Belgium vs S Marino
European Qualifiers Group I
7:45pm Thursday October
King Baudouin Stadium
Romelu Lukaku hit on his 50th and 51st goals since Belgium became the first group to qualify for Euro 2020 once they forged San Marino 9-0 – matching the record for the largest margin of victory in their background.
Inter Milan striker Lukaku became the first queen to reach the milestone with a shot to start the scoring in the 28th minute.
Nacer Chadli was setup three minutes later by him before an own-goal out of Cristian Brolli put Belgium 3-0 up. Lukaku grabbed his second – and 51st goal for Belgium – on 41 minutes, assisted by Real Madrids Eden Hazard.
A Toby Alderweireld campaign in the minute plus a Youri Tielemens shot in stoppage time saw Belgium cruise in 6-0 up.
The rate slowed before his three-year global drought struck by coming off the bench to score at the 79th minute.
18, yari Verschaeren, came from the bench to score his first senior goal from the penalty area to make it 8-0 at the moments and Timothy Castagne round off the tally in the 90th minute.
Following just two goals from striker Bruno Petkovic assisted them into a 3-0 home win over Hungary croatia remained firmly on track to reach Euro 2020.
The Croatians best the group with 13 points from six games and will secure a berth in the finals of next year with a match to spare should they conquer against Wales off on Sunday.
The Croatians dominated after captain Luka Modric fired them into a guide if he steered a shot, hurried down the middle and picked up a loose ball in midfield.
Petkovic made it 2-0 with a from close range after Ante Rebic left his mark dead to the flank and squared the ball.
A catalog of defensive errors allowed Petkovic to package in the next overdue in the first half, such since Gulacsi and Tamas Kadar misjudged Ivan Perisic cross from the best.
Gulacsi made amends after Rebic was fouled when he rescued the penalty of Perisic but any hopes of a Hungary comeback were dashed moments after when Laszlo Kleinheisler was sent away for a second bookable offence.
Austria defender Martin Hinteregger believed a target that any striker could have been proud about to set up a 3-1 win over Israel.
The hosts created a slow start in front of a half-full Ernst Happel stadium and were shocked if Eran Zahavi, scorer of a hat-trick at Israels 4-2 triumph at the first assembly of the two teams at the team, set the visitors ahead with a sublime campaign from the 34th minute.
Munas Dabbur threaded the ball through to Zahavi who side-stepped his mark and lashed on a dipping shot into the top corner from 25 metres.
Valentino Lazaro slotted at the equaliser from Marko Arnautovics pass and Austria went after the break.
Andreas Ulmer thumped on a cross in which Hinteregger, turned, between 2 defenders, controlled the ball in his torso and sent his effort past goalkeeper Ofir Marciano.
Marcel Sabitzer added the third with a shot in the 88th minute to depart Austria second with 13 points in seven games of North Macedonia and Slovenia.
As Poland won 3-0, the Robert Lewandowski took his tally to 11 goals in his last seven appearances for both club and country.
He exchanged passes and defeat Andris Vanins following nine minutes after Latvia were dispossessed in midfield and Kamil Grosicki cross was switched in by subsequently.
By tapping the cross-shot in the 76th minute of Grosicki, he finished his Poland hat-trick.
Northern Ireland slipped into a defeat that was late with Luuk de Jong and Memphis Depay scoring in the final three minutes, to the Netherlands.
Kieffer Moores first goal helped Wales remain with a 1-1 draw in Slovakia in pursuit of eligibility for Euro 2020.
Scotland has to rely on the UEFA Nations League play-offs to reserve their place in Euro 2020 following a defeat in Russia.
Cyprus conquer Kazakhstan 2-1 in Scotlands group. Temirlan Erlanov gave the hosts the lead in the 34th minute but Cyprus hit back late on, with Pieros Sotiriou scoring a 73th moment equaliser until Nicholas Ioannou completed the success 11 minutes.
Estonia and belarus played out a 0-0 draw in Group C while Slovenia were surprised 2-1 away to North Macedonia, using a Elif Elmas prop.