That’s me all done - thanks for your mails! enjoy your weekend
It was Morata’s first goal for Spain but you assume Diego Costa will pick him up and shove him to one side for the next game in June.
Still goalless in Podgorica: Montenegro 0 Russia 0
Slovenia and Switzerland are in joint second behind England in their group, both with 9pts, to England’s 15
Fans hurling seats around in Podgorica apparently...there were rumours the game was off
Second half has kicked off in Mont v Russ
Akinfeev has been diagnosed with a concussion as well as burn wounds on his throat. He is still at the hospital. [via @Championat]
— Toke Møller Theilade (@TokeTheilade) March 27, 2015
Full-time
England 4-0 Lithuania
Harry Kane scored
Full-time
Belarus won 2-1 in Macedonia
Moldova 0-2 Zlatan
Red card!!
Granqvist sent off for Sweden - 2 yellows - that seems a bit pointless when you are winning away against Moldova
Slovakia won 3-0 against Lux and remain top of Spain’s grouop
Full-time!!
Slovenia 6-0 San Marino
Liech 0-5 Austria
Alvaro Morata won it for Spain, Casillas made some saves (and some mistakes) and Jordi Alba went off injured. Spain are now 30 games unbeaten at home in competitive matches, going back to 2003.
Full-time!!
Spain 1-0 Ukraine
Switz 3-0 Estonia full time
Goal!!
It’s 5-0 for Austria - Arnautovic
Ukraine have 4 minutes of stoppage time or else Spain take control of second place in the group
Budkivskyi, wonderkid in Ukraine football apparently, has come on for Kravets
Goal!
Zlatan’s second was a penalty
Updated
Sub Kravets has split his head so he’s coming off - it looks nasty
Great save from Cazorla’s first-time shot
Goal!!
Slovenia 6-0 v San Marino...can someone stop these games against silly hopeless teams?
Russia’s keeper Akinfeev is in hospital. The game is being played in Podgorica.
Goal!!
Seferovic for Switzerland
it’s 3-0 v Estonia
Jordi Alba has pulled a groin, so Juan Bernat is coming on.
Ramos is denied six yards out
Goal!
In case you were looking elsewhere, Austria scored, it’s 4-0 v Liech
Iniesta off, Cazorla on
for Ukraine
(Ashton) Kucher yellow card
Goal!!
Kane for England (told you)
Goal!!
Slovenia 5-0 San Marino (Lazarevic)
It is finally half-time in Montenegro v Russia, still goalless
Dzagoev has done a hamstring and Russia have been in charge
Casillas save - fairly straightforward but there were Ukraine players attacking in numbers without any Spanish defence
Goals have dried up (until Harry Kane scores)
Sub for Spain: Morata, the goalscorer, comes off, Pedro (of Barcelona) comes on
Kane is going to play!!
Harry Kane is coming on as a sub
Morata tries to bend it in - hits it 18 yards wide
Goal!!
Moldova 0-2 Zlatan
Goal!!
David Alaba scores for Austria ...it’s now 3-0 v Liechtenstein
Goal!!
Sterling for England....it’s 3-0
Casillas passes it to Rotan 25 yards out, he runs in and shoots at Casillas, who is not as good as he was
Kravets booked -
goal!!
Slovenia 4-0 San Marino
Gerry Armstrong reckons Spain need another
Here’s a Vine of Zlatan’s goal - very funny
Lol wtf .. #ZLATAN pic.twitter.com/BbMHVX6OLa
— MR.ARIK (@ArikAnthony) March 27, 2015
Save! Casillas tips away Kravetz’s free-kick
Casillas is still brilliant - I told you earlier...
Goal!!
The Zlatan scores in Moldova
1-0 to Sweden
Ukraine have not been great but Spain are refinding their mojo...Iniesta more central
This is Estonian music - thank you Robin
Kick-off
second half in Spain
still goalless in Mont v Russia
And Montenegro v Russia still goalless
Switz 2-0 Estonia
Mold 0-0 Sweden
Slovenia 1-San Mar
Slovakia 3-0 Lux
Mac 1-1 Belarus
Updated
In the other games, Liechtenstein 0 Austria 2
Updated
Half-time
in Spain 1-0 Ukraine
“Befuse”...thank you, Gerry Armstrong
Ramos hits the bar from a corner
goal!!
Eng 2-Lit 0 Welbeck
There was a 35 minute break in the Russia game
Mont v Russia is back on, and Yuri Lodygin is the unfortunate man who has to replace Akinfeev
Silva and Isco are playing well for Spain who have 66% of possession. Nice.
David Alaba has missed a pen for Austria but they are still winning 2-0 against Liech
Russia update
Russian commentator says crowd has been warned - any more trouble and the match is off. Players yet to return to pitch
— David Nowak (@David_Nowak1) March 27, 2015
Goal!!
Goal for Switzerland: Xhaka 2-0
Updated
Ukraine sub: Zozulya off....(Lenny) Kravetz on
Sign up in the Montenegro game, saying the game is suspended due to crowd disturbance...doesn’t say if it will restart
Strength from Morata as he ran on to Koke’s pass, through the middle, held off the defender and got a little help off the defender’s tackle, and it looped over the keeper’s dive
Goal!!
Spain 1-0 Ukraine Morata!!
Updated
Rotan fires one left footed past Casillas and past the post but some promising work there by Ukraine
Sweden goalless in Moldova
Goal!!
Slovakia 2-0 against Lux
Basically Spain will stay second in the group tonight (unless they lose)
Spain off the hook - Fedeskiy hits over the bar, unmarked from six yards
This is bad
Goal!!
Liechtenstein 0-1 Austria (Harnik)
Updated
Mont v Russ suspended for 10 mins
Goals!!
Slovakia have scored against Lux and Slovenia have s cored against san Marino
Updated
David Nowak is tweeting on Mont v Russia
They had just kicked off in Montenegro when the fifth official could be seen encroaching onto the pitch and waving desperately at the ref.
— David Nowak (@David_Nowak1) March 27, 2015
In Montenegro v Russia Igor Akinfeev the russia keeper has been knocked out by a flare
Goal!! England 1 Lit 0
Rooney goal
Great interplay by Spain, but David Silva’s cross is cut out inside the six yard box
Kick-off!!
in Spain v Ukraine
They are playing a minute’s music for those who died in the Barcelona - Dusseldorf plane crash...
Updated
According to TV, Spain have “never ever been beaten” at the Sanchez Pijuan. Didn’t need the “ever”, did he...
Spain have never lost at the Sanchez Pijuan in Seville, Ukraine have a pretty miserly defence...which way will this one go?
Here is a bit of insight from my colleagues on Ukraine, and their wonderful wingers
Isco scored a corker against Belarus in the autumn, but Spain are playing catchup in this group because they lost to Slovakia
Also Isco gets the nod ahead of Santi Cazorla
Casillas gets his 161st cap, but I just don’t get why he still gets a game for club or country. He was great, but he is worse than De Gea now.
Spain are outside the Fifa top 10 for the first time since 2007 - the pre world domination era
He’s at Juve, having joined from Real Madrid last summer. He’s 22 and is an under-21 international. Remember, Diego Costa pulled out of the squad.
Alvaro Morata makes his competitive debut for Spain tonight
Switzerland v Estonia is another one I’m going to cover for you too...it’s basically the battle for second place (for the Swiss, not Estonia), along with Slovenia and Lithuania
Spanish team v Ukraine
Here they are
OFICIAL | ¡Este es nuestro equipo! ¡Este es el ONCE! ¡¡VAMOS ESPAÑA!! 🇪🇸🇪🇸#MantenemosLaPasion pic.twitter.com/TnMHdNihz6
— Selección Española (@SeFutbol) March 27, 2015
Talking of Eng Lit, Srecko Katanec has been speaking about his Slovenia team’s game against San Marino. They are in England’s group. He quotes King Lear. “Nothing will come of nothing”, he roared. Any other Shakespeare quoting managers you can think of?
Here is Simon’s MBM of Eng-Lit
Read it - it’s great fun.
Preamble
I’m here to guide you through this night of Euro qualifying. There are two other matches from England’s group plus Spain v Ukraine is the biggy in the other groups.
Russia are struggling, still, under Don Fabio, so we’ll keep an eye on them too, and I won’t forget Slovakia v Luxembourg.
Yesssss, he starts. No, not Harry Kane, you can get news on that over at Simon Burnton’s excellent MBM, which I will give you a link to when the England teams are in.
Welcome to the Euro 2016 clockwatch. I’m talking about another, rather better, striker: Zlatan. Sweden named their team hours ago. He starts against Moldova in Chisinau. That’s how we roll here. Moldova v Sweden. Starts too for Seb Larsson, Andreas Isaakson and Arsenal cult hero, Kim Kallstrom.
Conrad will be here shortly.
