Germany have registered a 2-nil victory over Northern Ireland in their Group C World Cup qualifying match at the HDI-Arena.
The Germans started the match with full force on Tuesday and only needed 13 minutes to open the scoring through Julian Draxler who slotted a lovely strike into the far corner, making it 1-nil.
4 minutes later, the hosts managed to double their advantage when Sami Khedira headed home from close range to effectively put the match to bed as Germany maintained their 100 percent record in Group C.
Meanwhile, Iran's national team has emerged as the 1-nil winners against South Korea in their Group A match in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Iran put up a great performance at Azadi Stadium as Sardaar Azmoun scored the only goal for the hosts in 25 minutes.
Iran now sit at the top of Group A with 10 points, which is one ahead of Uzebekistan after four matches. South Korea now sit in third on seven points.
Uzbekistan also beat China 2-nil in the other Group A match. After a scoreless first half, Marat Bikmaev drilled the ball into the bottom corner in the 50th minute to put the home side in front.
Uzbekistan continued to pressure their opponents and doubled their advantage in the closing stages, thanks to Otabek Shukurov.
On the other hand, Qatar beat Syria 1-nil, courtesy of a first-half penalty from Hassan Al-Haidos. The victory brought to an end a run of three consecutive group defeats for Qatar.
They are now six points behind second-placed Uzbekistan, while the defeat leaves Syria in fourth, one place above Qatar on four points.
Australia and Japan have played out a 1-all draw in Melbourne in their Group B match of the Asian 20-18 World Cup qualifiers.
Japan got off to a flying start at Docklands Stadium and after just five minutes into the game, Genki Haraguchi opened the scoring for the visitors.
But their joy didn’t last long when the 25-year-old gave away a penalty early in the second half. Mile Jedinak didn’t disappoint as he scored from the spot-kick in the 52nd minute to tie the match at 1-all.
The result leaves Australia unbeaten in the group with eight points from four games.
In the other Group B match, Iraq thrashed Thailand 4-nil at Dastgerdi Stadium in the Iranian capital Tehran. Muhammad Abdulraheem was the star of the match as he scored two goals in each half to give his country its first three points.
The result means that Thailand have lost all their four games and are left with no points.
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