Friday, November 15, 2013

FIFA World Cup Qualifying (European Playoffs): Portugal, Greece Ukraine Grab Series Openers; Goose Eggs For Iceland And Croatia

The four two-game European playoff series for placed in next year's World Cup commenced on Friday.

At Lisbon:

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match in the 82nd minute as Portugal defeated visiting Sweden 1-0 in the opening match of their two-game playoff series.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Roman Zozulya (61') and Andriy Yarmolenko (PK-82') provided the scoring that stakes Ukraine to a 2-0 series-opening home win over France.

At Piraeus, Greece:

Konstantinos Mitroglou scored twice (14', 66') as Greece downed visiting Romania 3-1 in game one of their two-match series.

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

The opening match between ten-man Iceland and visiting Croatia ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

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