Ukraine have advanced to the Euro 2020 finals after an impressive 2-1 home win over Portugal, whose talismanic captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal in a Group B qualifier on Monday.
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The result left Ukraine top of the section on 19 points from seven games, eight more than second-placed European champions Portugal who have a game in hand.
Third-placed Serbia are on 10 points from six games after an Aleksandar Mitrovic brace gave them a 2-1 win at Lithuania.
First-half goals by Roman Yaremchuk and Andriy Yarmolenko fired Ukraine into a 2-0 lead before Ronaldo reduced the arrears with a 72nd-minute penalty, with Taras Stepanenko sent off for the home side for a second yellow card.
Superstar Ronaldo, 34, has now scored 95 for his country, 450 for Real Madrid, 118 for Manchester United, 32 for Juventus and five for Sporting.
In Sofia, England bounced back to winning ways as they crushed Bulgaria 6-0 in Group A on Monday in a match twice stopped because of racism from the home side's fans.
Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley scored twice while Marcus Rashford and Harry Kane got the others to put England on the verge of qualification for next summer's Euro 2020 finals.
England led 2-0 when the match was stopped by officials following racist chanting in the stands.
The match was stopped again in the 43rd minute and Bulgaria captain Ivelin Popov pleaded with a section of his side's fans at half-time.
France, meanwhile, must wait to claim a place at next year's tournament after the world champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Turkey on Monday.
Turkey's Kaan Ayhan equalised eight minutes from time after France substitute Olivier Giroud opened the scoring as the visitors stayed top of Group H with 19 points from eight games, ahead of Les Bleus by virtue of a 2-0 win in Konya last June.
Iceland are third on 15 points after goals by Arnor Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson earned a 2-0 home win over Andorra, with Albania fourth on 12 points following a 4-0 away win against Moldova.
Kosovo beat Montenegro 2-0 with goals from Amir Rrahmani (10th) and Vedat Muriqi (34th) to stay third and remain in the hunt behind the second-placed Czech Republic in Group A.
Australian Associated Press
