Thanks to Burak Yilmaz, the German coach Stefan Kuntz and the Turkish national soccer team can continue to hope to participate in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The striker converted a penalty to 2-1 (0-0) at Latvia on Monday in the ninth minute of heated stoppage time.
When Kuntz made their debut, Turkey had to be content with a 1-1 draw against Norway and in the last two group games they had to hope for a mistake by the Northern Europeans. The Scandinavians solved their task without Borussia Dortmund's striker Erling Haaland with 2-0 (1-0) against Montenegro. This means that they are still two points ahead of Turkey. Leading the way in Group G is the Netherlands, which won 6-0 (3-0) against Gibraltar.
There was a change at the top of the table in Group H. Russia overtook Croatia. The Russians won 2: 1 (2: 1) in Slovenia and Croatia did not get more than 2: 2 (1: 2) at home against Slovakia, although Andrej Kramaric from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim made it to 1 : Had hit 1 (25th). Cyprus and Malta had already separated 2-2 (1-0).
The leader of Group E, Belgium, was still in action in the Nations League on Sunday and was therefore out of action again.
Behind them, Wales are in a good starting position thanks to a 1-0 (1-0) win in Estonia.
The Welsh are still third.
But the Czech Republic, as Belgium's first pursuer, also has eleven points on the account, but also played one more game.
For the Czechs, Patrick Schick from Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored 2-0 (1-0) at Belarus.