Roberto Martinez’s players had fun at home against Luxembourg. A 9-0 victory, and this without Cristiano Ronaldo, suspended for accumulation of yellow cards. Gonçalo Inacio (12th, 45th) and Gonçalo Ramos (18th, 34th) both scored twice in the first period. Diogo Jota also does his part in the second period (57th, 77th). Ricardo Horta (67th), Bruno Fernandes (83rd) and Joao Felix (88th) increase the score.
Against Liechtenstein, the Slovaks were pressed, to the point of leading 3-0 after… six minutes of play. David Hancko (1st), Ondrej Duda (3rd) and Robert Max (6th) for the scorers of the day. No more goals will be scored during the match.
At home, Iceland had to wait until added time to win against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Coming into play during the last quarter of an hour, 34-year-old veteran Alfred Finnbogason (90th) liberated a whole people.
In Latvia, Robert Page’s players secured the essentials with a 2-0 victory. Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring after half an hour from the penalty spot (29th). His replacement, David Brooks sealed the victory at the end of the match (90 6).
