Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Important Victories for Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium

Capitals, September 08 (QNA) - Teams of Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium achieved important victories in the sixth round of the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, while England fell into a draw with Poland. In the first match, Spain continued its revival by beating its host Kosovo (2-0) in the second group, Pablo Fornals and Ferran Torres scored the two goals in the 32nd and 89th minutes. In the same group, Greece revived its hopes of competing for second place when it inflicted Sweden's first loss in the qualifiers (2-1) and served Spain, Anastasios Pacasitas (62) and Vangelis Pavlidis (78) scored the two goals for Greece, and Saudi Al-Ittifaq striker Robin Quaison (80) scored Sweden's goal. In the second match, the German team won a big victory over its Icelandic host (4-0) and consolidated its lead in the tenth group, the goals were scored by Serge Gnabry (4), Antonio Rudiger (24), Leroy Sane (56) and Timo Werner (88). In another match in the same group, a goalless draw was held against the teams of North Macedonia and Romania. European champions Italy regained the tone of victories after two consecutive draws, with a big victory over its guest, Lithuania (5-0) in the third group, alternately scored goals by Moise Kean (11 and 29), Edgaras Otkos, an own goal (14), Giacomo Raspadori (24) and Giovanni Di Lorenzo (54). Belgium approached the World Cup finals in Qatar with a valuable victory over its host Belarus (1-0) in Group E, Belgium owes the victory to Dennis Praet, Leicester City striker, who scored the game's only goal in the 33rd minute. (QNA)