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England push Italy into playoffs
UNDATED. Oct 12 (agencies): Germany. Netherlands. England. Denmark. Austria and Scotland se
cured their tickets on Saturday for next year’s Work! Cup finals on the final day of the European qualifiers
All went through as European group winners except the Scots who earned their berth as the best of the nine group runners-up.
The other eight runners-up — Italy. Russia. Belgium. Ukraine. Croatia. Hungary. Ireland. Yugoslavia — will take part in play-offs for the final four European places.
The unseeded draw for the play-offs will be made in Zurich on Monday.
England qualified after they held 10-man Italy to a 0-0 draw becoming the first country in 16 matches to take a World Cup point off the hosts in Rome.
England, who lost 1-0 to the Italians at Wembley In February. finished top of group two with 19 points after successfully defending the one point lead they held going into the match here.
Italy, who now move into the play-offs after finishing as runners-up and are in danger of missing out on their first finals since 1958. had Juventus midfielder Angelo di Livio sent off towards the end of the second half for a second bookable offence.
But both sides had a chance to win it in a thrilling last 60 seconds of injury-time.
There had been crowd trouble during the first half, but the situation calmed after the break. Italian police having used baton charges to separate the fans.
England fully deserved their draw after standing their ground in midfield and holding up well at the back as Italy went on an increasingly frantic search for a winner.
Italy, playing with an attacking 4-3-3 formation that was re-shuffled twice up front in a desperate attempt to score, paid the penalty for a series of rash fouls which them time and earned England free-kicks.
Ian Wright, who was felled mercilessly throughout the game, rounded Italy goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi at the death, but his narrow angled shot into an empty goal hit the post.
Then Christian Vieri rose for a powerful header In the final seconds which caught David Seaman flat-footed on his line, but which mercifully for Glenn Hoddie's men went narrowly wide.
Along with Di Livio's red card Italy were also to regret the moment when substitute Alessandro del Piero went down tn the penalty area after contact with Tony Adams -
Instead of earning a spotkick. the Juventus playmaker was booked for diving.
Triple world champions Germany overcame the shock of their life scraping through to a 4-3 win over minnows Albania in Hanover— it was enough to qualify automatically.
The modest result was enough to keep Germany, unbeaten in their last 18 matches, at the head of Group Nine however, two points ahead of Ukraine, who won 2-0 in Armenia and now enter the runners-up play-offs.
Germany had striker Oliver Bierhoff to thank for a double strike allied to Olaf Marschall and Thomas Helmer's veteran defender Juergen Kohler. Lgli Tare and their captain and former Celtic midfielder Rudi Vata.
Germany fans could not believe their eyes when a completely unchallenged Kohler stooped down and neaded the ball perfectly into the left corner of his own net in the 55th minute.
Germany, who fielded three strikers for the game, breathed a sigh of reliel when Helmer popped up to head home in the 64tn minute which Albania's keeper Foto Strakosha could only get his fingertips .to.
Veteran playmaker Thomas Hassler created the second nine minutes later, duping three Albanian defender and crossed to Bierhoff who also headed into the back of net
But Albania, who finished last in the group, refused to accept their fate and Tare, a tall
red headed striker from Fortuna Dusseldorf in the German Second Division, had the Germans on the back foot again when he equalised in the 80th minute.
Once more Kohler was outwitted as Tare beat him to the ball and clipped the ball past keeper Oliver Kahn with the outside of his left foot.
The resilient Albanians came back again to take the lead as Kaiserslautern's former East German international Olaf Marschall stabbed home a Michael Tamat cross.
But then Germany let the Albanians back into the extraordinary match with some more dreadful defending as nine Germans allowed Vata to turn and slip a shot into the net.
The Turks needed to win. the Dutch wanted to end in style so the 0-0 draw in their last qualifier in Amsterdam was a disappointment for both.
The Turks required a victory to have a hope of qualifying.
draw in Athens that sent 70.000 despondent Greek supporters trudging home with their heads bowed.
The draw left the Danes top
Scottish win left Sweden out of the World Cup with 21 points despite a 1-0 victory over Estonia.
Scotland's 2-0 victory in Glasgow, courtesy of headed goals by Kevin Gallacher and Gordon Durie, gave them the best runners-up record In the nfne-group qualifying competition.
The Scots had to wait a "few hours to celebrate until Spain beat the lowly Faeroe Island 3-1 in Gijon. Had Spain faltered, the Spaniards would have gone through with the best second-place record and Scotland would have been forced into the playoffs.
Hungary clinched a playoff spot with a 1-1 draw In Helsinki against Finland with a lucky goal in the 92nd minute.
Finland’s dreams of advancement were crushed Just a minute before the final whistle.
With the ball bouncing around the penalty area after a corner kick. Hungary's Vilmos Sebok managed an off-balance
They are now eliminated.
The Dutch guaranteed top spot in Group Seven, having virtually done sb after their previous game, but failed to avenge a 1-0 defeat in Turkey in April.
On the pitch, the sides appeared to forget their roles, the Turks defended in depth, while the Dutch pressed.
match waa an.unsatisfactory affair. The Dutcnhad the vast majority of possession but concerted Turkish pressure left them unable to reproduce the sweet combinations of their last game, against the Belgians. The last touch was lacking.
Denmark earned their place eliminating Greece with a 0-0
of Group One with 17 points, two more than Croatia.
Greece were third with 14 points.
The Austrians knew by halftime they had qualified for the World Cup. The Scots had to wait a few more hours after the final whistle of their game before they could open the single malts in celebration.
Austria o-yahed Belarus tn vlehnawHh two goalsettch from Toni Polster and Peter Stoeger before halftime in a 4-0 victory to clinch top place In Group 4.
The result gave Austria 25 points from 10 games while Scotland finished second with 23 after their victory. That
shot. It was deflected by Fin land's Sami Mahlio, standing at the post, but the ball hit goalkeeper Teuvo Moilanen In the back and caromed into the goal.
Ireland clinched a playofi spot by becoming the first team to get a point off Romania.
when Gheorghe Hagi powered a 35-metre free kick past goalkeeper Alan Kelly at Lansdowne Road, it looked as if Ro mania would make it 10 wins from 10 matches.
But veteran striker Toh, Cascarnio headed home a corner six minutes from the end for a 1-1 tie to end Romania's all-conquering streak. It alsc ensured the Irish finished second ahead of Lithuania, whe won 2-1 at Macedonia to stay third.
Belgium also got through to the playoffs with a 3 2 win over Wales. In other games Russia defeated Bulgaria 4- 2 to get a playoff berth. Croatia earned a playoff spot beating Slovenia 3 1 Ukraine got into the playoff: beating Armenia 2-0.
In Zurich Kubllay Tuerkiy-Imaz scored three times, two o them penalties as Switzerland ended a disappointing qualifying campaign on Saturday with a 5-0 thrashing of Azerbaijan.
The victory avenged a 1-C defeat in Switzerland's opening qualifying match a year ago bul the goal spree did little to boost their standing In Group Three They finished fourth with Jusl three wins in eight matches.
Spain beat the Faroe Islandi 3-1 in Glion to wrap up Group Six thanks to a fine double-strike by Barcelona mldfieidei Luis Enrique.
But the Spaniards, who had already guaranteed a place in the final stages, disappointed fans who had been expecting a goal feast against one of the weakest national sides in Europe.