Published 12:52 IST, October 14th 2019
Poland, Germany qualify for the main draw in UEFA Euro 2020 tournament
Poland and Russia booked their spots in the upcoming UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. While the former beat North Macedonia 2-0, Russia battered Cyprus 5-0.
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Things took an interesting turn as Poland and Russia booked ir spots in upcoming UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. While former beat rth Macedonia 2-0, Russia battered Cyprus with a scoreline of 5-0 in a match that saw a red card being given to left-back Konstantis Laifis, 27 minutes into game. Also, 2014 World Cup-winners Germany and Nerlands, beat Estonia and Belarus in ir respective matches that bought m one step closer to qualify for Euro 2020 tournament.
A strong performance by Russia
Stanislav Cherchesov's, Russia, who reached World Cup quarter-finals on home soil a year ago, h target of avoiding a defeat in Nicosia to pursue Belgium in qualifying sts from Group I.
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Valencia winger, Denis Cheryshev, scored a goal in 9th minute for his team, before Magomed Ozdoev, who scored a marvelous long-range goal on against Scotland, scored two goals midway through first half.
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Even before Cyprus could chalk out a plan to fight back, ir hopes were dashed in 28th minute when Kostas Laifis was sent off for a rough tackle against Russian defender, Sergei Petrov.
Striker, Artem Dzyuba, scored his 3rd goal in two games, late into second half, before Aleksandr Golovin and Cheryshev's goal secured a huge win for Russian team.
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In meantime, Russia will try to claim top spot from Belgium in a group I, Euro 2020 qualifying match to be played at Krestovsky Stium on vember 16.
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Poland: Perched at top of group G
Poland's win steered m 3 points of Austrian team in Group G, with Slovenia and rth Macedonia witnessing a gap of 8 points between m and Polish team.
UEFA Euro tournament will be played for a duration of one month from June 12-July 12 in year 2020. It will be hosted across 12 different cities with first match being played at Rome's, Stio Olimpico in and semi-final and final being played at England's prestigious national stium, Wembley.
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According to set rules, all participating teams are required to go through a group st qualification process before being granted a spot in main draw for tournament. qualifying matches started in month of March 2019 and will be over in March 2020.
(With inputs from ncies)
12:12 IST, October 14th 2019