Without the injured star striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, Norway lacked the punch for a surprise. Shortly before the end then we made sure Tottenhams Bergwijn and Barca star Memphis for the well-deserved victory.
Turkey turns game against Montenegro
Turkey won 2-1 (1-1) in Montenegro and finished second with 21 points. In Podgorica, Stefan Kuntz’s team, who had only taken over the Turkish selection in September, fell behind early due to Fatos Beqiraj (4th). Then turned Kerem Akturkoglu (22.) and Orkun Kokcu (60th) the game.
Group D: Ukraine take second place
The Ukrainian national soccer team took second place in Group D and thus took part in the Playoffs secured for the 2022 World Cup finals. The team of coach Olexander Petrakow won in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 (0-0) and pushed Finland to second place.
Olexander Sintschenko (59th) and Artem Dowbyk (79th) scored for the guests who did not lose a game in qualifying. The Finns lost their game against world champions France with 0: 2 (0: 0) and have to wait for their first participation in a world championship. France had already qualified for the World Cup finals in advance as group winners.