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Richard Buxton¡12 October 2024
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Richard Buxton¡12 October 2024
The final round of Octoberâs first Nations League encounters concluded on Saturday.
Hereâs what went down.
Scorers: Zubimendi 79â˛
Spain overtook Denmark with a 1-0 win in their League A: Group 4 top-of-the-table meeting.
Ălvaro Morata fired the European championsâ first warning shot with an effort which trickled just past Kasper Schmeichelâs lefthand post.
Their visitors almost threatened when Christian Eriksen fired a ball across the face of goal but David Raya was out quickly to thwart Kasper Dolberg.
La Roja spurned a golden opportunity shortly before half-time when Pedro Porro released Lamine Yamal, who could only fire over the crossbar.
They continued to pile the pressure on after the interval as FabiĂĄn Ruiz fired into the side netting before Morata was denied on two occasions by Schmeichel.
But MartĂn Zubimendi picked a perfect time to open his international account by volleying first-time after Victor Nelssonâs half-cleared.
Luis de la Fuenteâs side moved a point ahead of Denmark with their victory in Murcia as both teams prepare to return to action on Tuesday.
Scorers: ZieliĹski 78â˛; Bernardo 26â˛, Ronaldo 37â˛, Bednarek OG 89â˛
Portugal extended their 100% record in the current Nations League campaign with a 3-1 win over Poland.
Bernardo Silva volleyed home the opener after Bruno Fernandes nodded down RĂşben Nevesâ floated ball over the top.
The Seleção doubled their lead through Cristiano Ronaldoâs sidefooted effort after Rafael LeĂŁoâs initial shot crashed back off the post.
Piotr ZieliĹski threatened to set up a potentially nervy finish by rifling in a reducer just 12 minutes from the end of normal time.
But Jan Bednarek sealed a comfortable victory with an own goal as he attempted to cut out a cross during the closing stages.
Roberto MartĂnezâs side continue to lead League A: Group 1 with nine points from their opening three games while Poland remain third.
Belarus claimed a hard-fought point in their 0-0 draw with Northern Ireland.
The visitors dominated chances in either half of their behind-closed-doors meeting at Hungaryâs ZTE Arena.
Michael OâNeillâs notably hit the woodwork through Eoin Toal, who also had a goal disallowed for a build-up foul.
Fyodor Lapoukhov continued to repel the Green and White Army to grind out a stalemate in Zalaegerszeg.
The White Wings sit at the summit of League C: Group 3 while Northern Ireland are a point behind in third.
Scorers: MatanoviÄ 36â˛, KramariÄ 70â˛; Äaleta-Car OG 33â˛
Croatia produced a comeback to claim a 2-1 win over Scotland.
The visitors opened the scoring through Duje Äaleta-Carâs sending his clearance from Ryan Christieâs short on the turn into his own net.
But their advantage lasted all of three minutes as Igor MatanoviÄ levelled by powering home from Ivan PeriĹĄiÄâs right-sided cross.
Zlatko DaliÄâs side took the lead in the second half when Andrej KramariÄ headed the rebound from Craig Gordon parrying Borna Sosaâs shot.
Deep into added time, ChĂŠ Adams appeared to have snatched a point for the Tartan Army but saw his effort disallowed for offside.
The Kockasti finished Saturday behind Portugal in League A: Group 1 while Scotland are still rooted to the foot of the table on zero points.
Serbia 2-0 Switzerland
Lithuania 1-2 Kosovo
Cyprus 0-3 Romania
Bulgaria 0-0 Luxembourg