Ronaldo’s red hot

Another hat trick for Cristiano Ronaldo another win and qualification for the World Cup for Denmark And yet more crowd trouble in a game between England and HungaryThere was a sense of familiarity to the World Cup qualifiers in Europe on Tuesday not least in Faro where Ronaldo extended his menrsquos record tally of international goals to 115 by scoring the 58th hat trick of his career for club and country in Portugalrsquos 50 win over LuxembourgMaehle stars for DenmarkDenmark became the second European nation to qualify for next yearrsquos tournament in Qatar after Germany on Monday by securing an eighth straight win in group play by beating Austria 10Joakim MaehleThe decisive win sealed by Joakim Maehlersquos secondhalf goal came at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen where star playmaker Christian Eriksen collapsed in June during a European Championship game It is still unclear if Eriksen can resume his career to play at the World Cup in 13 monthsrsquo timeEngland is likely to be there but was made to wait before booking its place after being held to a 11 draw by Hungary at Wembley Stadium Events on the field were overshadowed by clashes between police officers and Hungary supporters at the start of the match sparked ldquoaccording to policerdquo by a visiting fan making ldquoracially aggravatedrdquo comments toward a stewardDisorder by Hungary fans including racism during the first group match between the teams in Budapest last month led to the Hungarians having to play a game in an empty stadiumSweden winSweden climbed above Spain into first place in Group B with a 20 win over Greece and Switzerland moved level on points with Italy in Group C with a 40 victory over LithuaniaIn Group A Portugal is a point behind Serbia which beat Azerbaijan 31 but has a game in hand Only the top team from each group qualifies automatically for the World Cup The secondplace finishers go into the playoffsA pair of penalties in the eighth and 13th minutes set Ronaldo on his way to a record 10th international hat trick for Portugal that was completed in the 87th minute The Manchester United striker 36 was playing his 182nd international gameBruno Joao scoreBruno Fernandes and Joao Palhinha also scored for Portugal in its fourth straight win in qualifying which left a straight shootout with Serbia for first placeSerbiarsquos last game is at Portugal which will first play its game in hand away to IrelandDenmark is continuing its good form from the European Championship where the team surged to the semifinals despite losing Eriksen in distressing circumstances in the opening gameThe clean sheet against Austria meant the Danes have yet to concede in Group F while they are the only team with a 10037 record in qualifyingMaehle scored with a sweeping shot that was teed up by Thomas Delaneyrsquos direct run taking Denmark to 27 goals second only to the NetherlandsDenmark holds an unassailable sevenpoint lead over Scotland which is still on track to finish runnerup after a 10 win at the Faeroe Islands Scotland is four points clear of thirdplace Israel which beat visiting Moldova 21This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever