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What the International Break has been so far. AFCON qualifier, Nation League, CONMEBOL and AFC World Cup qualifiers.

By Toud Lalker

Posted on September 8, 2024

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations tournament qualification kicked off today.
There are 12 groups, and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the main event, scheduled to take place from December 2025 into mid-January 2026.
Despite automatic qualification as the host nation, Morocco is part of the qualification round of games. They are in Group B with the Central African Republic, Gabon, and Lesotho.

THE 2025 AFCON QUALIFIERS
Sudan was the only side with a win on the day to gain three point in Group F.
🇸🇩 Sudan ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇳🇪 Niger (afcon – group f)
🇰🇲 Comoros ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇬🇲 Gambia (afcon – group a)
🇱🇾 Libya ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇷🇼 Rwanda (afcon – group d)
🇹🇿 Tanzania ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia (afcon – group h)

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

AFC WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS – THIRD ROUND
The first games of the third round of the AFC World Cup qualifiers saw Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan start with wins in Group A. Bahrain and Japan secured victories in Group C, while Iraq was the only team to get a winning start in Group B.

GROUP A
🇮🇷 Iran ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (afc wcq – group a)
🇶🇦 Qatar ( 1 ) – ( 3 ) 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (afc wcq – group a)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇰🇵 North Korea (afc wcq – group a)

1 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates – 3 points
2 | 🇮🇷 Iran – 3 points
3 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – 3 points
4 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan – 0 points
5 | 🇰🇵 North Korea – 0 points
6 | 🇶🇦 Qatar – 0 points

GROUP B
🇰🇷 South Korea ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇵🇸 Palestine
🇮🇶 Iraq ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇴🇲 Oman
🇯🇴 Jordan ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇰🇼 Kuwait

1 | 🇮🇶 Iraq – 3 points
2 | 🇯🇴 Jordan – 1 point
3 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait – 1 point
4 | 🇰🇷 South Korea – 1 point
5 | 🇵🇸 Palestine – 1 point
6 | 🇴🇲 Oman – 0 points

GROUP C
🇯🇵 Japan ( 7 ) – ( 0 ) 🇨🇳 China
🇦🇺 Australia ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) 🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇮🇩 Indonesia

1 | 🇯🇵 Japan – 3 points
2 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain – 3 points
3 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – 1 point
4 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia – 1 point
5 | 🇦🇺 Australia – 0 point
6 | 🇨🇳 China – 0 points

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CONMBEOL WORLD CUP QUALIERFIERS
Big home wins for Argentina and Bolivia on the day.

🇧🇴 Bolivia ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) 🇻🇪 Venezuela (conmebol wcq)
🇦🇷 Argentina ( 3 ) – ( 0 ) 🇨🇱 Chile (conmebol wcq)

Four different goalscorers helped Bolivia secure their second win of the qualifiers, beating Venezuela 4-0.

Argentina played their first match since becoming Copa América champions, and they celebrated with a 3-0 win at home over Chile in their World Cup qualifiers. With no Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala wore the No. 10 shirt. Dybala entered the game in the 79th minute and scored the final goal in the first minute of added time.

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UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
🇵🇹 Portugal ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) 🇭🇷 Croatia (uefa nation league – a)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland ( 2 ) – ( 3 ) 🇵🇱 Poland (uefa nation league – a)
🇩🇰 Denmark ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) 🇨🇭 Switzerland (uefa nation league – a)
🇷🇸 Serbia ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇪🇸 Spain (uefa nation league – a)

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 900th career goal in Portugal’s 2-1 win against Croatia.
A late penalty gave Poland a 3-2 victory in Scotland after blowing a 2-goal lead.
Denmark defeated a numerically disadvantaged Switzerland 2-0.
Spain’s first match after becoming Euro champions ended in a goalless draw with Serbia.

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2025 AFCON QUALIFIERS
All the fixtures produced a winner, with Ghana and Malawi suffering home defeats.

🇲🇼 Malawi ( 2 ) – ( 3 ) 🇧🇮 Burundi (afcon – group l)
🇨🇫 Central African Republic ( 3 ) – ( 1 ) 🇱🇸 Lesotho (afcon – group b)
🇨🇬 Congo ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇸🇸 South Sudan (afcon – group k)
🇬🇭 Ghana ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) 🇦🇴 Angola (afcon – group f)
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇸🇿 Eswatini (afcon – group i)
🇩🇿 Algeria ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea (afcon – group e)
🇹🇳 Tunisia ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇲🇬 Madagascar (afcon – group a)

Friday, September 6, 2024

CONMEBOL WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
🇺🇾 Uruguay ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇵🇾 Paraguay (conmebol wcq)
🇧🇷 Brazil ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇪🇨 Ecuador (conmebol wcq)
🇵🇪 Peru ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇨🇴 Colombia (conmebol wcq)

Luis Suárez retired from international football, while Uruguay picked up a point at home in a goalless draw with Paraguay.
Rodrygo scored the only goal of the game for Brazil, earning three points at home against Ecuador.
Luis Díaz’s goal in the 82nd minute secured a point for Colombia in a 1-1 draw with Peru.

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UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
🇧🇪 Belgium ( 3 ) – ( 1 ) 🇮🇱 Israel (uefa nation league – a)
🇫🇷 France ( 1 ) – ( 3 ) 🇮🇹 Italy (uefa nation league – a)
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇳🇴 Norway (uefa nation league – b)
🇮🇸 Iceland ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) 🇲🇪 Montenegro (uefa nation league – b)
🇸🇮 Slovenia ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇦🇹 Austria (uefa nation league – b)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇹🇷 Turkey (uefa nation league – b)

Despite scoring in the opening minute, France suffered a 3-1 defeat at home against Italy. Belgium won by the same margin against Israel, restoring their lead in the second half after a 1-1 draw at halftime.
Norway earned a point from a goalless draw in Kazakhstan, while Turkey did the same in Wales.
A goal in each half secured Iceland a win over Montenegro.

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AFCON QUALIFIERS
A comprehensive win for Morocco and Egypt, as both teams secured a three-goal margin victory against Gabon and Cape Verde, respectively.

🇰🇪 Kenya ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (afcon – group j)
🇨🇬 Congo DR ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇬🇳 Guinea (afcon – group h)
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) 🇹🇩 Chad (afcon – group g)
🇿🇦 South Africa ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) 🇺🇬 Uganda (afcon – group k)
🇹🇬 Togo ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇱🇷 Liberia (afcon – group e)
🇪🇬 Egypt ( 3 ) – ( 0 ) 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (afcon – group c)
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) 🇿🇲 Zambia (afcon – group g)
🇲🇱 Mali ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇲🇿 Mozambique (afcon – group i)
🇲🇦 Morocco ( 4 ) – ( 1 ) 🇬🇦 Gabon (afcon – group b)
🇸🇳 Senegal ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (afcon – group l)

Saturday, September 7, 2024

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
🇩🇪 Germany ( 5 ) – ( 0 ) 🇭🇺 Hungary (uefa nation league – a)
🇳🇱 Netherlands ( 5 ) – ( 2 ) 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (uefa nation league – a)
🇬🇪 Georgia ( 4 ) – ( 1 ) 🇨🇿 Czechia (uefa nation league – b)
🇮🇪 Ireland ( 0 ) – ( 2 ) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (uefa nation league – b)
🇬🇷 Greece ( 3 ) – ( 0 ) 🇫🇮 Finland (uefa nation league – b)
🇺🇦 Ukraine ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) 🇦🇱 Albania (uefa nation league – b)

No shock results, except perhaps Georgia thrashing Czechia 4-1.
Ukraine gave up a first-half lead to lose 2-1 to Albania.
Germany scored four in the second half to add to their first-half lead, thrashing Hungary 5-0. Jamal Musiala was on the scoresheet for the second goal and assisted every other open-play goal for Germany.

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AFCON QUALIFIERS
The home teams came out on top on this day.

🇨🇲 Cameroon ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇳🇦 Namibia (afcon – group j)
🇲🇷 Mauritania ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇧🇼 Botswana (afcon – group c)
🇳🇬 Nigeria ( 3 ) – ( 0 ) 🇧🇯 Benin (afcon – group d)

Sunday, September 8, 2024

There was one game played in the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations, and Tunisia came out on top with a win over Gambia.
In the UEFA Nations League, Spain was the only away side to win, picking up a 4-1 victory in Switzerland. Croatia, Denmark, and Portugal were all winners at home.

AFCON QUALIFIERS
🇬🇲 Gambia ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) 🇹🇳 Tunisia (afcon – group a)

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
🇭🇷 Croatia ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) 🇵🇱 Poland (uefa nation league – a)
🇵🇹 Portugal ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (uefa nation league – a)
🇩🇰 Denmark ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) 🇷🇸 Serbia (uefa nation league – a)
🇨🇭 Switzerland ( 1 ) – ( 4 ) 🇪🇸 Spain (uefa nation league – a)

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