European Qualifying round-up: Belgium and Italy qualify

Image: Eden Hazard celebrates with his Belgium team-mates after defeating Andorra to qualify for the European Championships.

Eden Hazard scored one penalty and missed another as Belgium secured their place at next summer's European Championships with a 4-1 win in Andorra.

The Chelsea forward was on target alongside Radja Nainggolan, Kevin De Bruyne and Laurent Depoitre but, despite scoring from the spot after 56 minutes, he had another effort from 12 yards saved by goalkeeper Ferran Pol later on.

Ildefons Lima made no mistake from the spot for the hosts, however, scoring his third penalty of the campaign after Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen was adjudged to have fouled Victor Moreira in the box.

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne scored a well-struck free-kick in Belgium's 4-1 win against Andorra.

The win means Belgium top Group B going into the final round of matches but will be joined in France next summer by Wales, who advanced despite losing 2-0 in Bosnia.

They progressed after Cyprus goals from Dossa Júnior and Newham born Jason Demetriou sealed a 2-1 win away at Israel, with Celtic's Nir Bitton getting one back for the home side.

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Image: Hakan Calhanoglu makes it 2-0 for Turkey against the Czech Republic.

In Group A Turkey tightened their grip on the play-off spot thanks to a 2-0 win away in the Czech Republic. Goals from Selcuk Inan and Hakan Calhanoglu gave the visitors the three points.

It means they leapfrog the Netherlands back into third spot, despite the Dutch winning 2-1 earlier in Kazakhstan thanks to goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder.

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Celtic midfielder scored a spectacular goal from range to bring Israel level against Cyprus.

Group leaders Iceland blew a two-goal lead as Latvia came back to secure a 2-2 draw with Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson on the scoresheet for the hosts.

Holland must beat the already-qualified Czech Republic on Tuesday in Amsterdam and hope Iceland beat Turkey away if they are to secure a play-off spot.

Image: Matteo Darmian celebrates after scoring for Italy as they secured their spot at the European Championships.

In Group H Italy booked a place at the finals with a 3-1 win in Azerbaijan, thanks to goals from Eder, Stephan El Shaarawy and Manchester United's Matteo Darmian.

Croatia thrashed Bulgaria 3-0 in their qualifier, which was played behind closed doors at the Maksimir stadium, to remain in the hunt for the second automatic qualifying spot.

Image: Croatia's midfielder Ivan Rakitic was on target as they beat Bulgaria 3-0.

Goals from Ivan Perisic, Ivan Rakitic and Nikola Kalinic means the Croatians have secured at least a play-off spot and are two points behind Norway, who beat Malta 2-0 earlier in the evening.

Croatia visit Malta in their final qualifier while Norway travel to Italy on Tuesday.

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