Napoli star Dries Mertens bagged a hat-trick for Belgium, but Edin Dzeko was sent off as Miralem Pjanic’s free kick was deflected in Bosnia’s dramatic Greece draw.
It was a mixed bag for Serie A players in this evening’s World Cup qualifiers.
Belgium ran out with a spectacular 8-1 victory over Estonia and Mertens was the star of the show.
The Napoli talent came away with a hat-trick, although two were massive deflections, but there was no doubting the delightful chip for the third.
Napoli star Dries Mertens bagged a hat-trick for Belgium, but Edin Dzeko was sent off as Miralem Pjanic’s free kick was deflected in Bosnia’s dramatic Greece draw.
It was a mixed bag for Serie A players in this evening’s World Cup qualifiers.
Belgium ran out with a spectacular 8-1 victory over Estonia and Mertens was the star of the show.
The Napoli talent came away with a hat-trick, although two were massive deflections, but there was no doubting the delightful chip for the third.
There was plenty of Serie A representation in Greece’s 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Juventus midfielder Pjanic’s free kick hit the upright and bounced in off the back of Udinese goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis.
Roma striker Dzeko got into a strange tussle with ex-Genoa and Milan defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, even pulling down his shorts during the wrestling match.
It got them both sent off for second bookable offences.
Greece snatched an equaliser with the last kick of the game, as Giorgos Tzavellas unleashed a screamer from the edge of the box after a corner.
In today’s World Cup qualifiers, Juventus full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner was on target for Switzerland and Bruno Alves of Cagliari scored for Portugal.