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The 2026 World Cup qualifiers are in full toy as the attention is directed to the tournament next summer.
Spain had its winning campaign, surpassing Bulgaria 3-0 away from home in a dominant performance of European champions.
However, it was a different story for some of the other powers in Europe.
Keep reading to discover how the night took place throughout the continent.
Slovakia 2-0 Germany: Slovaks stunned to German giants
Slovakia surprised Germany with a famous 2-0 victory in Bratislava to open its World Cup classification campaign sensationally.
The hosts took a well -deserved advantage shortly before part time when David Hakko combined brilliantly with David Strelec, slotingly slot to Oliver Baumann to send the local crowd to the ecstasy.
It was nothing more than Slovakia deserved after an impressive exhibition of the first half that also saw Sauer denied by an intelligent rescue and doubts the post.
Germany, disarticulated and without intensity, created a handful of opportunities through Florian Wirtz and Maximilian Mittelstadt, but Martin Dubravka remained firm to preserve the leadership of Slovakia at rest.
Any hope of a German rebirth was crushed ten minutes in the second half. Strelec produced a moment of magic, turning beyond Antonio Rudiger on the edge of the box before curling an impressive left foot blow in the distant corner. The stadium exploded when Slovakia doubled its advantage.
Julian Nagelsmann’s side pushed late, with Nadiem Amiri losing a golden opportunity from a short distance, but Slovakia remained firm to record a famous night
Netherlands 1-1 Poland: Dutch in the hands of Polish opponents
The Netherlands saw their perfect beginning for the qualification of the World Cup arrested after being held at a 1-1 draw by Poland in Rotterdam.
Ronald Koeman’s team dominated the contest, enjoying more than 74% possession and carving the best opportunities, but were punished late for a moment of brilliance of Matty Cash.
The hosts began brilliantly and was not to score early when Tijjani Reijnders hit the post, while Cody Gakpo and Denzel Dumfries forced the forced salt of Lukasz Skorupski. His pressure counted in the 28th minute when Dumfries got up unmarked in the distant post to go in the corner of Memphis Depay, giving the Oranje a deserved advantage.
Poland created shortly before part time, with Piotr Zielinski and Sebastian Szymanski shooting distance from distance, but stayed in the game and grew in the second half. The Dutch continued to press, with Xavi Simons and Depay approaching, but their inability to kill the game was expensive.
Ten minutes of time, the cash pounced in a loose ball at 25 yards and unleashed a thunderous rhythm in the upper corner, stunning the multitude of Kuip and winning Poland a valuable point.
The Netherlands are still the best in group A, although their winning career is over.
European results as a whole
Luxembourg 1-3
Slovakia 2-0 Germany
Georgia 2-3 Türkiye
Bulgaria 0-3 Spain
Lithuania 1-1 Malta
Netherlands 1-1 Poland
Kazakhstan 0-1 Wales
Liectenstein 0-6 Belgium
