2023-10-12 21:15:49
Football
Spain beats Scotland and Turkey takes on Croatia
The Spaniards took a step towards qualification for Euro 2024. The Turks won the match at the top of Group D.
PublishedOctober 12, 2023, 11:15 p.m.
The joy of the Spaniards following the second goal.
AFP
Beaten 2-0 in Glasgow in the first leg, Spain managed to win Thursday (2-0) once morest Scotland, leader of Group A of the qualifiers undefeated until then, and took a step towards qualification for Euro 2024 in Germany.
Thanks to this success offered by its captain Alvaro Morata (74th) and an own goal from Porteous (86th), Spain consolidates its second place and returns to three points behind its evening opponent, who had the opportunity to validate his ticket for the Euro in the event of a positive result.
The hero of the first leg, Scott McTominay, thought he would offer Scotland qualification with a direct free kick (60th), but the latter was refused for a foul by Hendry on Unai Simon, before the Spaniards score twice.
In the other match of this group, Norway took third place (10 points) by defeating Cyprus 0-4.
Turkey takes the lead
In group D, the duel between the first two, Croatia and Turkey, turned to the advantage of the visitors (0-1).
In front of 13,000 spectators at the Opus Arena in Osijek, the Turks cooled the atmosphere in the 30th minute, when Baris Yilmaz scored.
This success would become the victorious goal and Turkey took the lead in the group (13 points), ahead of its evening opponent (10).
In the other match of the evening, Armenia missed the opportunity to join Croatia on 10 points by losing to Latvia 2-0. The Armenians remain third, three lengths behind the Croats and Latvia, who won their first match, remain last with 3 points.
(AFP/YDE)
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