Defending champions France missed out on injured Kylian Mbappe in a 1-1 attract Ukraine in World Cup qualifying on Saturday, however nonetheless topped Europe Group D.
Mykola Shaparenko scored his first worldwide aim for Ukraine simply earlier than halftime by smashing it in a shot from 20m.
Anthony Martial was leveled after the break after a setup from Kingsley Coman and Adrian Rabiot. It was Marshall’s second worldwide aim and it got here 5 years and three days after Manchester United’s earlier strike in a pleasant towards Italy.
Mbappe left the French aspect with a calf drawback after a 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday.
Ukraine additionally drew in France in March.
France have 9 factors from 5 matches and Finland are subsequent with 5 factors from three matches.
Ukraine even have 5 factors from 5 matches, whereas Bosnia and Kazakhstan have two factors every.
Only the group winners straight qualify for the World Cup. The second-place finishers face the playoffs.
In addition, Portugal defeated 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar 3-1 in a pleasant match regardless of the lacking Cristiano Ronaldo.
Here’s a take a look at the motion in different teams:
Group A
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored twice as Serbia beat Luxembourg 4–1 with Portugal to high the group with 10 factors. Mitrovic has scored 43 targets in 65 matches for Serbia.
Ireland and Azerbaijan earned their first factors in a 1–1 draw with Shane Duffy main a late draw for Ireland.
Group F
European Championship semifinalists Denmark made their good begin to qualifying with a 1–0 win within the Faroe Islands following a aim from Jonas Wind.
Israel beat Austria 5-2 and Scotland beat Moldova 1-0.
Denmark has 15 factors, Israel 10, Scotland eight and Austria seven, whereas the Faroe Islands and Moldova have one level every.
Group G
Memphis Depay scored a brace and the Netherlands beat Montenegro 4–0 to complete second within the group behind Turkey, who beat Gibraltar 3–0.
This was the primary dwelling recreation for Louis van Gaal in his third spell as coach of the Netherlands.
Erling Haaland transformed the opening penalty in Norway’s 2–0 victory in Latvia to attain a complete of 9 targets in 14 video games for his nationwide crew – only a yr after his first aim for Norway.
Turkey has 11 factors, Netherlands and Norway 10-10, Montenegro seven, Latvia 4 and Gibraltar zero.
Group H
Marcelo Brozovic scored late for Croatia to beat Slovakia 1–0 and remained on the high of the group with Russia.
Russia lead on aim distinction after beating Cyprus 2-0 with targets from Alexander Yerokhin and Rifat Zemletdinov.
Also, Slovenia beat Malta on a penalty within the first half from Sandy Lovrich.
Russia and Croatia have 10 factors every, Slovenia seven and Slovakia six. Malta and Cyprus have 4 every.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
