Paris – Defending champion France certified for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar by crushing Kazakhstan 8-0 on Saturday because of 4 targets from Kylian Mbappe, whereas Belgium additionally booked their ticket.
Didier Deschamps’ facet outclassed the Kazakhs on the Parc des Princes in Paris to high Group D, with Karim Benzema additionally scoring twice and Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann on the scoresheet as nicely.
Benzema informed M6 tv: “We received the targets, we didn’t concede any and we performed some good soccer.”
Belgium, overwhelmed by France within the semifinals of the 2018 event, made positive of their spot in Qatar by beating Estonia 3-1 in Brussels to high Group E.
Christian Benteke opened the Belgians’ account earlier than Yannick Carrasco and Thorgan Hazard accomplished the job. Estonia’s comfort objective got here from Erik Sorga.
The Netherlands threw away a 2-0 lead to attract 2-2 with Montenegro in Podgorica, which means the Dutch nonetheless need to get a consequence towards Norway on Tuesday to achieve their first World Cup finals since 2014.
The Dutch are high of Group G with 20 factors whereas Turkey have 18 factors, the identical whole as Norway.
The Turks face Montenegro of their closing sport.
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