Meanwhile, the teams from England, Italy, France and Spain won their matches in the 3rd round
Since the 2018 World Cup the german team has not presented a good football and it returned to disappoint its fans this Wednesday, 31. For the third round of the European qualifiers to the 2022 World Cup, the team coached by Joaquim Löw lost 2-1 to the North Macedonia, the 65th country in the FIFA ranking. The match was much more dominant than Germany with 70% of the ball possession and 11 kicks in the direction of the goal against only 6 of the opponents, but the Macedonians were with the best aim. In the first half, Pandev opened the scoring. On the break, Gündogan equalized from a penalty, but in the 40th minute Elmas left his and put Macedonia in advantage again, declaring the final score.
The victory leaves North Macedonia second in the Grupo J., behind the Armenia who leads the group and won the Romania 3 to 2 at home. Germany is in third with the same score of the opponents of this fourth, but behind in the goal difference (5 to 3). In the next round, the Germans pick up Liechtenstein, away from home, on Friday, 02, at 3:45 pm (Brasília time). Macedonia, on the other hand, has a meeting with Armenia on the same day and time.
Games of the day
Current world champions, France seems to have recovered from the tie in the first round for the Ukraine and won the Bosnia and Herzegovina by 1 to 0 with goal from Griezmann. The result puts the French first in the Group D, with seven points and wide advantage for the second place, Ukraine, which has 3 points. THE Spain beat Kosovo 3-1, following the leader in the B Group. In a clash without the presence of Lewandowski, a Poland lost the England by 2 to 1 and is 4th in the Group I. The English are the leaders having won all three matches so far. Achievement also achieved by Italy, who beat Lithuania 2-0 and is the leader of the Group C. Check out all the results this Wednesday:
Armenia 3 x 2 Romania
Moldova 1 x 4 Israel
Austria 0 – 4 Denmark
Germany 1 x 2 North Macedonia
Andorra 1 x 4 Hungary
Ukraine 1 x 1 Kazakhstan
Northern Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria
Scotland 4 x 0 Faroe Islands
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 x 1 France
Greece 1 x 1 Georgia
Spain 3 x 1 Kosovo
Liechtenstein 1 x 4 Iceland
England 2 x 1 Poland
San Marino 0 x 2 Albania
Lithuania 0 x 2 Italy
