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LONDON (AP) ― The Netherlands had a disappointing start to qualifying for the European Championship, and fellow World Cup team Bosnia-Herzegovina lost to Cyprus in Tuesday’s biggest surprise.
Wales narrowly avoided a similar stumble at tiny Andorra, while Italy had a comfortable victory in Antonio Conte’s first competitive game in charge.
Defender Daryl Janmaat’s blunder handed substitute Vaclav Pilar an injury-time goal, lifting the Czech Republic to a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands. Janmaat attempted to head a harmless cross back to his goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, but Pilar pounced on the ball and put it in the net.
Midfielder Borek Dockal gave the home team the lead in the 22nd minute with a powerful left-foot shot.
Stefan de Vrij, who missed a cross in the lead-up to Dockal’s goal, made amends by equalizing in the 55th, rising to head home a Daley Blind cross after the Czech defense failed to clear a corner.
Wales needed two goals from star winger Gareth Bale to rally for a 2-1 win over Andorra.
Cyprus pulled off a surprise in the other Group B game, beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 after the host missed a late penalty.
Wales is hoping to reach its first major tournament since 1958 after UEFA expanded the Euro 2016 field to 24 teams. It was Andorra’s first goal in a competitive game in four years.
But Wales fought back on a poor artificial pitch, with Bale heading in a cross from Ben Davies in the 22nd minute. The Real Madrid star then scored the winner with a dipping free kick in the 81st minute.
Cyprus staged a similar comeback, with Dimitris Christofi scoring twice after Bosnia took the lead through Vedad Ibisevic in the sixth minute. Christofi beat goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to a cross and headed in the equalizer just before halftime.
Simone Zaza scored his first international goal to help Italy beat Norway 2-0 in Oslo.
Zaza, who became the first Sassuolo player to win an Italy cap last week, converted a shot from a tight angle which took a slight deflection to wrong-foot Norway goalkeeper Orjan Nyland.
Ciro Immobile was offside and in the goalkeeper’s line of vision, but the referee waved away Norway’s protests. Leonardo Bonucci doubled Italy’s lead shortly after the hour mark, when the Juventus defender was left unmarked at the far post and headed in a cross from substitute Manuel Pasqual.
Wales narrowly avoided a similar stumble at tiny Andorra, while Italy had a comfortable victory in Antonio Conte’s first competitive game in charge.
Defender Daryl Janmaat’s blunder handed substitute Vaclav Pilar an injury-time goal, lifting the Czech Republic to a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands. Janmaat attempted to head a harmless cross back to his goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, but Pilar pounced on the ball and put it in the net.
Midfielder Borek Dockal gave the home team the lead in the 22nd minute with a powerful left-foot shot.
Stefan de Vrij, who missed a cross in the lead-up to Dockal’s goal, made amends by equalizing in the 55th, rising to head home a Daley Blind cross after the Czech defense failed to clear a corner.
Wales needed two goals from star winger Gareth Bale to rally for a 2-1 win over Andorra.
Cyprus pulled off a surprise in the other Group B game, beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 after the host missed a late penalty.
Wales is hoping to reach its first major tournament since 1958 after UEFA expanded the Euro 2016 field to 24 teams. It was Andorra’s first goal in a competitive game in four years.
But Wales fought back on a poor artificial pitch, with Bale heading in a cross from Ben Davies in the 22nd minute. The Real Madrid star then scored the winner with a dipping free kick in the 81st minute.
Cyprus staged a similar comeback, with Dimitris Christofi scoring twice after Bosnia took the lead through Vedad Ibisevic in the sixth minute. Christofi beat goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to a cross and headed in the equalizer just before halftime.
Simone Zaza scored his first international goal to help Italy beat Norway 2-0 in Oslo.
Zaza, who became the first Sassuolo player to win an Italy cap last week, converted a shot from a tight angle which took a slight deflection to wrong-foot Norway goalkeeper Orjan Nyland.
Ciro Immobile was offside and in the goalkeeper’s line of vision, but the referee waved away Norway’s protests. Leonardo Bonucci doubled Italy’s lead shortly after the hour mark, when the Juventus defender was left unmarked at the far post and headed in a cross from substitute Manuel Pasqual.
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Articles by Korea Herald
