It was a blended evening for 2 Newcastle gamers within the newest spherical of worldwide fixtures, as Alexander Isak and Miguel Almiron have been each in motion on Tuesday evening.
Viktor Gyokeres will little doubt steal the headlines for his 4 targets in Sweden’s 6-0 rout of Azerbaijan, however Isak was denied a spot on the scoresheet in weird trend as VAR caught by an incorrect offside choice.
Within the dying seconds of the primary half, Isak picked up the ball down the left earlier than making a driving run in direction of the Azerbaijan field and beating Rza Jafarov on the close to put up. However the purpose was wrongly chalked off moments later for offside, denying Isak a sixth consecutive purpose in as many appearances in all competitions.
Isak made his emotions recognized after the sport, saying: “How is it attainable? For actual? That’s virtually the worst I’ve ever seen. I can’t lie, I’m livid”, when chatting with the Swedish press. Trying on the stills under, it’s baffling.
To make issues worse for our star striker, he then missed a penalty simply three minutes into the restart and denying him a sixteenth worldwide purpose on his fiftieth outing for his nation.
Throughout in South America, Miguel Almiron grabbed a decisive purpose as Paraguay secured a significant level of their hopes to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
After current victories in opposition to Brazil and a 1-0 win over Argentina final week, La Albirroja went behind to Bolivia till the 71st minute, when Almiron latched onto a brief vary go from Julio Enciso to drive the ball previous Guillermo Viscarra and make it 1-1.
The hosts retook the lead with a late penalty, earlier than an Enciso surprise strike introduced the 2 groups degree and the sport completed 2-2, giving Paraguay a valuable level after their shock win over the World Cup holders final week.
Now sitting on 17 factors, Almiron and his nation now sit 4 factors away from Bolivia within the computerized spots for the 2026 World Cup, with six video games left to play in qualifying.
Again to Europe, Martin Dubravka was handed an evening off for Slovakia, who secured their passage into the play-offs with a 1-0 win over Estonia.
Having simply narrowly completed behind Group Winners Sweden, Slovakia will now play one of many third positioned groups from League B within the March worldwide break for an opportunity to be promoted into League B for the following spherical of video games.