Montenegro 0-0 Russia Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) [pictured]
Fan violence caused the match to be suspended, then eventually abandoned. In my opinion, the match could have been handled better.
1st Minute: Russian Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev gets hit in the head by an emergency flare thrown by the Montenegro supporters. Good work by Aytekin to suspend play. However, I do not understand why the match was resumed. I won't blame Aytekin since I don't know for sure if it was his decision, but I think that choice, whoever made it, was daft at best.
66th Minute: Montenegro's Murko Vucinic appears to get both Aleksandr Kokorin with a challenge, so I agree with the penalty decision by Aytekin. After Montenegro save the penalty, a russian player is pelted with missiles as he takes an ensuing throw in. Good call by Aytekin to finally stop the match, though I still think this could have been awarded if the match had been abandoned after the first minute flare incident.
Moldova 0-2 Sweden Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Bebek had a tough game, and I thought he was very strong.
83rd Minute: Bebek awards Sweden a penalty after Vadim Bolohan extends his arm in to push Emil Forsberg in the box. No doubt about the call from Bebek, who showed good poise in the decision.
England 4-0 Lithuania Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Very easy game for Královec in London. Nothing important enough to take a closer look at.
Slovenia 6-0 San Marino Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Always helps when the game you are charge of is 6-0. Not much here either.
Liechtenstein 0-5 Austria Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Zwayer had a much easier game than his fellow German Aytekin. No controversy.
Macedonia 1-2 Belarus Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Good game by Taylor, who did well to not call Belarus' second goal in the goalies possession when it was kicked.
Spain 1-0 Ukraine Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Çakır, one of Europe's top referees, was excellent again, seeing no controversy (notice a trend?).
Slovakia 3-0 Luxembourg Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
In what may be the last match for the retiring Studer, there was little controversy.
Switzerland 3-0 Estonia Referee: Danny Makkeile (Netherlands)
Makkeile put forth a strong effort throughout the match, and the only tough decision was to correctly disallow a goal for offsides.
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