📝Few surprises: here's what happened in Saturday's European qualifiers
We continue with the European Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and we bring you the summary of the day.
Netherlands shines against Finland
The Dutch debuted in the qualification with a great victory against the Finns.
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Xavi Simons and Denzel Dumfries gave the present on the scoreboard in a very quiet match for the tricolors.
Andorra surprised England
Without a doubt, the development of the match was the expected one, but what was out of tune was the result, to the point that, at halftime, the tie persisted.
Now, Harry Kane broke the zero on the scoreboard in the second half in a very lukewarm debut for the Three Lions.
Serbia and Albania disappointed
Due to the historical background between the two countries, the atmosphere was very spicy before the match.
However, the match left much to be desired. A lot of struggle, but very little play between both. The zero-zero was a more than fair result.
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