UEFA Nations League: Spaniards Gain Late Draw With Germany On Road; Thursday Wins For Wales, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Faroe Islands

Group-stage play in the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League commenced on Thursday with ten games.

LEAGUE A:

Group Four:

At Stuttgart, Germany:

Jose Gaya's late equalizer (90'+6) lifted Spain to a 1-1 road draw with Germany.

Timo Werner scored for the hosts in the 51st minute.



At Lviv, Ukraine:

Oleksandr Zinchenko scored the winning goal in the 68th minute as Ukraine defeated visiting Switzerland 2-1.

Group Four Standings:

1. Ukraine (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
2. Spain (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
3. Germany (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. Switzerland (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

NOTE:  Spain gained a 1-1 road draw with Germany on Thursday.



LEAGUE B:

Group Three:

At Moscow:

Artyom Dbyuba scored twice (PK-48', 81') as Russia held off visiting Serbia 3-1.

At Sivas, Turkey:

Dominik Szoboszlai scored the only goal of Hungary's 1-0 road win over Turkey in the 80th minute.

Group Three Standings:

1. Russia (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
2. Hungary (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Turkey (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)
4. Serbia (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)



Group Four:

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Shane Duffy's stoppage-time equalizer (90'+3) lifted the Republic of Ireland to a 1-1 road draw with Bulgaria.

Bozhidar Kraev scored for the hosts Lions in the 56th minute.

At Helsinki, Finland:

Kieffer Moore scored the game's lone goal in the 80th minute as Wales upended Finland 1-0 on the road.

Group Four Standings:

1. Wales (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
2. Republic of Ireland (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
3. Bulgaria (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. Finland (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

NOTE:  The Republic of Ireland gained a 1-1 road draw with Bulgaria on Thursday.



LEAGUE C:

Group Three:

At Parma, Italy (due to no diplomatic relations between the contesting countries):

Benjamin Kololli's equalizer in the 71st minute enabled Kosovo to gain a 1-1 draw with Moldova.

Ion Nicolaescu scored for the Moldovans at 20 minutes.

At Ljubljana, Slovenia:

Slovenia and visiting Greece battled to a 0-0 stalemate.

Group Three Standings:

1. Kosovo (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
2. Moldova (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
3. Greece (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. Slovenia (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)



GROUP D:

Group One:

At Riga, Latvia:

The match between Latvia and visiting Andorra ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

At Torshavn, Faroe Islands:

Brandur Hendriksson scored the stoppage-time game winner (90'+1) as the Faroe Islands knocked off visiting Malta 3-2.

Group One Standings:

1. Faroe Islands (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
2. Andorra (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
3. Latvia (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. Malta (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)