Reports, results and goals while Germany has amazed, but Belgium has won the dominant victory
The 2026 World Cup qualifiers are in full swing while attention turns to next summer tournament.
Spain has taken their campaign to a winning departure, beating Bulgaria 3-0 far from their homes in a dominant performance of European champions.
However, it was another story for some of the other powers in Europe.
Read the rest to find out how the night went through the continent.
Slovakia 2-0 Germany: Slovakies stun the German giants
Slovakia has amazed Germany with a famous 2-0 victory in Bratislava to open its World Cup qualification campaign in a sensational manner.
The hosts took a deserved advance shortly before half-time when David Hancko combined brilliantly with David Strelec, moving coldly in front of Oliver Baumann to send the crowd to home.
It was no more than Slovakia deserved after an impressive first half screen that also saw saving denied by a smart backup and Duda hits the post.
Germany, disjointed and lacking in intensity, created a handful of opportunities through Florian Wirtz and Maximilian Mitelstadt, but Martin Dubravka was held firm to preserve Slovakia's advance at the break.
All hope of a German revival was crushed ten minutes in the second half. Strelec produced a magic moment, twisting Antonio Rudiger on the edge of the box before curling a superb strike of the left foot in the most distant corner. The stadium broke out while Slovakia has doubled their advantage.
The team of Julian Nagelsmann pushed late, Nadiem Amiri missing a gold chance at close range, but Slovakia remained firm to record a famous night
Netherlands 1-1 Poland: Dutch detained by Polish opponents
The Netherlands saw their perfect start for the qualifications of the World Cup stopping after being maintained in a 1-1 draw by Poland in Rotterdam.
Ronald Koeman's team dominated the competition, benefiting from more than 74% possession and the size of the best chances, but they were punished late by a moment of brilliance of Matty Cash.
The hosts started highly and were unhappy not to mark early when Tijjani Reijnders hit the job, while Cody Gakpo and Denzel Dumfries both forced Lukasz Skorupski's stops. Their pressure was told in the 28th minute when Dumfries marked without scoring at the distant post to go in the corner of Memphis Depay, giving the Oranje a deserved lead.
Poland created shortly before half-time, Piotr Zielinski and Sebastian Szymanski shooting at a distance, but they stayed in the game and grew up in the second half. The Dutchman continued to support, with Xavi Simons and Depay who get closer, but their inability to kill the game was expensive.
Ten minutes of time, money jumped on a loose ball at 25 meters and sparked a thunderous strike in the upper corner, surprising the crowd of Kuip and winning Poland a precious point.
The Netherlands remain at the top of group A, although their winning race is over.
European results in full
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
Lietenstein 0-6 Belgium
2025-09-04 22:44:00
