The Netherlands are back on track in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. With a 6-1 (3-0) win against Turkey, coach Louis van Gaal's team took over the lead in their Group G on Tuesday evening. In addition to the outstanding Memphis Depay (16th, 37th, 54th), the former Bremer Davy Klaassen (1st), the former Freiburg Guus Til (80th) and Borussia Dortmund's Donyell Malen (90th) scored the goals for the furious playing Elftal. The tied Norway solved its mandatory task against Gibraltar with 5: 1 (3: 1). Dortmund's Erling Haaland scored three times.
Austria, on the other hand, suffered another bankruptcy three days after the 2: 5 against Israel: In Vienna, coach Franco Foda's team was defeated 0: 1 (0: 1) against Scotland and is only fourth in Group F. The former German international Foda has to now worried about his job.
A perfect qualification continues to play the EM semi-finalist Denmark.
The Danes won against Israel 5-0 (3-0) and celebrated their sixth victory in their sixth game.
Meanwhile, France has won again after five competitive games without a win.
Thanks to a brace from Antoine Griezmann, coach Didier Deschamps' team defeated Finland 2-0 (1-0).
France's last victory so far was at the European Championship against Germany.
Portugal overtook Serbia (1-1 in Ireland) in Group A. The Portuguese won 3-0 (2-0) in Azerbaijan without the yellow-banned record scorer Cristiano Ronaldo. Among other things, Leipzig met Andre Silva. Croatia (3-0 against Slovenia) and Russia (2-0 against Malta) are head-to-head in Group H.