on course.
Thanks to a 3-0 (0-0) away win against Gibraltar, Turkey claimed first place in Group G. It is followed by the Netherlands and Norway with equal points.
The Scandinavians had already prevailed 2-0 (1-0) against Latvia.
Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland brought Norway on track.
All results and tables from all groups of the World Cup qualification can be found in the SPIEGEL Live Center.
In Group J, the German national team will meet Armenia in the evening (8.45 p.m., TV: RTL, live ticker: SPIEGEL.de).