Luxembourg’s Aurelien Joachim, right, challenges Slovakia’s Tomas Hubocan during a Group C Euro 2016 qualifying soccer match between Luxembourg and Slovakia at the Josy Barthel stadium in Luxembourg on Monday, October 12, 2015. Turkey can qualify by beating Iceland and having Kazakhstan defeating Latvia.
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Aleksandr Kokorin (left) seals it for Russian Federation, converting a penalty past Montenegro goalie Milan Mijatovic.
Marek Hamsik got on the board in the 24th, Adam Nemec scored in the 29th and Robert Mak netted in the 30th. Luxembourg made it interesting with goals Mario Mutsch in the 61st and Lars Gerson in the 65th.
Cesc Fabregas has taken to social media to reveal his delight at making his 100th appearance for Spain on Monday night.
The save boosted Ukraine’s spirits and the home team showed much more initiative on offense in the second half, but they couldn’t solve Spanish keeper David De Gea.
57′ – DE GEA SAVE: Another cross from Ukraine is headed goalward by Kravets and it’s another leaping save from De Gea. “Ukraine (has) a personality that not a lot of sides have and I wish them all the best in the playoffs”.
Ross Barkley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain added to a Giedrius Arlauskis own goal to make it ten wins out ten for the Three Lions. It was their tenth competitive win in a row, and they have become only the sixth team ever to advance to the finals with a ideal record.
And Slovenia confirmed their place in the play-offs with an underwhelming 2-0 win over San Marino in Serravalle with second-half goals from Bojan Perec and Nejc Pecnik. Slovakia has 22 points and Ukraine 19, eight ahead of fourth-placed Belarus.
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Eighteen teams have now qualified for the 24-team finals: Hosts France, title holders Spain, England, Italy, Belgium, Iceland, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Wales, Northern Ireland, Germany, Poland, Albania, Romania, Russian Federation and Slovakia.
