Gavi slots Spain in!

Spain booked their place at Euro 2024 with a 10 win over Norway on Sunday also enabling Scotland to qualify from Group A Young midfielder Gavi fired home early in the second half to help the 2008 and 2012 European ch mpionship winners progress to the tournament in Germany next summer with two games to spareNorway doubtfulNorway who last appeared at a major tournament in Euro 2000 and their star striker Erling Haaland can now only potentially qualify through playoffs but need to hold onto third and hope Serbia qualify from Group G to be eligibleAlso ReadWC Qualifier Messi remains doubtful Neymar in poor formLuis De la FuenteSpain barely allowed Haaland a sniff all night long on a frustrating night for Norway who sit five points behind their opponents and Scotland joint top with only one match remaining ldquoFrom front to back we were really compact we practically didnrsquot let Haaland receive a single ball comfortablyrdquo Spain defender Dani Carvajal told TVE ldquoThey barely created any chances against us wersquore going home happy with a ticket for the EurosrdquoGavi was made to wait for several minutes before finding out whether his goal counted or not as VAR analysed it slowly ldquoI think today we were very good and in the end it bore fruitrdquo said Gavi ldquoThey were checking the goal I think for Alvaro Morata being offside I donrsquot know if he was but in the end they gave it and Irsquom happy for thatrdquoGavi eventually fired Spain ahead in the 49th minute after a hectic scramble in Norwayrsquos area pouncing when Mikel Oyarzabalrsquos shot was deflected into his path After VAR finally ruled Gavirsquos strike valid the 19yearold Barcelona midfielder was able to celebrate his fifth goal for his country in 25 appearancesLuis De la Fuentersquos side started their qualifying campaign with an early defeat by Scotland which called the coachrsquos surprise appointment into question but Nations League victory in June and straightforward qualification for the Euros since have convinced ldquoItrsquos one of the matches in which wersquove been most satisfied in general terms the team had great maturityrdquo De la Fuente told a news conferenceWales stun CroatiaMeanwhile Wales breathed new life into their chances of qualifying for Euro 2024 as Harry Wilsonrsquos double earned a famous 21 win over Croatia in CardiffIn another match Turkey capped off a momentous week in which they were announced as cohosts of Euro 2032 with Italy by turning on the style in the closing minutes to beat Latvia 40 and book their place at the finalsRomania eased to a 40 victory over Andorra to move a point clear but the Swiss have a game in hand after Thursdayrsquos trip to Tel Aviv was postponed due to the war between Israel and HamasIn Plzen Tomas Soucekrsquos 76thminute penalty earned the Czech Republic a narrow 10 win over the Faroe Islands bumping his team up to second in Group E behind AlbaniaPoland struggled in the absence of injured striker Robert Lewandowski and had to come from behind to salvage a 11 draw against Moldova in Warsaw The Poles are third in the section but have played a game more than the top twoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever