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BELGIUM BLAST SIX PAST CYPRUS
One of the favourites for the tournament which kicks off in Rome on June 12, Belgium, made it a perfect 10 wins from 10 with a 6-1 thrashing of Cyprus that saw Christian Benteke score twice.
The Crystal Palace forward is yet to score in the Premier League but opened Belgium’s account in the 16th minute with a tap-in two minutes after Nicholas Ioannou stunned the Group ‘I’ winners with a superb run and shot.
He rounded off the scoring in the 68th minute when he collected a neat through ball from Kevin De Bruyne and slotted past Neofytos Michael.
Russia, who finished two points behind Belgium, thumped San Marino 5-0 in one of a host of dead rubbers.
FREE-SCORING GERMANY NAIL NORTHERN IRELAND
Germany and the Netherlands thumped Northern Ireland and Belarus to close their campaigns in style.
Serge Gnabry said Germany were heading to the Euros in a positive mood after hitting a hattrick that sank the Northern Irish 6-1 and gave them top spot in Group ‘C’.
WIJNALDUM NETS HAT-TRICK FOR DUTCH
Georginio Wijnaldum meanwhile made another stand against racism as he also scored three times in the Netherlands’ 5-0 crushing of Belarus.
Liverpool midfielder Wijnaldum was angered at Excelsior striker Ahmad Mendes Moreira being subjected to racist chanting by FC Den Bosch fans during a Dutch second division match.
And after opening the scoring in the sixth minute he and Frenkie de Jong joined on the sidelines to bring their arms together to draw attention to their different skin colour. Myron Boadu made it a night to remember by scoring on his international debut to make it five three minutes from the end, collecting Kevin Strootman’s pass before slotting home. — AFP