Group Four of the European World Cup qualifier matches produced some incredible action and Germany was the big winner of the day as they maintained their spot atop the group with a big win over Russia. Wales also earned a win to move into second place with six points and Finland earned their first win of the qualifying round as well.
Germany used first half goals from Lukas Podolski and Michael Ballack to knock off Russia 2-1 on Saturday and improve their standing in group play. Germany needed the win after a disappointing draw with Finland in the second match.
Wales used a late goal in the first half and added a goal in the 80th minute to beat Liechtenstein 2-0 on Saturday and move into second place in group play. They knocked off Azerbaijan in the opener before losing to Russia in their follow up.
Finland used a penalty kick from Mikael Forssell to beat Azerbaijan 1-0 on Saturday for their first win of group play. In their first match Finland earned a draw with Germany.
World Cup 2010 European Qualifier Group Four Standings
Overall |
Home |
Away |
|
| |||||||||||||||||||
|
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
GD |
P | |||||
1 |
|
Germany |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
7 | |||
2 |
|
Wales |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 | |||
3 |
|
Finland |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 | |||
4 |
|
Russia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 | |||
5 |
|
Azerbaijan |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 | |||
6 |
|
Liechtenstein |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-8 |
1 |
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