Hungary's two goals in four minutes, Scotland's victory on penalties and Georgia's defeat: how the selection for Euro 2020 ended

The failure of Georgia and the goal of 37-year-old Pandev

The first final match of the Euro 2020 qualifying tournament was held in Tbilisi, where teams from Georgia and North Macedonia met.

For both, it could be safely called one of the most important in history, because if successful, any of these teams entered a major international tournament for the first time.

At the same time, the wards of Vladimir Weiss, although they occupied a lower place in the FIFA rating (86 - 65), had the advantage of their own field.

In the course of the meeting, the hosts surpassed their opponents not only in ball control, but also in the number of shots on goal.

In total, there were 11 of them, which is four more than the opponent.

Nevertheless, the only productive one fell on the guests.

Elif Elmas and Iliya Nestorovski played a spectacular combination, and Goran Pandev completed it.

The 37-year-old veteran scored the 30th anniversary goal for the national team and not only strengthened his status as the top scorer in the history of North Macedonia, but also provided her with a ticket to the group stage of the European Championship, where her opponents will be Ukraine, the Netherlands and Austria.

As for Georgia, it was left not only without the continental championship, but also without a head coach.

At the end of the match, Weiss announced his imminent departure.

Soboslai's miracle goal and Gulachi's mistake

The match between the national teams of Hungary and Iceland turned out to be much more intense.

Already in the 11th minute, the guests opened the scoring, and the hosts goalkeeper Peter Gulachi scored with a minus sign.

An experienced Leipzig goalkeeper, after a not very difficult free-kick shot by Gylfi Sigurdsson, tried to fix the ball tightly, but it slipped out of his hands and ended up in goal.

So Eric Hamren's wards came close not only to reaching the second consecutive European Championship, but also to the first victory over the Hungarians in 25 years.

The last time the Vikings took over in November 1995, after which they were unable to achieve success in five games in a row.

In general, the meeting turned out to be quite open and rich in dangerous moments, as evidenced by 31 shots on goal in total.

At the same time, in the 87th minute, the Icelanders could completely remove all questions about the winner, but Albert Gudmundsson could not hit the target from seven meters.

72 seconds later, Loic Nogo restored parity in the match, and in the second stoppage minute, Dominic Soboslai set the final score.

Midfielder "Salzburg" walked with the ball about 30 meters, after which a long-range strike forced Hannes Halldorsson to surrender.

The Hungarian national team took over, and now its opponents in the F quartet of the final tournament will be Germany, Portugal and France.

Shkrinjar's own goal and the Peacock-Farrell error

Teams from Northern Ireland and Slovakia met in Belfast.

The rivals were united by the fact that at the previous stage they spent 120 minutes of playing time on the field, and were able to achieve success only in the penalty shootout.

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ireland were unlucky, respectively.

This time they did without strikes from the point, but they could not avoid an additional half hour.

In the 17th minute, George Saville extremely unsuccessfully threw the ball with his head to a partner and allowed Yurai Kutska to go one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

He easily realized his moment and brought Slovakia forward, but failed to keep the lead.

Two minutes before the end of normal time, the efforts of the Northern Irish paid off, and one of the opponent's most star players made a mistake.

Inter defender Milan Skrinjar played unsuccessfully in the interception and cut the ball into his own goal, forcing the team coach Stefan Tarkovic to grab his head.

The outcome of the confrontation was decided in overtime, and again it was not without a not very successful game of one of the players.

This time, Bailey Peacock-Farrell played the role of the antihero.

The Burnley goalkeeper lost the goal and was unable to cope with Michal Durisch's shot into the near corner.

Slovakia reached Euro 2020, at the group stage of which it will face off against Poland, Spain and Sweden.

Mitrovic's fatal blow and the achievement of Scotland

The meeting between Serbia and Scotland was also protracted.

In the first half, the teams failed to hit each other's goal, and in the second they scored once.

Ryan Christie opened the scoring with an excellent performance, and the substitute Luka Jovic restored parity.

The Real Madrid forward appeared on the field in the 70th minute, and at the end of normal time he struck his head irresistibly.

In the additional 30 minutes, the opponents did without goals, although the hosts were closer to the goal.

Nemanja Gudel struck powerfully from 27 meters, but the ball went inches from the right post.

As a result, the outcome of the confrontation was decided in the 11-meter series.

The first nine shots were accurate, and only Alexander Mitrovic failed to realize his attempt.

The top scorer of the previous UEFA Nations League shot right in the corner, but David Marshall guessed his intentions and for the first time in 22 years led Scotland to a major international tournament.

At Euro 2020, her rivals in Group D will be England, Croatia and the Czech Republic.