"It's not nice when professionals criticise you. In Group D, Ireland's McClean criticised the Danish players' criticism of his team's playing style after a draw which left the visitors in pole position. Sweden beat Malta 3-0 to retain second spot. The Spaniards made sure of the three points and remained unbeaten at the top of Group F with defender Jose Gaya's first international goal with 14 minutes to play.
Klaemint Olsen headed in from a corner after half an hour but the 102nd ranked side in the world's hopes of a surprise comeback were diminished four minutes later by a Teitur Gestsson own goal. Spain captain Sergio Ramos opened the scoring after six minutes before Jesus Navas doubled the lead just before the 20-minute mark. We wanted to prove a point," McClean said. "Their players weren't complimentary towards us in the build-up to the game. Republic of Ireland's James McClean said pre-match criticism of his team-mates by Denmark players served as motivation as they claimed a 1-1 draw in Copenhagen. Portugal won UEFA Euro 2016 at the end of an unlikely journey in France, and they will hope to adapt to playing without Ronaldo, who will be 35 by the time Euro 2020 starts next June.Three-time former champions Spain strolled past the Faroe Islands 4-1 and Ukraine hammered struggling Serbia 5-0 in Friday's Euro 2020 qualifying fixtures. Serbia have been a lot more productive in front of goal recently and have only failed to net in one of their past seven games. The Navigators have drawn their past three matches and scored only once in those 270 minutes. The Juve talisman was absent from Portugal's previous six matches and endured a rusty return to the lineup, as Sky Sports highlighted: Ronaldo's return to the Portugal lineup wasn't enough to prevent Santos' side coming up with the three points at home to Ukraine on Friday, as Andriy Shevchenko's visitors were able to clinch an unlikely draw. Live Stream: Sky Go (UK), Univision Deportes en Vivo (U.S.)
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