The latest points report of the World European Preliminaries. The final battle of life and death among the 3 groups! Germany has won 4 consecutive games to hold on to the first place.

In the early morning of November 15th, there were 6 rematches in the penultimate round of the European Group Stage of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. After a fierce battle, Montenegro defeated Gibraltar 2:1 away, Slovakia defeated Northern Ireland 1:0 at home, Malta defeated Finland 1:0 away, Croatia defeated the Faroe Islands 3:1 at home, Germany defeated Luxembourg 2:0 away, and Poland drew 1:1 at home with the Netherlands.

Competition in the European region of this World Cup preliminaries is fierce. Many established teams have reached the penultimate round, and their qualifying situation is still unclear. For example, Germany in Group A lost to Slovakia in an away game in the first round. Although they won 3 consecutive victories, they failed to leave Slovakia behind. If Northern Ireland had not "helped" defeat Slovakia, Germany would not be ranked first in the group. Today, they played away against Luxembourg, who were at the bottom of the group and had lost all 4 games. Germany could not afford to make any mistakes. After the opening, Germany turned the away side and launched a fierce offensive. In the 8th minute, Luxembourg missed the ball on the left side of the backcourt. Goretzka forced the ball and intercepted it. Then Goretzka dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area and crossed the middle. The unguarded Wirtz got a good opportunity, but his push shot in the penalty area did not have the strength, and goalkeeper Morris struggled to save the ball from the baseline.

In the 26th minute, Germany pressed on from the left. Wirtz took the ball from the front of the penalty area and broke away from the defense. Then he shot vigorously. The ball was not suppressed and flew directly away. In the 30th minute, Germany almost suffered a heavy blow. When Baku headed the ball to clear the ball, it was suspected that the ball went to Goretzka, but the referee did not call a penalty kick. Although Germany had the advantage in the first half, they failed to seize the opportunity to score. After changing sides, Germany continued to strengthen its attack. Only 3 minutes into the game, Germany finally seized the opportunity. The German midfielder and backcourt moved to the right side of the frontcourt. Sane volleyed and unloaded the ball and rushed forward at high speed. Sane rushed to the corner of the penalty area and accurately crossed the middle. Walter Mader, who followed up from the back row, slid the ball from the front of the small penalty area and pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal. Germany broke the deadlock 1:0.

In the 68th minute, Germany again moved from the midfield to the right side of the frontcourt, and Sane stepped in to get the ball. After a slight adjustment on the edge of the penalty area, he passed the ball back to the middle. Baku received the ball on the line of the penalty area and turned around to send a wonderful through ball. Walter Mader once again timely inserted from the back row. He grabbed the point from the front of the small penalty area and half-turned and swept the shot successfully. Walter Mader scored twice, and Germany led 2:0. In the 77th minute, the German midfielder intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Sane broke into the penalty area with the ball, shook the defender and shot hard with his left foot. The ball hit the crossbar with a BOOM sound and bounced out of the baseline. After that, both teams failed to change the score. In the end, Germany defeated Luxembourg 2:0 away from home and won 4 consecutive victories.

In terms of standings, in Group A, Germany and Slovakia both won today. In this case, Germany still cannot open up the point difference, and the two teams still have the same points. Germany maintains first place with a 3-goal difference advantage. Group A is the same as Group B and Group I. In the last two rounds, the top two teams will start a life-and-death battle. Whoever wins will win the first place in the group and directly advance to the World Cup main game (Germany, Norway and Switzerland take the initiative, and a tie will qualify). Group G had a first-place battle today. Poland was unable to defeat the Netherlands at home. In this case, they only have the theoretical hope of winning first place. After all, it is basically impossible to catch up with a 13-goal difference. In Group L, after Croatia defeated the Faroe Islands at home, the suspense of Group L ended early. Croatia ranked first in the group and directly qualified for the World Cup. With the Faroe Islands' loss, the Czech Republic also locked in second place in the group.