World Cup qualifiers: Switzerland ease past Latvia while Bosnia prevail against Gibraltar

Sep 03, 2017

SWITZERLAND, Bosnia, Estonia and Faroe Islands all managed to scarper tonight’s World Cup 2018 qualifiers with three points.

As the group stage draws to a close, the clubs are desperate to secure their spot in next year’s competition.

Haris Seferovic opened the scoring for Switzerland after just nine minutes at Skonto Stadium Riga and Latvia failed to react.

Blerim Dzemaili doubled the visitors tally, before Ricardo Rodriguez capped off the scoring with the third from the penalty spot.

Switzerland dominated throughout – boasting 22 attempts on goal, in comparison to just four from Latvia.

Bosnia thumped Gibraltar 4-0 to secure the three points with an encouraging win at Estadio Algarve Faro.

Edin Dzeko netted twice for the visitors, along with Kenan Kodro-Maksumic and Senad Lulic who made it onto the score sheet.

Bosnia enjoyed 71 per cent of possession, with the home side failing to test Bournemouth shot-stopper Asmir Begovic.

Following a humiliating 5-1 defeat to Portugal in the week, Faroe Islands arrived in Andorra with a point to prove.

It was far from straight forward, but Lars Olsen’s side managed to secure a 1-0 victory at the Torsvollur Torshavn.

A goal from Gilli Sorensen just after the half hour mark was all that could separate the two sides.

Cyprus have found their form of late following a shaky start to the qualifiers, but Estonia ended their run of four games unbeaten.

A goal from Mattias Kait in the dying minutes of stoppage time snatched a shock win for the home side at A. Le Coq Arena Tallinn.

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