The Danish team became the second qualified for the World Cup Qatar 2022, Tuesday, after its victory over Austria 1-0 in the eighth round of Group F.
Denmark owes this victory to Italian Atalanta player Joachim Mihli, who scored the game's only goal in the 53rd minute, to give the "Vikings" team the full mark with 24 points from eight victories, and join the German team, the first to qualify for the finals.
And coach Kasper Helmand's men have maintained a great and stable level since reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup 2020 last July, when they lost in extra time against England. Since then, they have won all four of their qualifying matches.
Denmark is the only team to win all eight of its qualifying matches with 27 goals and a clean sheet.
In Group A, the Serbian team continued to hold the lead by defeating Azerbaijan 3-1 on Tuesday, despite Portugal's 5-0 victory over its guest Luxembourg, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a "hat-trick".
Fiorentina's Italian striker Dusan Vlavovic scored the hat-trick of Serbia (30 penalty kick, 53) and Ajax winger Dusan Tadic (83 penalty kick), while Amin Mahmudov scored the only goal for Azerbaijan (45 + 2).
Serbia took the lead in the last round with a difficult victory over hosts Luxembourg 1-0.
With its victory today over Azerbaijan, which suffered its sixth loss in seven matches with an orphan point at the bottom of the group, Serbia raised its score to 17 points from seven matches at the top.
Thus, the Seleção team is in second place with a difference of 16 points, but with a match less, after its 5-0 victory over Luxembourg, including a hat-trick for national team star Ronaldo.
Portugal's goals were scored by Manchester United stars Ronaldo (8 and 13 penalties and 87), Bruno Fernandes (18), and Sporting Joao Balenia (69).
Ronaldo's hat-trick came in a match in which he raised his absolute record of international goals to 115 in his 182 international match, after he had broken during the Qatar friendly the European record registered in the name of the Spanish star of Paris Saint-Germain, Sergio Ramos.
Despite the harsh loss, Luxembourg occupies third place with six points, in front of Ireland, fourth with five points.
Sweden tops
Sweden took the lead in Group B from Spain, after beating its guest Greece 2-0.
The Swedish team took the lead with its fifth victory against a loss with 15 points, two points ahead of its injured Spanish counterpart, after losing the European Nations League final against France 1-2, on Sunday.
Greece, which lost to Sweden for the second time in the last eight matches between them in various competitions, froze at 9 points in third place from two wins, 3 draws and one defeat.
And at the "Frands Arena" in Solna, Sweden avenged its first-leg loss against Greece 1-2 in the sixth stage, and opened the scoring thanks to Leipzig's German striker Emil Forsberg, with a penalty kick in the 59th minute.
Real Sociedad's Spanish striker, Alexander Isak, strengthened the score with the second goal with a left-footed shot from close range to the lower right corner after a pass from Robin Olsen (69).
The referee sent off Greek defender Pantelis Khantidiakos in the 86th minute.
The "Three Lions" in the trap
The Hungarian national team suspended its counterpart and hosts England after they were held to a 1-1 draw in Group I.
The "Three Lions" team maintained the top spot in the group with 20 points, but it held its mission to reserve a direct qualification ticket to the football wedding, as it was no longer only 3 points ahead of Poland, which won its host Albania 1-0.
England, who fell into the trap of a draw for the second time, did not benefit from a series of 12 consecutive victories at home in the World Cup qualifiers (before this evening's match), as they did not taste the taste of defeat at Wembley since their fall to Germany with a clean goal in 2000, noting that Hungary's last victory goes back 59 years, specifically to the 1962 World Cup.
The numbers tilted in favor of England against Hungary with a series of 14 games in a row without a loss (before this evening's match), during which they achieved 12 wins against two draws.
In contrast to the course of the match, Hungary opened the scoring with a penalty kick after a mistake by Luke Shaw on Luisi Nego, confirmed by the VAR technique, which was successfully executed by Freiburg striker Roland Salai (24).
The owners of the land refused to return to the dressing rooms late, and they equalized thanks to John Stones' header after a free kick by Phil Foden that turned from the defense (37).
It is the defender's third goal in the "Three Lions" team shirt.
England seemed the most dangerous in the second half, but was unable to find the net.
Hungarian "Hollings" clashed with English police and Wembley stadium observers shortly after the start, before local police imposed calm after a clash that lasted for several minutes.
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