Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 to edge closer to the Nations League quarter-finals on Friday as 10-man Netherlands rescued a 1-1 draw in Hungary. Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz laid on a backheel for Undav’s opener after 30 minutes in Zenica. The Stuttgart forward then made it two when he turned in Maximilian Mittlestaedt’s cross. Also Read: Peru stun Uruguay 1-0 Deniz Undav Bosnia hit back with 20 minutes remaining when 38-year-old former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko headed in from a corner for his 67th international goal. “After they scored, things heated up a bit, but we controlled things confidently,” Undav, making just his second international start, told German broadcaster RTL. The win moves Germany onto seven points from three games, two ahead of the Netherlands with the two heavyweights facing each other on Monday in Munich. At the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary and Dutch players, as well as spectators, observed a minute’s silence in memory of former Netherlands great Johan Neeskens who passed away this week at the age of 73. Hungary took the lead in the 32nd minute when Roland Sallai scored with a close-range finish after being teed up by Zsolt Nagy. Hungary were looking at defeating the Dutch in the teams’ first meeting since they were mauled 8-1 in 2013. That prospect brightened when Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk was red-carded in the 79th minute. However, four minutes later, the Dutch made a mockery of their one-man disadvantage when Denzel Dumfries headed in a free-kick from Cody Gakpo. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
13 October,2024 07:52 AM IST | Paris | AFPPeru won its first match in South American World Cup qualifying by beating Uruguay 1-0 on Friday. Miguel Araujo scored the only goal with a header in the 88th minute, and Peru moved out of last place in the South American standings. Also Read: Egypt skipper MO Salah released from int’l duty Peru was winless in eight matches in qualifying, but beat Uruguay in a qualifier for the first time since 2017. The Peruvians rose above last-placed Chile. Uruguay remained third after nine matches, four points behind leader Argentina and one behind second-placed Colombia. The first six teams secure a berth in the 2026 World Cup in North America and Mexico. Uruguay wasted opportunities in the first half, with Federico Valverde, Darwin Nunez and Maximiliano Araujo stopped by Peru goalkeeper Pedro Gallese. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
13 October,2024 07:50 AM IST | Lima (Peru) | AP | PTIEgypt captain Mohamed Salah will not play in next week’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Mauritania, club side Liverpool confirmed on Saturday. Also Read: Liverpool veteran Matip hangs up his boots The 32-year-old has “been released early from international duty amid the ongoing October break,” Liverpool said. On Friday, Salah scored for Egypt in a 2-0 victory over Mauritania and had been due to play a second fixture against the same opponents on Tuesday. Egypt manager Hossam Hassan had told journalists in Cairo on Friday that there were concerns over playing on Mauritania’s artificial turf and injury fears. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
13 October,2024 07:48 AM IST | Liverpool | AFPFormer Liverpool defender Joel Matip confirmed his retirement from football on Saturday. The centre-back departed the Reds in the summer after an eight-year spell that included 201 appearances and multiple major honours with the club. Also Read: India held 1-1 by Vietnam in international friendly Signed on a free transfer from Schalke 04 in 2016, Matip was a key figure throughout Jurgen Klopp’s reign as manager, helping to secure a return to Champions League football. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
13 October,2024 07:46 AM IST | Liverpool | IANSManolo Marquez will have to wait for his first win as India head coach as his team played out a 1-1 draw in an entertaining international football friendly match against Vietnam here on Saturday. Also Read: Sabalenka downs Gauff to enter final Vietnam took the lead in the 38th minute through Nguyen Hoang Duc before Farukh Choudhary equalised in the 53rd minute at the Thien Truong Stadium, around 100 km from Hanoi. In Marquez’s two matches as head coach so far, India drew against Mauritius and lost 0-3 to Syria in the Intercontinental Cup in Hyderabad last month. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
13 October,2024 07:43 AM IST | Nam Dinh (Vietnam) | PTIManolo Marquez will have to wait for his first win as India head coach as his team played out a 1-1 draw in an entertaining India vs Vietnam international football friendly match on Saturday. Vietnam took the lead in the 38th minute through Nguyen Hoang Duc before Farukh Choudhary equalised in the 53rd minute at the Thien Truong Stadium, around 100 km from Hanoi. In Marquez's two matches as head coach so far, India drew against Mauritius and lost 0-3 to Syria in the Intercontinental Cup in Hyderabad last month. Ranked 116th, Vietnam are 10 spots higher than India (126th) in the FIFA rankings. In an eventful first half, India goalkeeper and captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu stopped a penalty kick awarded to Vietnam in the 10th minute after Rahul Bheke fouled a home side attacker. Vietnam captain Que Ngoc Hai's shot, however, went straight to Sandhu. Two minutes before that, Choudhary was let free in an Indian attack but his left-footer from just outside the box was stopped by Vietnam goalie Nguyen Filip. Vietnam were on the ascendency as the match progressed and Nguyen Van Toan's shot in the 17th minute went just wide off the mark. Also Read: 'Standard of football in age-group events must improve in India': Bhutia In the 27th minute, India also got a chance but again Choudhary's left-footed shot from a difficult angle off a pass from Brandon Fernandes could not beat the Vietnam goalkeeper. Chau Ngoc Quans almost gave Vietnam the lead in the 32nd minute when he outsmarted an Indian defender with his turn and his left-footed curler beat Sandhu but the ball went wide of the post by few inches. Vietnam's goal eventually came six minutes later. Bui Vi Hao's volley from inside the box deflected from an Indian defender and Gurpreet's outstretched leg was able to touch the ball but not enough to send it out of harm's way. All Nguyen Hoang Duc had to do was just push the ball into the open net from the goal-line. India played much better in the second half. They had periods of dominance and also found the equaliser in the 53rd minute. Defender Anwar Ali sent a long aerial ball from near the centre line and Choudhary won an aerial duel with Vietnam captain Que Ngoc Hai rather easily and he chipped the ball over an onrushing goalie Nguyen Filip into the empty net. Ten minutes later, Lallianzuala Chhangte's chip into the Vietnam box almost found Choudhary's feet but the home side goalkeeper was able to lay his hand on the ball. India called the shots in the initial period of the second half and the Blue Tigers rattled the home team's defence quite often. In the meantime, Choudhary was substituted by Edmund Lalrindika. In the 71st minute, Chhangte’s shot took a deflection and went out for a corner. But from there on, Vietnam came back strongly and dictated terms in the last 15 minutes. They created a series of scoring chances but could not convert any of them. In the 79th minute, Sandhu made a brilliant reflex save to deny Van Vu’s snap shot from inside the box. Three minutes later, central defender Anwar Ali made a goal-line save as he headed out a goal-bound shot. Originally, India were to play in a tri-Nation tournament but Lebanon pulled out, citing difficulties in flying out of the country due to the ongoing crisis at home. The tournament was planned in the FIFA international match window from October 7-15. India were earlier scheduled to play against Vietnam on October 9 and against Lebanon on October 12 before Lebanon's pulling out left them to play just one match. (With agency inputs)
12 October,2024 07:13 PM IST | Nam Dinh (Vietnam) | mid-day online correspondentSuper star striker Erling Haaland became Norway’s all-time leading goalscorer when he grabbed a brace against Slovenia in a 3-0 win in their UEFA Nations League encounter at Ullevaal. The Norwegian, who made his national team debut in 2019, has only taken 36 games to reach the record mark. Haaland equalled Jorgen Juve’s goal record of 33 national team goals when he sent Norway into the lead after seven minutes. Forward Alexander Sorloth doubled the advantage for Norway soon after the resumption of play in the second half. Then Haaland made it three with his second on the hour, breaking his nation’s male goalscoring record. “It was a big moment. It is a record that has stood for a long time. I am proud and happy and I just want to thank everyone around me for their support,” said Haaland. Other key results >> England 1-2 Greece>> Italy 2-2 Belgium >> Finland 1-2 Ireland This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
12 October,2024 08:54 AM IST | Oslo | IANSSalomon Rondon grabbed a second-half equaliser as Venezuela held Argentina to a 1-1 draw in South America’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers on Thursday while 10-man Bolivia upset Colombia 1-0. The return of Lionel Messi to Argentina’s starting line-up looked to have put the world champions on the way to victory after the Inter Miami superstar’s free-kick set up an opening goal for Nicolas Otamendi after 13 minutes. But a battling performance by Venezuela in front of their home fans in Maturin was rewarded midway through the second half when the 35-year-old Rondon met Yeferson Soteldo’s cross with a header that flew past Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. Bolivia recovered from the first-half dismissal of midfielder Hector Cuellar to dig out victory in a game played in the thin air of El Alto, which is situated at around 4,150m (13,600 feet) above sea level. A superb individual goal from Miguel Terceros handed the Bolivians their fourth victory of qualifying and vaulted them up into the automatic qualification positions. Meanwhile, Brazil got their campaign back on track with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Chile on Thursday. Chile rocked Brazil after just two minutes when veteran striker Eduardo Vargas steered a looping header over Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson to make it 1-0. But Brazil drew level in first-half stoppage time after Savinho worked himself into space before crossing for Botafogo forward Igor Jesus to head home. The match looked destined to finish in a draw until the 89th minute, when Brazil substitute Luiz Henrique arrowed in a low shot from the edge of the area to make it 2-1. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
12 October,2024 08:54 AM IST | Montevideo | AFPFrance shrugged off Kylian Mbappe’s absence and Antoine Griezmann’s retirement to comfortably overcome Israel 4-1 in the Nations League on Thursday. Eduardo Camavinga and Christopher Nkunku set France on their way with first-half goals in Budapest, where Israel are playing all their home games due to the security situation in the Middle East. Didier Deschamps named a squad that for the first time since 2016 did not feature either Mbappe or Griezmann. Didier Deschamps Mbappe was left out of this game and Monday’s tie in Belgium to allow the France captain time to regain full fitness after a thigh injury. While the Real Madrid star’s absence is only temporary, Griezmann’s is permanent after his decision to quit the international scene last week. Griezmann’s exit signalled the end of an era for the French side that won the 2018 World Cup and reached the final four years later in Qatar. Yet there was plenty to like about Deschamps’ new-look line-up captained by Real Madrid’s Aurelien Tchouameni—this win, on the back of victory over Belgium after an opening loss to Italy, leaving France second in Group A2, one point behind Italy. Deschamps was quick to emphasise the “significant potential” of his young squad. Deschamps reflected: “I’ve got a positive analysis—four goals, it’s been a while since we did that. We were serious and diligent, with a lot of enthusiasm.” This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
12 October,2024 08:53 AM IST | Budapest | AFPThe Asian Football Confederation says an upcoming World Cup qualifier won't take place in Iran because of escalating tensions in the region. The AFC switched the venue for the Oct. 15 soccer game between Iran and Qatar from the Iranian city of Mashhad to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. "The decision to host the match in a neutral venue was taken after careful consideration of the prevailing security situation and in consultation with FIFA and the relevant stakeholders," the AFC said in a statement released Thursday evening. According to media reports in Iran, soccer authorities in Tehran had requested that the game, the fourth in the third round of qualification in Asia, be switched to Qatar, with the return fixture in Group A, originally scheduled to take place in Doha next June, instead hosted by Iran. Also Read: Mohun Bagan faces disqualification after declining to travel to Iran amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict The AFC decision comes three days after it eliminated Mohun Bagan Super Giants from the AFC Champions League Two after the Indian club had refused to travel to Iran to face Tractor SC in the city of Tabriz. "Mohun Bagan Super Giant are considered to have withdrawn from the AFC Champions League Two", the AFC said in a statement on Monday. Iranian media this week also said that the AFC has told Esteghlal FC of Iran that its AFC Champions League Elite game against Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, scheduled for Oct. 22, must be switched to a third country. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
11 October,2024 05:33 PM IST | Kuala Lumpur | mid-day online correspondentVangelis Pavlidis struck twice as Greece earned an historic triumph away against England to maintain their 100 percent record in the current edition of the UEFA Nations League. The famous victory was dedicated by the players to England-born Greek international George Baldock, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 31. A minute's silence was held in memory of Baldock before the match, and Pavlidis, the first Greek to score at the historic Wembley, celebrated the goals by showing the black armband before all players collectively raised Baldock's number two shirt in celebration. Tasos Bakasetas was denied by a spectacular goal-line clearance from Levi Colwill in a first half during which Cole Palmer could have given England the lead. The visitors made the breakthrough shortly after halftime though, as Pavlidis broke through the England defence before planting his finish under Jordan Pickford. Jude Bellingham thumped in a late equaliser for the Three Lions but there was still time for Pavlidis to have the final say in the 94th minute. He fired a low beyond Jordan Pickford in added time to take all three points and go top of the group. In another UEFA Nations League match, France closed the gap on Italy in Group A2 thanks to a resounding 4-1 victory. Also Read: Mbappe among missing stars at Nations League In the absence of Kylian Mbappe, it was Aurelien Tchouameni who captained Les Bleus. However, it was his midfield partner, Eduardo Camavinga, who opened the scoring after only seven minutes as Israel goalkeeper Omri Glazer failed to keep out his effort. Omri Gandelman levelled with a header but parity was short-lived with Christopher Nkunku quickly scoring his first goal for France from close range. Late strikes from Matteo Guendouzi and Bradley Barcola then added a certain sheen to the result for Didier Deschamps' side. Elsewhere, Lorenzo Pellegrini's red card was a turning point as Belgium came from two goals down to playout 2-2 draw with Italy in Rome. The hosts had a brilliant start, scoring after 59 seconds through Andrea Cambiaso, before adding a second as Mateo Retegui rolled in when Koen Casteels failed to hold. But after the Azzurri were reduced to ten players, Belgium pulled one back almost straight away when Maxim De Cuyper bent in. Then, just after the hour mark, the visitors claimed a point as Leandro Trossard poked in a clever volley from a Wout Faes header. (With agency inputs)
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