Germany
and England have booked their places in the 2018 World Cup in Russia with their
wins on Thursday night against
Northern Ireland and Slovenia respectively in the European qualifying zone.
Germany
defeated the Irish side 3-1 at the latter’s Windsor Park in Belfast to top Group
C with 27 points from nine matches, while Northern Ireland are second in the
table with 19 points and with only one round of matches to go in the qualifying
stages.
Sebastian
Rudy, Sandro Wagner and Joshua Kimmich were on target for the world champions.
In
the other Group C matches played on Thursday night, Czech
Republic defeated Azerbaijan 2-1 while Norway mauled Armenia 8-0.
In
Group E, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Poland
walloped Armenia 6-1.
The
other Polish goals came from Jakub Blaszcykowski, Kamil Grosicki and Rafal Wolski,
while Manchester United midfielder Henrick Mkhitaryan assisted Hohannes
Hamardzumyan on the occasion of his 27th birthday.
The
win takes Poland’s points haul to 22 as group leaders.
Also
in Group E, Romania won at their Stadionul Illie Oana home ground, winning
3-1 against Kazakhstan.
In
the other Group E match second placed Denmark with 19 points pipped Montenegro
1-0 with Tottenham Hotspur midfield star Christian Eriksen on target.
England
booked their place at the World Cup, thanks to an Harry Kane 94th minute goal
in a 1-0 win against Slovenia.
The
win took the Three Lions’ points to 23.
Scotland
defeated ten-man Slovakia 1-0 at Hampden Park with Martin Skrtel conceding an
own goal while Malta parading Nigerian-born Alfred Effiong were held to a 1-1
by Lithuania at home.
Effiong
played for 90 minutes.
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