Croatia showed that it is a mega favorite for first place and a direct qualification to the World Cup in the derby of Group L, which also includes the Montenegrin national team.
The "Fiery" outclassed the Czech Republic in Osijek, even 5:1, although the guests equalized early in the second half with a goal by Tomaš Souček.
Andrej Kramarić gave Zlatko Dalić's team the lead in the first half, scoring four goals between the 62nd and 75th minutes - Luka Modrić and Ante Budimir scored from penalties, and Ivan Perišić and Kramarić scored from the field.
The Croatians have six points after two games, after celebrating against Gibraltar 7:0 on Friday.
The Czechs are on nine, but from four games, our team has six (in three matches), and the Faroe Islands have three after defeating Gibraltar in Torshavn tonight - 2:1.
The guests, by the way, led for a long time (from the 23rd minute and a goal by Manchester United player James Scanlon), and the surprise was prevented by Arni Frederiksberg in the 71st and Patrik Johansen in the 86th.
Italy defeated Moldova (2:0) in Luciano Spalletti's last match with goals from Giacomo Raspadori and Andrea Cambiaz, and in the same group, Norway justified their role as favorites in Estonia, where Erling Haaland scored the winner - 1:0.
A spectacle with as many as seven goals was seen in Brussels in the duel between Belgium and Wales.
The home team won 4:3, and had to wait for Kevin de Bruyne's move in the 88th minute to secure three points, even though they were leading 3:0 after less than half an hour of play (Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans and Jeremy Doku).
The Welsh did not give up, by the 70th minute they had reached 3:3 - through Harry Wilson, Sorba Thomas and Brennan Johnson, but the "Red Devils" delivered the final blow.
This is the Belgians' first victory, after a draw with leaders North Macedonia.
The Macedonians won three points in Kazakhstan (1:0), and the difference was made by Aleksandar Trajkovski's goal.
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