UEFA WCQ: Sweden Condemn Spain To First World Cup Qualifiers Loss Since 1993

UEFA WCQ: Sweden Condemn Spain To First World Cup Qualifiers Loss Since 1993 By Omolagba Oluwayemi Spain's World Cup qualifying campaign for Qatar 2022 has taken a very complicated turn after a 2-1 defeat to Sweden on Thursday night at the Friends Arena in Solna, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Carlos Soler got La Roja off to a dream start, but an immediate answer from Alexander Isak and a second half strike from Viktor Claesson handed Spain their first World Cup qualifying defeat since 1993. La Roja are now in second place in the Group B table, two points behind the Swedes and with the Scandinavians boasting a game in hand. Chelsea and Belgium forward, Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium overcame an early scare to crush Estonia 5-2 away on Thursday and solidify their position at the top of World Cup qualifying Group E. Lukaku took his record to 66 goals for his country on his 99th appearance after Belgium were shocked when Estonia captain Matthias Kait stole the ball in midfield and thundered home a powerful shot to put the hosts ahead in the second minute. Belgium then fought back to reach 10 points ahead of second-placed Czech Republic on seven points also from four games. Estonia are bottom without a win from three games. The 28-year-old Lukaku put Belgium ahead just before the half-hour mark, using his strength to work a rebound off the defence onto his left foot and into the corner of the net. He had his back to goal and was given time and space to turn and shoot as he made it 3-1 to Belgium in the 52nd minute. Witsel converted a close range tap-in after 65 minutes when Yannick Carrasco had dribbled his way into the penalty area and the latter was the provider again as Foket scored his first international goal 10 minutes after coming on. England brush aside host Estonia 4-0 in what was a one sided game. Expected though. Also Read: Akinbinu Samuel’s Djibouti Suffers Heavy Defeat Against Algeria Germany’s first match under former Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick was a success. The German defeated Liechtenstein 2-0. European champions Italy were held to a 1-1 draw by Bulgaria in a World Cup qualifier, but the Azzurri equalled Spain and Brazil’s unbeaten run record. Full Results Luxembourg 2-1 Azerbaijan Portugal 2-1 Republic of Ireland Kazakhstan 2-2 Ukraine France 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark 2-0 Scotland Faroe Island 0-4 Israel Moldova 0-2 Austria Latvia 3-1 Gibraltar Norway 1-1 Netherlands Turkey 2-2 Montenegro Malta 3-0 Cyprus Russia 0-0 Croatia Slovenia 1-1 Slovakia Georgia 0-1 Kosovo Sweden 2-1 Spain Italy 1-1 Bulgaria Lithuania 1-4 Northern Ireland Czech 1-0 Belarus Estonia 2-5 Belgium Andorra 2-0 San Marino Hungary 0-4 England Poland 4-1 Albania Iceland 0-2 Romania Liechtenstein 0-2 Germany North Macedonia 0-0 Armenia The European qualifiers continues with natchday 5 fixtures on Friday and Saturday expected to take place in across over 26 centers.