The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying continued on Saturday September 5, 2009 with several key matches. It’s coming down to the end of the qualifying and teams such as Scotland have to get results to keep their chances alive. Here’s a recap of all the matches from Saturday along with video highlights (click on each team/match result to view highlights).
UEFA World Cup Qualifying Recap – Saturday Septemer 5, 2009
Russia cruised past Liechtenstein, Finland topped Azerbaijan, Ukraine dominated Andorra, and Scotland beat Macedonia on Saturday. Scotland needed a win to keep their chances of qualifying realistic and they came through with a solid 2-0 home win. There were not too many surprises on Saturday. Both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland had good results as they look to stay in the qualification race. Italy won at Georgia but only on two own goals, and Turkey had a strong 4-2 win at home against Estonia. Spain dominated against Belgium as David Villa had two goals and a chance for the hat trick if he had not missed a penalty kick. Here’s the full list of matches from Saturday along with video highlights.
Video Highlights (click on each match to view highlights, some will not be available until later)
| Saturday, September 5, 2009 | |||||
| Status | Home | Score | Away | STAGE | VENUE (ATT.) |
| FT | Scotland | 2 - 0 | Macedonia | Group Nine | Hampden Park (50,214) |
| FT | Ukraine | 5 - 0 | Andorra | Group Six | Olympic Stadium (15,000) |
| FT | Azerbaijan | 1 - 2 | Finland | Group Four | Tofik Bakhramov, Baku |
| FT | Russia | 3 - 0 | Liechtenstein | Group Four | Luzhniki Stadium |
| FT | Armenia | 0 - 2 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Group Five | Republican Stadium (5,500) |
| FT | Moldova | 0 - 0 | Luxembourg | Group Two | Republican Stadium (9,000) |
| FT | Bulgaria | 4 - 1 | Montenegro | Group Eight | Vassil Levski Stadion (15,000) |
| FT | Turkey | 4 - 2 | Estonia | Group Five | Ataturk Olympic Stadium (32,000) |
| FT | Georgia | 0 - 2 | Italy | Group Eight | Lokomotivi Stadium (50,000) |
| FT | Denmark | 1 - 1 | Portugal | Group One | Parken Stadion (48,010) |
| FT | Hungary | 1 - 2 | Sweden | Group One | Ferenc Puskas Stadium (40,000) |
| FT | Israel | 0 - 1 | Latvia | Group Two | Ramat Gan Stadium (25,625) |
| FT | Poland | 1 - 1 | Northern Ireland | Group Three | Slaski Stadium (45,000) |
| FT | Cyprus | 1 - 2 | Ireland | Group Eight | Neo GSP Stadium (7,000) |
| FT | Austria | 3 - 1 | Faroe Islands | Group Seven | Ernst Happel Stadion (12,300) |
| FT | Croatia | 1 - 0 | Belarus | Group Six | Stadion Maksimir (30,000) |
| FT | Switzerland | 2 - 0 | Greece | Group Two | (38,500) |
| FT | Slovakia | 2 - 2 | Czech Republic | Group Three | (22,400) |
| FT | Iceland | 1 - 1 | Norway | Group Nine | Laugardalsvollur Stadium(6,321) |
| FT | France | 1 - 1 | Romania | Group Seven | Stade de France(80,000) |
| FT | Spain | 5 - 0 | Belgium | Group Five | Santiago Bernabeu Stadium(34,000) |
