Russian Federation and Slovakia approved their ealier regions at next year’s European Championship contest after accomplishments within the last round of getting qualification matches up with at night.
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It is the first time that Slovakia have qualified for the continental championship since Czechoslovakia split in 1993.
Their only defeat came in their second game to Slovakia, who finished runners-up, with Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine third.
Ukraine needed to better Slovakia’s result in Luxembourg to earn an automatic berth in the finals, but their fellow Eastern Europeans secured a 4-2 win to make sure of second place.
Speaking to the media after his superb performance in Spain’s 1-0 victory over Ukraine on Tuesday, De Gea would not say whether the clause existed, telling reporters that his agent, Jorge Mendes, dealt with such issues.
Two goals from Marc Janko and one from Marko Arnautovic saw the Austrians ease past Liechtenstein 3-0 in Vienna.
The 34-year-old was forced to leave the Santiago Bernabeu during the summer to move to Porto, but he is still Del Bosque’s first choice for Spain – having played seven of the 10 qualifying matches.
It was an expensive miss as Mario Gaspar capped his debut with a goal shortly afterwards as he headed home following a good interchange between Nolito and Tiago Alcantara, who crossed for the right back to score.
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says he will pick the best available goalkeeper at Euro 2016, suggesting David De Gea could finally displace long-serving captain Iker Casillas.
They end the campaign second behind Spain while Ukraine will now look to the playoffs in order to reach the finals. “We have a very happy future with them”.
Barkley’s deflected shot put England ahead before Arlauskis unluckily deflected Harry Kane’s shot into his own net for the second and Arsenal’s Oxlade-Chamberlain struck after the interval. “We could have killed the game with the penalty”.
Slovenia eventually claimed a 2-0 win over San Marino to book a play-off spot after finishing third in Group E.
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