Detailed summary of 2014 World Cup qualifying results

Last night and early this morning, the 2014 World Cup qualifiers took place simultaneously on European, African and South American football fields.

In Europe, Portugal had to work extremely hard to get a minimal 1-0 victory against direct opponent Russia, thanks to the only goal of Helder Postiga right at the beginning of the match.

With this victory, Portugal temporarily rose to the top of Group F with 14 points, 2 points more than Russia but having played 2 more matches.

Meanwhile, the "big guy" Italy was surprisingly held to a 0-0 draw by the Czech Republic on the day Mario Balotelli was sent off. After this draw, Italy still holds the top spot in Group B with 14 points, 4 points more than the next closest opponent, Bulgaria.

The most impressive victory in the series of matches that took place last night belonged to Bosnia. This team won 5-0 against the tiny team Latvia, to consolidate the top position in Group G with 16 points and a goal difference of +20. Coming in right behind was Greece - the team won 1-0 against Lithuania.

Meanwhile, in the South American region, despite taking the lead, Venezuela still could not win all 3 points, as Bolivia equalized in the final minutes of the match.

In this series of matches, despite playing at home, Argentina was held to a 0-0 draw by Colombia.

Portugal beat Russia 1-0.

Europe region

Table A

Croatia - Scotland 0-1
Goal: Robert Snodgrass 26

Belgium - Serbia 2-1
Goals: Kevin De Bruyne 13, Marouane Fellaini 60 - Aleksandar Kolarov 87

Table B

Armenia - Malta 0-1
Goal: Michael Mifsud 8

Czech Republic - Italy 0-0
Red card: Mario Balotelli (Italy) 72

Table C

Austria - Sweden 2-1
Goals: David Alaba 26pen, Marc Janko 32 - Johan Elmander 82

Ireland - Faroe Islands 3-0
Goals: Robbie Keane 5, 56, 81

Table E

Iceland - Slovenia 2-4
Goals: Birkir Bjarnason 22, Alfred Finnbogason 26pen - Andraz Kirm 11, Valter Birsa 31pen, Bostjan Cesar 61, Rene Krhin 85

Albania - Norway 1-1
Goals: Valdet Rama 41 - Tom Hogli 87

Group F

Azerbaijan - Luxembourg 1-1
Goals: Ruslan Abishov 71 - Stefano Bensi 80
Red card: Branimir Subasic (Azerbaijan) 84

Portugal - Russia 1-0
Goal: Helder Postiga 9

Group G

Latvia - Bosnia 0-5
Goals: Senad Lulic 48, Vedad Ibisevic 53, Haris Medunjanin 63, Miralem Pjanic 80, Edin Dzeko 82
Red card: Aleksandrs Fertovs (Latvia) 11

Liechtenstein - Slovakia 1-1
Goals: Martin Buechel 13 - Jan Durica 73

Lithuania - Greece 0-1
Goal: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 20

Group H

Moldova - Poland 1-1
Goals: Eugeniu Sidorenco 37 - Jakub Blaszczykowski 7

Montenegro - Ukraine 0-4
Goals: Denys Garmash 52, Yevhen Konoplyanka 77, Artem Fedetskiy 85, Roman Bezus 90+2

Red cards: Roman Zozulia (Ukraine) 45, Vladimir Volkov (Montenegro) 66, Savo Pavicevic (Montenegro) 79

Table I

Finland - Belarus 1-0
Goal: Kasper Hamalainen 57
Red card: Pavel Nekhaichik (Belarus) 90

South America Region

Bolivia - Venezuela 1-1

Goals: Campos 81 - JF Arango 58

Argentina - Colombia 0-0

Africa Region

Table D

Sudan - Ghana 1-3
Goals: M. El-Tahir pen 30 - Gyan 16, 60, Muntari 89
Red card: Boateng 27

Table I

Libya - DR Congo 0-0./.

According to (Vietnam+) - DT