Muller at the double as Germany ease to win

Oct 10, 2016, 01:29
Muller at the double as Germany ease to win

Only the group winners automatically qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russian Federation.

Germany's Thomas Mueller, Sami Khedira and Czech Republic's David Pavelka in action during their World Cup qualifier at Hamburg October 8, 2016.

The Czechs are very much trying to remake themselves right now, and that could wind up hurting their World Cup qualification hopes unless they can start getting some wins, soon.

A number of chances came and went in the first half, with Muller denied while Julian Draxler and Mario Gotze narrowly missed the target.

Mueller, who scored twice in the opening 3-0 win in Norway, has yet to score in six Bundesliga games for Bayern Munich this season.

Germany coach Joachim Low revealed on Friday he could see himself coaching a European club outside his native country when his contract expires in 2018.

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The visitors had a goal disallowed for offside with the last kick of the game, but Germany preserved their second straight clean sheet to join Azerbaijan at the top of the group with maximum points from two games. We're second (in Group F behind England), that's where it leaves us.

Regardless, this performance is unlikely to be a factor when the Football Association decides whether to entrust Southgate with the job as Allardyce's permanent successor.

Slovenia edged Slovakia 1-0, courtesy of a late goal from Rok Kronaveter, while Scotland battled out a late 1-1 draw at home to Lithuania with James McArthur equalising two minutes from time.

A packed 56,000 crowd at the National Stadium in Warsaw saw the home team go in front in the 20th minute when Kamil Grosicki delivered a cross and Lewandowski scored from close range. The hat trick was completed two minutes into the second half of a matchup between the two leading contenders to advance from Group E.

Slovenia's Rok Kronaveter scored his first global goal with his first touch of the ball after coming on as a substitute to give his side a 1-0 home win over Slovakia in a scrappy World Cup Group F qualifier. Denmark trails by a point.

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