France hit four against Netherlands and move three clear of defeated Sweden Switzerland stay perfect as Ronaldo sets more marks for Portugal Belgium open up six-point Group H lead with their joint-record win How the groups stand: who's in the hunt to qualify UEFA.com has highlights of every qualifier; Thursday's games will be available to view from 24:00CET on Friday. Group AFrance 4-0 NetherlandsFrance opened up a three-point lead at the top of the grou... UEFA.com - News
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Switzerland maintain perfect record, Greece hold Belgium
Group ABulgaria 2-0 Netherlands (Delev 5 20)Spas Delev's first international goals inspired Bulgaria to a win that lifts them above the Oranje to third. The Pogoń Szczecin striker capitalised on an error from 17-year-old debutant Matthijs de Ligt for an early opener before a fine second. The Dutch dominated from there on but could not find a way back.
WU17 EURO elite round guide
The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship elite round begins on Monday with 24 teams competing for seven berths in the final tournament in the Czech Republic – and with Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium making it a perfect ten appearances at this stage.Elite round groupsGroup 1 (27 March–1 April): Austria, Netherlands*, Slovenia, Switzerland• Slovenia are in the elite round for the first time while Switzerland were overall runners-up in 2015.Group 2 (20–25 March): Norway, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Wales• Bosnia and Herzegovina are hosting the mini-tournament having reached the elit... UEFA.com - News
Hodgson backs Switzerland to ‘continue to prosper’
Roy Hodgson, who was in charge of Switzerland in the early to mid-1990s, talks to UEFA.com about his former side's perfect start to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Hodgson twice beat the Swiss with England en route to UEFA EURO 2016 but saw more than enough positive signs not to be surprised by their three wins from three – including against European champions Portugal – in Group B."We played in Basel (2-0) and at Wembley (2-0) and I thought on both occasions that they were very good and would be our fiercest rivals in the group. They've continued in that vein. [Coach Vladimir] Petković is doing an
Xherdan Shaqiri’s take on Switzerland
On Vladimir Petković ...Every coach has their own philosophy. Ottmar Hitzfeld had done some excellent work – we had a change in generations under Hitzfeld and he brought in a lot of young players who have now gathered experience and are playing for some top European clubs. Petković has also been doing some great work, making us play attacking and also successful football. The big objective was to qualify for the EURO and that's what we managed to do. We have a lot of players from different backgrounds and that gives strength to this team. Petković speaks a lot of languages, which is very positive, and