[國際賽]2018世界杯歐洲區外圍賽，威爾斯主場被格魯吉亞逼和1:1，意大利險勝馬其頓3:2，西班牙2:0輕取阿爾巴尼亞 [復制鏈接]

Wales 1-1 Georgia: Gareth Bale scores in draw

By Simeon Gholam
Last Updated: 09/10/16 8:04pm



Wales hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup suffered a blow as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Georgia at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Gareth Bale headed Wales ahead after 10 minutes on Sunday, but Tornike Okriashvili struck in the second half for Georgia, who had multiple opportunities to steal all three points in the latter stages.

The result leaves Wales on five points from three games in Group D, having drawn 2-2 with Austria on Thursday night.

Wales came racing out of the blocks and it was Bale who put them ahead, rising highest in the box to power home a Joe Ledley corner.

The home side continued to press but failed to create any real clear-cut chances throughout the rest of the first half, going off the boil slightly and allowing Georgia back into the game.

Georgia had beaten Wales all three times the two nations had previously met, but didn't have a real opportunity to score until the 34th minute, when Jano Ananidze's free-kick from the edge of the area clipped the top of Wayne Hennessey's bar.

Georgia's momentum continued into the second half and they found a deserved equaliser 12 minutes after the break through Okriashvili.

Valeri Kazaishvili floated a lovely ball into the path of the No 10 in the Wales area, and he peeled away from the home side's defence before heading past Hennessey from close range.

Georgia now looked the more likely of the two teams to move in front, and Ananidze forced a fine save out of Hennessey in the 67th minute, as the Welsh goalkeeper got down well to his left to palm away a powerful 25-yard strike.

And just five minutes later they missed a glorious chance to take the lead. Bale was guilty of losing possession in the Georgian half, before the away side countered brilliantly and worked the ball into Levan Mchedlidze. He, however, could only roll the ball wide when facing down on Hennessey.

In the 81st minute, they went even closer as Kazaishvili rattled the crossbar with a thunderous effort from the edge of the area, before Wales substitute Hal Robson-Kanu went close in the closing stages but could not force a winner.

http://www.skysports.com/football/wales-vs-georgia/350048

【now.com體育】周日世界盃外圍賽歐洲區D組，威爾斯由加里夫巴利打破缺口，惜主場被格魯吉亞逼和1:1，連續兩輪言和，痛失4分。

威爾斯上輪言和奧地利2:2，今場續由皇家馬德里球星加里夫巴利（Gareth Bale）領軍，艾利利威廉斯、安迪京治和禾基斯等正選披甲。

開賽10分鐘，巴利接應列特利的傳中，近門頂入，領先1:0，頭威頭勢。換邊後，兩連敗的格魯吉亞知恥近乎勇，豁出去反攻。

57分鐘，卡薩舒維利助攻，中場奧利亞舒維利回敬一頭，追成1:1平手。61分鐘，笠臣簡奴入替，多踢1名前鋒，仍然久攻不下。

威爾斯連續兩場敲和，3戰得5分，走勢平平，未能延續夏天歐國盃的神勇氣勢，幸好同組其他對手如塞爾維亞、奧地利、愛爾蘭和摩爾多瓦不算強勁。

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Iceland 2-0 Turkey

World Cup Qualifiers round-up: Italy score injury-time winner against Macedonia

By AFP Sport
Last Updated: 09/10/16 10:49pm

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile grabbed an injury-time winner as Italy snatched a 3-2 comeback win at Macedonia on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a World Cup qualifying embarrassment.

Italy, who had needed a late penalty to salvage a point against Group G rivals Spain on Thursday, were staring at a shock defeat in Skopje against a Macedonia side ranked a lowly 146 in the world.

Torino striker Andrea Belotti had given Italy a 24th-minute lead, but Ilija Nestorokvski levelled just before the hour mark when he robbed Marco Verratti before tucking the ball past veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

Two minutes later, Macedonia were ahead when midfielder Ferhan Hasani finished a smart move involving Goran Pandev and Nestorovski.

However, Immobile put Italy back on equal terms at 2-2 with 15 minutes left after good approach work from Verratti and Antonio Candreva, and grabbed a winner with a far-post header at the death.

Italy are second in Group G with seven points but Spain lead the way on goal difference after a deserved 2-0 win over Albania in Shkoder.

Chelsea star Diego Costa tucked away the first on 55 minutes, before Nolito hit the second of the night just three minutes after coming on as a substitute for Vitolo.

The only downside for Spain was seeing key defender and skipper Sergio Ramos suffer a left knee injury.

Also in Group G, Israel survived a scare to narrowly beat Liechtenstein 2-1 in Jerusalem.

In Group D, Southampton's Dusan Tadic scored the winner as Serbia beat Austria 3-2 in Belgrade.

Newcastle's Alexsandar Mitrovic had scored Serbia's first two goals in the opening half as his side went top on seven points.

They lead the way on goal difference from the Republic of Ireland who beat Moldova 3-1 in Chisinau.

Euro 2016 semi-finalists Wales were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by Georgia in Cardiff as their push to reach a first World Cup since 1958 hit a roadblock.

The draw followed a 2-2 stalemate against Austria four days ago as Chris Coleman's side were left to regret not making the most of a host of chances in the first half.

Georgia nearly won the game late on when Valeri Kazaishvili struck the crossbar.

In Group I, Croatia won 1-0 in Finland at Tampere with former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric scoring the only goal after 18 minutes.

Croatia have seven points and lead on goal difference from Iceland who followed up their come-from-behind 3-2 win over Finland with an impressive a 2-0 victory over Turkey in Reykjavik.

Turkey defender Omer Toprak put through his own goal in the 42nd minute before Alfred Finnbogason added a second just before the break.

Ukraine are third, two points back, after a 3-0 win over Kosovo in a game played at Krakow in Poland.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10611838/world-cup-qualifiers-round-up-italy-score-injury-time-winner-against-macedonia

【now.com體育】周日世界盃歐洲區外圍賽G組，兩大熱門意大利和西班牙客場分途出擊，分別險勝馬其頓3:2和輕取阿爾巴尼亞2:0。

狂牛西班牙作客阿爾巴尼亞，上半場遲遲未找到防線缺口，0:0進入更衣室。55分鐘，阿爾巴尼亞後衛送禮，大衛施華單刀橫傳，無私助攻予迪亞高哥斯達先拔頭籌。63分鐘，後備入替的洛尼圖接應蒙利爾妙傳，禁區內抽入鎖定2:0勝局，終止阿爾巴尼亞兩連勝。

同組另一場，意大利賽前以紀律原因把中超前鋒加辛柏奴柏利逐出國家隊，雙箭頭改為拖連奴的比洛迪，夥拍球會師兄恩莫比尼（Ciro Immobile）。開賽24分鐘，比洛迪打開紀錄，但下半場3分鐘內連失兩球，馬其頓反超前2:1。戰至75分鐘，簡達華穿針引線，恩莫比尼冷靜射成2:2。

補時階段，同樣是簡達華助攻，恩莫比尼頂成3:2，令意大利驚心動魄取得3分。經過3輪之後，狂牛取得7分，暫以較佳得失球壓過意大利跳升榜首，阿爾巴尼亞以6分守住第3位。

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