World champion Germany thrashed Norway 6-0 in its Group C match on Monday, scoring four times in the first half including a Timo Werner double, to edge closer to a place at next year’s World Cup in Russia.
The results:
EUROPE: Group C: Azerbaijan 5 (Ismailov 20, 57, Abdullayev 25, Cevoli 71-og., Sadygov 81) bt San Marino 1 (Palazzi 73); Northern Ireland 2 (Evans 28, Brunt 41) bt Czech Republic 0; Germany 6 (Ozil 10, Draxler 17, Werner 21, 40, Goretzka 50, Gomez 79) bt Norway 0.
Group E: Armenia 1 (Koryan 6) lost to Denmark 4 (Delaney 16, 82, 90+3, Eriksen 29); Poland 3 (Milik 11, Glik 74, Lewandowski 86-pen) bt Kazakhstan 0; Montenegro 1 (Jovetic 75) bt Romania 0.
Group F: England 2 (Dier 37, Rashford 59) bt Slovakia 1 (Lobotka 3); Slovenia 4 (Ilicic 25-pen, 61-pen, Verbic 82, Birsa 90) bt Lithuania 0; Scotland 2 (Berra 9, Griffiths 49) bt Malta 0.
AFRICA: Group A: At Monastir (Tunisia): Libya 1 (Mohamed 36) bt Guinea 0.
Group B: Cameroon 1 (Aboubakar 75-pen) drew with Nigeria 1 (Simon 30).
ASIA: Group B: Australia 2 (Juric 69, Leckie 86) bt Thailand 1 (Pokklaw 82); Iraq 1 (Ayman Hussein 29) bt UAE 0.
