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And during these first Euro 2020 qualifying matches, there was enough evidence to suggest the gap between Europe's lowest-ranked teams and those above them is narrowing.and had chances of their own to score. The two teams met in qualifying for the last European Championship, when the Republic won 7-0 and 4-0.
The Latvians, ranked 131st in the world and with just two wins from their previous 26 matches, were level in Warsaw until the 76th minute, when the Poles were spared embarrassment by strikes from Robert Lewandowski and Kamil Glik.Picture has already changed significantly for home nationsWe may be only two games in to this qualifying process but already the picture is starting to become a little clearer for the home nations.
Northern Ireland's final four games in Group C are double headers against Germany and the Netherlands, so they always knew they needed to get off to a strong start. Their back-to-back wins over Estonia and Belarus have seen their chances of finishing in the top two increase from 15% to 29%, according to Gracenote.
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