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By Ian Kisoti
Hansi Flick’s Germany thrashed 10 man Liechtenstein 9-0 in their world cup qualifiers match, making history as the first Germany coach with the best start of six consecutive wins in six games.
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Flick had to make drastic changes to his squad’s lineup with 5 players sidelined due to Covid -19 regulations.
Timo Werner, Leroy Sane and Thomas Mueller each scored braces past Liechtenstein who were down to 10 men after 11 minutes.
The already qualified Germans are on top of Group J with 24 points nine points ahead of Northern Macedonia, who come second placed, with two games to spare Romania settled for a barren draw 0-0 by Iceland in their group J match.
Romania are now one point behind second placed Macedonia with 14 points.
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Croatia automatically qualified as they prevailed 7-1 against Malta in their group H Roundup.
Croatia are now second in their group H with 20 points from nine games, two points behind the leaders Russia, who secured their lead with a 6-0 thrashing of Cyprus.
Croatia will savour a much needed win over Russia for them to qualify for the finals.