Spain opened World Cup qualification for Russia 2018 with a bang by romping to a 8-0 victory over Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein,who don’t have a domestic league of their own were hopelessly out of their league.
Wales started their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign in confident fashion as they convincingly beat Moldova 4 – 0 thanks to goals from Sam Vokes and Joe Allen and a couple from Bale.
Italy claimed a hard-fought win in Israel in their opening World Cup qualifier — but the three points came at a cost.Giorgio Chiellini got himself a red card in the game and this means that he will be MIA for their next game – which is against Spain.
…And first-half goals from Marc Janko and Martin Hinteregger got Austria’s road to Russia off to a winning start as they held off Georgia 2-1.