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Key occasions
Half-time: Republic of Eire 0-1 Bulgaria (2-2 agg)
We’re all sq. within the Nations League promotion/relegation play-off.
Half-time scores: Nations League quarter-finals
Spain 1-0 Netherlands (3-2 agg)
Germany 3-0 Italy (5-1 agg)
Portugal 1-0 Denmark (1-1 agg)
France 0-0 Croatia (0-2)
{Photograph}: Thibault Camus/AP
GOAL! Germany 3-0 Italy (Kleindienst 45, 5-1 agg)
That’s certainly that! 5-one on combination. Italy self-destruct once more as Schlotterbeck wins a superb deal with excessive up the pitch for Germany, who work it to the suitable. Kimmich stands up a stunning little cross to the again publish, and Kleindienst rises over Di Lorenzo to nod previous Donnarumma. The Italy keeper clawed the ball out nevertheless it had already gone over the road.
Spain 1-0 Netherlands (3-2 agg)
41 min: Van Dijk is the perfect centre again on the planet, however it’s his Netherlands accomplice, Brighton’s Van Hecke, who has been spectacular on this half, regardless of making a gift of the penalty. Spain have seemed possible on the counter assault with Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, however Van Hecke has stepped in expertly on just a few events now. He’s a superb defender, and nonetheless simply 24.
GOAL! Portugal 1-0 Denmark (Andersen OG 38, 1-1 agg)
Portugal are again in it! Ronaldo might have had a penalty saved earlier on this sport, however he rises to satisfy a Fernandes nook. Joachim Andersen really beats the Portuguese legend to the ball however inadvertently heads in the direction of his aim. Schmeichel is totally flat footed and the ball dribbles into the online! We’re stage on combination, 1-1.
GOAL! Germany 2-0 Italy (Musiala 36, 4-1 agg)
A fully extraordinary aim! That is Sunday League stuff from Italy, who give Germany the softest of second targets on the evening. Donnarumma makes an knowledgeable save to disclaim Kleindienst’s header, turning the ball over the bar. However as Kimmich trots throughout to take the nook, the Italian defenders are all arguing one another across the penalty spot with Donnarumma popping out of his aim to participate within the dialog. Musiala is totally unmarked on the six-yard field and with no Italian defenders between him and the aim, Kimmich crosses low from the nook and Musiala faucets the ball into an empty internet! Some of the outstanding worldwide targets I’ve ever seen. Completely dreadful stuff from Italy and from Donnarumma specifically!
GOAL! Republic of Eire 0-1 Bulgaria (Antov 30, 2-2 agg)
Bulgaria stage the tie with their first actual probability of the second leg! From a nook, the guests play the ball to the sting of Eire’s space. There’s a shot and temporary scramble earlier than Antov pounces on the rebound to attain for Bulgaria!
GOAL! Germany 1-0 Italy (Kimmich 30 pen, 3-1 agg)
Buongiorno clatters into Kleindienst within the space and it’s a penalty! Kimmich makes no mistake from 12 yards and slots cooly previous Donnarumma, going to the keeper’s proper.
Spain 1-0 Netherlands (3-2 agg)
30 min: One other individual making his one centesimal look for his nation tonight is Memphis Depay, who now enjoying (very nicely) for Corinthians in Brazil.
Portugal 0-0 Denmark (0-1 agg)
28 min: Within the absence of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Denmark’s captain (who’s injured), there’s lots of accountability on Brentford’s Norgaard on the base of the Dane’s midfield. He has to take care of Fernandes, Vitinha, and Bernardo Silva (who’s making his one centesimal cap tonight for Portugal) in the course of the park tonight. Gulp.
Spain 1-0 Netherlands (3-2 agg)
24 min: The Mestalla seems to be such an incredible stadium. Massive and concurrently compact, the ambiance seems to be electrical. It’s a spot I’ve all the time wished to go to however by no means received round to it. Valencia CF will go away the stadium for ‘Nou Mestalla’, which was first began within the 2000s and solely just lately re-commenced building in January.
Republic of Eire 0-0 Bulgaria (agg 2-1)
22 min: It’s been a good contest to date in Dublin. Eire began the stronger – with Jake O’Brien having a header cleared off the road – however Bulgaria are having fun with an excellent spell of possession and are coming again into it.
Germany 0-0 Italy (2-1 agg)
16 min: Daniel Maldini will get his first begin for Italy jersey, 8,314 days (almost 23 years) after his father Paolo’s last look for the Azzurri. Maldini and Kean lead the Italy assault tonight and can attempt to beat Baumann within the Germany aim (and who was wonderful between the sticks within the first leg).
Germany 0-0 Italy (2-1 agg)
13 min: Simply as they did within the first leg, during which they conceded two targets from headers, Italy are actually scuffling with Germany’s aerial menace. Donnarumma is flapping wildly at crosses and Di Lorenzo is pressured to hed behind for a nook on the again publish beneath heavy strain. It’s all Germany. Italy clinging on.
France 0-0 Croatia (0-2)
10 min: It would shock no one that France are having all of the early operating at residence to Croatia as they chase a 2-0 deficit from the primary leg. Each Mbappé and Upamecano have had early efforts for the hosts.
GOAL! Spain 1-0 Netherlands (Oyarzabal 7, 3-2 agg)
Oyarzabal gained the penalty after tangling with Van Hecke, and the Actual Sociedad ahead calmly curls the ball into the suitable backside nook. Spain lead on the evening and within the tie!
Ronaldo’s penalty is saved!
Portugal 0-0 Denmark (0-1 agg)
5 min: Schmeichel guesses proper and dives left, if that is smart. Ronaldo merely rolls a limp shot into the Denmark keeper’s arms! Denmark nonetheless lead on combination.
Penalty to Portugal!
Portugal 0-0 Denmark (0-1 agg)
3 min: Dorgu pulls again Ronaldo within the space as a cross is available in from the left, and the referee factors on the spot!
Spain 0-0 Netherlands (2-2 agg)
1 min: De Jong oh-so-nearly passes the ball into his personal internet, Verbruggen simply stands out a leg, proper on his personal goalline, and is ready to clear to the touch!
Peeeeeeeeeeep!
We’re underway in all 4 quarter-finals.
Spain v Netherlands (2-2 agg)
Germany v Italy (2-1 agg)
Portugal v Denmark (0-1 agg)
France v Croatia (0-2)
Spain v Netherlands is one other sell-out on the Mestalla. The Spaniards haven’t crushed tonight’s guests on residence soil since 1983. Dean Huijsen was wonderful when he got here off the bench within the first leg and the teenage Bournemouth defender is rewarded with a begin this night. What an enormous sport for the Dutch-born defender.
France v Croatia group information
France: Maignan, Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez, Kone, Tchouameni, Olise, Dembele, Barcola, Mbappe.
Subs: Samba, Chevalier, Pavard, Digne, Camavinga, Doue, Muani, Rabiot, Konate, Zaire Emery, Guendouzi, Clauss.
Croatia: Livakovic, Stanisic, Caleta-Automotive, Sutalo, Gvardiol, Modric, Kovacic, Perisic, Petar Sucic, Kramaric, Budimir.
Subs: Kotarski, Ivusic, Pongracic, Moro, Vlasic, Mario Pasalic, Baturina, Fruk, Jakic, Sosa, Ivanovic, Juranovic.
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It’s a sell-out in Dortmund for Germany v Italy. As they have been within the first leg, the hosts will put on a particular equipment to mark 125 years of German soccer. You possibly can watch the highlights of the primary leg proper right here. Attention-grabbing to see that Tim Kleindienst begins for Germany after his aim off the bench within the first leg. The 6ft4in striker now has three targets in 5 appearances for Germany.
Germany v Italy groups
Germany: Baumann, Schlotterbeck, Tah, Rudiger, Kimmich, Stiller, Goretzka, Mittelstadt, Sane, Musiala, Kleindienst.
Subs: Nubel, Ortega, Koch, Gross, Burkardt, Amiri, Undav, Leweling, Bisseck, Adeyemi, Raum, Andrich.
Italy: Donnarumma, Gatti, Buongiorno, Bastoni, Di Lorenzo, Barella, Ricci, Tonali, Udogie, Kean, Maldini.
Subs: Meret, Vicario, Rovella, Lucca, Frattesi, Raspadori, Politano, Ruggeri, Casadei, Zaccagni, Comuzzo, Bellanova.
Portugal v Denmark groups
Portugal: Costa, Dalot, Dias, Inacio, Nuno Mendes, Fernandes, Vitinha, Bernardo Silva, Francisco Conceicao, Ronaldo, Leao.
Subs: Jose Sa, Rui Silva, Nelson Semedo, Antonio Silva, Joao Palhinha, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix, Quenda, Joao Neves, Ruben Neves, Trincao, Jota.
Denmark: Schmeichel, Kristensen, Andersen, Vestergaard, Dorgu, Eriksen, Hjulmand, Norgaard, Isaksen, Hojlund, Lindstrom.
Subs: Hermansen, Jorgensen, Nelsson, Frendrup, Skov Olsen, Biereth, Hogsberg, Wind, More durable, Froholdt, Kristiansen.
Spain v Netherlands groups
Spain: Simon, Mingueza, Le Normand, Huijsen, Cucurella, Olmo, Zubimendi, Fabian, Yamal, Oyarzabal, Williams.
Subs: Raya, Remiro, Porro, Grimaldo, Asencio, Merino, Morata, Aghehowa, Ferran Torres, Garcia, Baena, Gonzalez.
Netherlands: Verbruggen, Geertruida, van Hecke, van Dijk, Maatsen, Reijnders, De Jong, Kluivert, Frimpong, Depay, Gakpo.
Subs: Olij, Flekken, Simons, Koopmeiners, Brobbey, de Ligt, Taylor, Lang, Malen, Wieffer, Baas.
Republic of Eire v Bulgaria groups
Rep of Eire: Kelleher, Doherty, Collins, O’Brien, Brady, Johnston, Azaz, Cullen, Knight, Ferguson, Parrott.
Subs: Bazunu, Travers, Manning, O’Shea, Taylor, Idah, Dunne, Sykes, Vata, Moran, Armstrong, Abankwah.
Bulgaria: Plamen Iliev, Minkov, Nedyalkov, Simeon Petrov, Nurnberger, Antov, Gruev, Despodov, Milanov, Marin Petkov, Bozhidar Kraev.
Subs: Sheytanov, Shopov, Ivanov, Krastev, Panayotov, Nikolov, Stoyanov, Ilian Iliev, Kirilov, Hristiyan Petrov, Andrian Kraev, Dyulgerov.
For those who’re after just a little refresher of what occurred within the first leg of the under ties, please take pleasure in this spherical up from just a few days in the past.
Howdy everybody, and because of John. Lots of soccer to digest, and for these not already full, now we have one other feast of soccer kicking off at 7.45pm GMT. There are 4 tasty ties right here, with some tasty scorelines from the primary leg final week.
Spain v Netherlands (2-2 agg)
Germany v Italy (2-1 agg)
Portugal v Denmark (0-1 agg)
France v Croatia (0-2)
We may even be offering key updates from Republic of Eire v Bulgaria, with Heimir Hallgrimsson’s aspect main 2-1 from the primary leg of their Nations League promotion/relegation play-off.
So, to finish an evening of Caledonian distress, right here’s Ewan Murray’s report.
This was a night on which no a part of the Scotland group functioned correctly. They have been slack in defence, non-creative from midfield and powder puff in assault. The star of the present was 17-year-old Konstantinos Karetsas, who’s unlikely to stay at Genk for lengthy. This baby-faced murderer tortured the Scots.
And with that, the night’s fixtures can be taken care of by Michael Butler.
John McGinn spoke to the BBC: “We began fairly nicely, had a few possibilities, we simply let ourselves down with the primary aim we conceded. We’ve received to replicate now earlier than two friendlies in the summertime.
“It’s an embarrassing evening for us, everyone seems to be flat within the stadium, we let ourselves down. No menace in behind, most likely too straightforward to select up. Greece deserved to win. That may perhaps give us a kick up the bottom for the World Cup qualifiers – we all know they’re no mugs. Tonight exhibits we should be significantly better if we wish to get to the World Cup.”
Kári Tulinius will get in contact: “Iceland have been poor. This appears like the ultimate nail within the coffin of the golden age of Icelandic soccer, symbolized by the captain of the 2016 group being despatched off for a silly, pointless foul. Ah nicely, it was enjoyable whereas it lasted, and we’ll all the time have the reminiscences.”
“I’ve been watching the Icelandic nationwide group lose matches for many of my 4 a long time plus on this Earth, nevertheless it’s seldom been this grim to look at. Even at their most restricted, and there have been years after we had barely anybody of expertise, we may at the least belief the group to make an effort. As soon as Kosovo equalized, no matter self perception that they had abandoned them. The actually dumb foul that received our outdated captain despatched off was a symptom of the sport already being misplaced, not a trigger.”
Goalflash! Slovenia 1-0 Slovakia (Cerin 95) (Agg 1-0)
Nations League last scores
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Hungary 0-3 Turkey (Agg 1-6)
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Scotland 0-3 Greece (Agg 1-3)
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Iceland 1-3 Kosovo (Agg 2-5)
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Serbia 2-0 Austria (Agg 3-1)
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Slovenia 0-0 Slovakia (Agg 0-0, into additional time)
Closing rating: Scotland 0-3 Greece (Agg 1-3)
That was painful to look at for the Scots. Greece have been – and are – wonderful and they’ll meet once more within the World Cup qualifiers. The Greeks return as much as League A, Scotland relegated, and deservedly so.
90+4 min: Boos as Craig Gordon makes a foul mistake and Masouras tries to chip him. On the different finish, Tierney has a shot saved. Not less than they mounted an assault. It’s been a bitter night. And it’s closed with boos and rancour.
90+2 min: 4 minutes have been added on when there’s little level in persevering with. Like Scotland’s Nations League hopes, this one is finished. Grim, sorry scenes.
Goalflash! Hungary 0-3 Turkey (Abdulkerim Bardakci 90) (Agg 1-6)
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