Scorer Axel Witsel in a duel with Martin Harnik-© SID-IMAGES/AFP/SAMUEL KUBANIGroup Belgium has delivered a through ball of the German national team in qualifying for the European Football Championship 2012 in Poland and the Ukraine.
Cologne (SID) - opponents of the Group Belgium has delivered a through ball of the German national team in qualifying for the European Football Championship 2012 in Poland and the Ukraine. The Belgians won 2-0 (1-0) thanks to two goals from Axel Witsel (6. / 50.) at the Austria of runners-up in.
Thus the selection of national coach Joachim Low may its lead in Group A on the tied on seven points Tracker Austria, which suffered the first defeat in the fourth game with a victory against Kazakhstan on Saturday (8: 00 P.m. / ZDF) in Kaiserslautern, and Belgium build on eight points.
David Villa maintained the clean slate in Group I for world champion Spain and prevented the first competitive match defeat for the Iberians at the same time since the first World Cup match against the Switzerland (0: 1). The star of the striker from FC Barcelona brought Spain in Granada with a late Double Pack (69., 73. foul penalty) a 2: 1 (1-0) against the Czech Republic and the fourth victory in the fourth game. Twelve points, the team of coach Vicente del Bosque is located six meters before the Czechs, who had gone into the lead by Jaroslav Plasil (28).
Vice World Champion Netherlands however made a comfortable 4-0 (2-0) hit in Hungary and sovereignly spearheading the Group E with the Immaculate record of five wins in the fifth game. The Gate Dance for the team of bond coach Bert van Marwijk, who injured had to make do without the Bundesliga stars Arjen Robben (Munich) and Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Schalke), opened the ex-Hamburg Rafael van der Vaart (8.). Then increased Ibrahim Afellay (45.), Dirk Kuyt (54.) and Robin van Persie (62.). Hamburg's star striker Ruud van Nistelrooy came in the 82 minute by Kuyt.
The two ex-world champion France and Italy were doing in their Auswartsaufgaben year much more difficult. The winner in a 2-0 (1-0) in Luxembourg for the Equipe Tricolore, the two returnees Franck Ribery and Patrice Evra again were allowed to participate in after their association internal locks after the Trainingsboykott at the World Cup stop in South Africa, achieved Philippe Mexes (28) and Yoann Gourcuff (72.). France thus substantiating its position as a leader in Group D.
Italy, front-runners in Group C, repulsed the attack of finally Slovenia the 1-0 (0-0) in Ljubljana. Thiago Motta (73.) was the victory of world champion of 2006's goal. A sign of life sent the Serbian team with a 2-1 (1-0) against Northern Ireland in Belgrade. Thanks to the second win the Serbs are behind Italy now six points tied with the Slovenia of runners-up in.
