With Norway 5-0, Spain 2-0, and Portugal 1-0, the latest standings for the World European Preliminaries are released.

In the early morning of October 12, the first group stage of the 2025 World European Qualifications continued. Haaland easily scored in Group I, helping Norway beat Israel 5-0, ranking first with a complete victory record; in another game in Group I, Italy defeated Estonia 3-1, ranking small with 12 points with 4 wins and 1 loss. Group 2; Pino opened the scoring in Group E, Oyarzabal scored with a blast, Spain defeated Georgia 2-0, and continued to top the list with 3 wins and 0 losses in the group stage; Portugal in Group F fell into a tough battle, Ronaldo missed a point, but Neves made a buzzer-beater before the end and finally defeated Ireland 1-0, temporarily ranking first in the group stage with 3 consecutive wins. Serbia in Group K suffered an upset loss to Albania 0-1, while Türkiye defeated Bulgaria 6-1 in Group E's other match. With the end of these games, the latest standings of the World European Qualifiers are released:

Norway 5-0 Israel

Haaland has once again become the master of this game. He is in excellent form in the new season whether in the national team or in Manchester City. As soon as the game started, Norway had an unexpected surprise. Berg was fouled in the penalty area and created a penalty. Unfortunately, Haaland failed to grasp the penalty and was saved. His little idea was completely predicted.

Israel did not choose conservative anti-counterattack tactics and constantly tried to press the offensive. This put the defense line in the transition process to a greater test, and they would soon pay the price for it. In the 18th minute, Norway's beautiful fast break cooperation was effective. Serlot made a pass from the bottom and Nousa actively grabbed the point. Although he didn't touch it, he forced Haleli to make a clearance and score an own goal. Norway led 1-0.

The morale of all members of Norway was high, and the pressing strategy was quite successful. In the 27th minute, another opportunity was created in the midfield. Serlot's pass was very comfortable. Haaland took the ball two steps and then shot low into the far corner. Norway led 2-0.

Just 1 minute later, Haaland followed up in the penalty area to grab a point, which gave him enough pressure and once again allowed the defender to score an own goal. Norway instantly led 3-0. Israel's sudden collapse made the players very confused for a time. The midfielder continued to play with fire and gave gifts, and in almost the same way, the ball was conceded. Norway easily led 4-0.

Entering the second half, Norway began to control the tempo of the game. Nousa was extremely active on the wing, repeatedly sending high-quality crosses, and once again connected with Haaland to score a header with a violent header. The game had lost suspense, and the head coach gradually rotated the main players. In the end, it was a hearty 5-0 victory.

Spain 2-0 Georgia

Spain still used familiar passing and controlling and constantly moving the ball to open up the opponent's formation to forcefully press the opponent and quickly achieve results. In the 25th minute of the game, after the Spanish frontcourt cooperated skillfully, Pino scored first with a shot in front of the goal. Then Ferran fought hard to get the penalty kick, but unfortunately he missed the penalty.

Facing the powerful Spain, Georgia could only retreat at halftime. The successive offensives gave them little breathing space. The only good thing was that the score remained at 0-1 in the first half. However, in the 64th minute of the second half, Oyazabal's goal completely made the game lose suspense. In the end, Georgia replaced players such as K77 and Kiteshvili in advance. Spain easily won 2-0. Spain shot 23 times in the whole game, while Georgia only had 1 shot. In terms of ball possession rate, Spain led Yaoyao with 82%-18%, which all showed that this was a one-sided game.

Portugal 1-0 Ireland

Portugal, ranked No. 1 in Group F, faced Ireland, which was at the bottom of the group, and quickly controlled the rhythm at the beginning. The fierce offensive continued. Cristiano Ronaldo's high-quality long-range shot from outside hit the far post. Although it did not go in, it attracted most of the defense and created an excellent gap. As a result, Seat B missed the empty goal without any pressure, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo very helpless with his hands on his head.

Ireland's tactical thinking is very clear, which is to defend at all costs. In the first half, they fought hard to withstand the pressure and drew 0-0. The result was a bit unexpected. In the second half, Portugal continued to bombard the Irish goal. In the 70th minute of the game, Semedo made a cross from Ronaldo and missed the ball. He was also very annoyed and made an almost-miss gesture.

Later, Ronaldo missed a penalty kick that was close at hand in the 75th minute. He was also very disappointed personally, and his teammates kept comforting him. However, in the 90th and 1st minutes of the game, Portugal, which was attacking wildly throughout the game, finally scored. Trincon assisted Ruben Neves to score the winner, and Portugal defeated Ireland 1-0. Portugal shot as many as 30 times in the game, while Ireland only took 2 shots. Portugal's ball possession rate is also 70%-30%, but Portugal only had 5 shots on target in the game, and its shooting efficiency still needs to be improved.

With the conclusion of these games early this morning, the latest standings for the World European Preliminaries are as follows: