Draw in Bergamo and Lewandowski's double in Wroclaw

Following the results of the next game day of the League of Nations, a change of leader took place in two groups of League A. So, in quartet 1, the national team of Poland took the first place.

This became possible after Italy parted with the Netherlands at home - 1: 1.

"Squadra Azzurra" opened the scoring already in the 16th minute thanks to an accurate shot by Lorenzo Pellegrini, but rather quickly allowed the opponent to win back.

As part of the Dutch, Donny van de Beck distinguished himself.

In the second half, the victory could have been more likely to be snatched by the guests than by the hosts, who dealt only one shot to Jasper Silessen's goal.

Thus, the Italians managed to extend their unbeaten run up to seven meetings in the matches with the Netherlands.

They suffered their last defeat from the "orange" at Euro-2008.

And the Netherlands still does not know victories under the leadership of the new head coach Frank de Boer.

Led by this specialist, the team drew twice in the League of Nations and lost to Mexico in a friendly.

In turn, the Poles at home did not leave any chances for the outsider of the Bosnia and Herzegovina group - 3: 0.

The removal of 21-year-old defender Anel Ahmedhodzic, who received a direct red card already in the 14th minute of the match, significantly simplified the task for the hosts.

The main hero of the confrontation was Robert Lewandowski.

The Bayern striker was injured in the match with Italy and was even replaced, but still entered the field in Wroclaw from the first minutes.

As a result, the striker scored a double and gave an assist.

Now the top scorer in the history of the Polish national team has 63 goals in 113 matches for the national team.

Eriksen's 100th match and Lukaku's 55th goal

And in group 2 the national team of Belgium took the first place, which bypassed England in the standings.

The British in the first three meetings of the tournament scored seven points out of nine possible and even beat the Belgians.

But on Wednesday, Gareth Southgate's wards unexpectedly lost to Denmark at home with a minimum score.

The final 15 minutes of the first half were fatal for the hosts.

First, Harry Maguire received a dubious second yellow card for a dangerous tackle in someone else's half of the field, and then Kyle Walker broke the rules in his own penalty area on Thomas Delaney.

The penalty kick was confidently realized by the Danish captain Christian Eriksen, who played the 100th match for the national team.

The Inter midfielder scored a goal in the third meeting in a row for the national team.

In the second half, the Englishmen in the minority did everything to level the score, but they did not manage to break through Kasper Schmeichel, who played the match perfectly.

And in the time added by the referee, the hosts remained at all nine.

Rhys James received a direct red card.

The British lost to the Danes in an official match only for the second time in history and for the first time since 1983, when the Scandinavians sensationally blocked their opponent's path to Euro 1984.

The Belgian national team could not help but take advantage of the competitor's misfire and beat the group outsider Iceland on the road - 2: 1.

Even the absence of injured Kevin De Bruyne did not prevent the bronze medalist of the 2018 World Cup from gaining three points.

In the foreground in this meeting, as in London, came the footballer of Inter.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring at the beginning of the match, and then he earned and converted the penalty.

Now the striker has 55 goals in 87 games for the national team of his country.

Portugal victory without Ronaldo and Vlašić's goal in Zagreb

In group 3, the leadership continues to be shared by Portugal and France.

On Wednesday, the reigning champions of Europe and the world, respectively, won more victories.

The Portuguese defeated Sweden at home (3: 0), despite the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sick with coronavirus.

In his absence, Liverpool's newcomer Diogo Jota took the lead with a double and an assist.

The striker's second goal turned out to be especially beautiful: he burst into the penalty area from the left flank, beating two defenders along the way, and carefully rolled the ball into the near corner.

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And in Zagreb, a remake of the 2018 World Cup Croatia - France took place.

The guests opened the scoring already in the sixth minute thanks to an accurate shot by Antoine Griezmann.

The Barcelona striker has upset the checkers for the second time in the past two months.

In September, he helped the Tricolors to win at the Stade de France - 4: 2.

In the middle of the second half, the hosts managed to win back.

In their composition, as in the previous match with Sweden, CSKA midfielder Nikola Vlašić distinguished himself.

The victory for the French was brought by Kilian Mbappé, who, in the 79th minute, closed Luca Dinh's serve from the left flank.

Turkey's salvation and Israel's strong-willed victory

There were enough interesting events in League B. For example, in the group of the Russian national team, Turkey made a comeback in a home match with Serbia.

As in the meeting with Stanislav Cherchesov's wards, after the first half, Shenol Gunesh's players were inferior with a minimum score.

Sergei Milinkovic-Savic scored the third goal in the last two matches for the national team.

And right after the break, the Lazio midfielder earned a penalty, which was converted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.

However, the Turks did not give up and managed to recoup.

Moreover, the main merit in this belongs to Hakan Chalkhanoglu, who first distinguished himself, and then gave an assist to Ozan Tufan.

Thus, both teams failed to close the gap with Russia and Hungary.

After four games, Turkey has three points, Serbia - two.

An even more impressive comeback was made by the Israeli national team in an away match with Slovakia.

In the first half, the guests conceded two unanswered goals, but after the break they scored three times and snatched a strong-willed victory.

Moreover, all three goals in their composition were scored by 33-year-old Eran Zahavi, who is experiencing a second youth.

It took the veteran only 22 minutes to complete the hat-trick.

A successful play in Trnava helped the striker with 24 goals to catch up with Yossi Benayun in the list of the top scorers in the history of the national team.

Moreover, the striker scored 18 goals only in the last two years, when he began to play a clean forward.

During this period, he managed to issue three hat-tricks in the national team.

This high performance helped Zahavi to sign a contract with one of the leading teams in the Netherlands - PSV.

Finland's fight for promotion and Wales ball in the end

In Group 4 of League B, the rival of the Russian national team in the Euro 2020 group stage, Finland, continues to fight with Wales for an upgrade.

On Wednesday, both teams won with a minimum score.

"Suomi" beat Ireland at home, and the only goal in the 66th minute was scored by the forward of "Augsburg" Fredrik Jensen.

The Finnish striker extended his scoring streak in the League of Nations to three meetings.

The Irish national team, not only does not know victories in the current season of the tournament (two draws and two defeats), but for the first time since 1989, it failed to score in four matches in a row.

4 - Republic of Ireland have failed to score in four consecutive competitive matches for the first time since March 1989. Stifled.

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In turn, Wales away forced Bulgaria to capitulate only shortly before the final whistle.

Charlton's midfielder Jonathan Williams, for whom this goal became his debut for the national team, managed to hit the alien gate.

Kvaratskhelia's masterpiece and the leadership of Belarus

Belarus and Georgia continue to fight for access to League B.

Moreover, the Belarusians on Wednesday managed to come out on top in Group 4 thanks to a home victory over Kazakhstan - 2: 0.

The match as a whole turned out to be equal, but the hosts managed to upset the opponent twice.

Evgeny Yablonsky and Roman Yuzepchuk scored their first goals for the national team.

A draw in the meeting of direct competitors, Lithuania and Albania, allowed Belarus with seven points to take the lead.

But Georgia missed the victory over North Macedonia.

It is curious that this meeting was actually a rehearsal of a decisive confrontation for a ticket to Euro 2020, which will take place in November.

This time the Caucasian team was very close to victory.

In the 67th minute, the Balkans were in the minority, and then Rubin's midfielder Khvich Kvaratskhelia came on as a substitute.

And soon the footballer created another masterpiece.

After playing a corner, he burst into the penalty area from the left flank, beating two opponents along the way, and twisted the ball into the far corner.

However, already in the time added by the referee, the Macedonians earned a penalty and escaped defeat.

The first meeting between the teams in September ended with a similar score - 1: 1.

But the national team of Moldova cannot add a game day to its asset.

Engin Firat's wards at home lost to the leader of Group 3 Slovenia - 0: 4.

At the same time, Zaragoza striker Haris Vuchkich managed to distinguish himself three times.

In the last three matches for the national team, he scored five goals.