The English plundered in Greece, the Faroese achieved a very rare result – Other – Football

Football players from Italy and France secured their way to the quarterfinals in the A-Division of the Nations League on Thursday.

Moment from the match Greece – England.

The Italians won 1:0 in Belgium and after the 5th round they are still at the head of the 2nd group. They are three points ahead of the French, who, despite a significant game advantage, only drew 0:0 at home with Israel, but they also cannot finish worse than second place in the table.

Sandro Tonali scored the winning goal for the Italians in the 11th minute. The duel in Paris between the hosts France and Israel was played under strict security measures, but despite this, a small group of supporters of both teams clashed.

The tense atmosphere was underscored by a whistle during the Israeli national anthem. The French had 70 percent possession of the ball in the match, sent 24 shots, 8 of them on goal, but failed to score for the first time in this season’s LN edition. On Sunday in Milan, they will meet in a direct fight for the first place with the “Azure”.

In the duel between the two best teams of the 2nd group of the B-division, the English triumphed over the host Greece 3:0, making up for the 1:2 loss from the first match. Both teams have 12 points after the 5th round.

In case of equality of points, the position in the table will be decided by the better mutual match, which sounds in favor of the English.

The players of Austria won in the 3rd group of the B-division over the host Kazakhstan 2:0 and are still at the top of the table. They have 10 points, the same as the Norwegians, but they have a worse match with Austria and a worse score. On Thursday, the Norwegians triumphed on the field of Slovenia 4:1.

The representatives of the Faroe Islands won in the C-division over the home side Armenia 1:0. They achieved their first win in Group 4, in which they have six points. Viljormur Davidsen scored the only goal in the 33rd minute from a penalty.

League of Nations – A-Division

Belgium – Italy 0:1 (0:1)
Goal: 11. Tonali

France – Israel 0:0

B-Division

Ireland – Finland 1:0 (1:0)
Goal: 45. Ferguson

Greece – England 0:3 (0:1)
Goals: 7. Watkins, 78. Vlachodimos (vl.), 83. Jones

Kazakhstan – Austria 0:2 (0:2)
Goals: 15. Baumgartner, 25. Gregoritsch, ČK: 23. Maročkin (Kaz.)

Slovenia – Norway 1:4 (1:2)
Goals: 21. Šeško (from 11 m) – 4. and 59. Nusa, 45. Haaland, 83. Hauge

C-Division

Armenia – Faroe Islands 0:1 (0:1)
Goal: 33. Davidsen (from 11 m)

North Macedonia – Latvia 1:0 (0:0)
Goal: 57. Serafimov