Gibraltar make history with win over Liechtenstein as Slovenia's draw with Cyprus ends in disgrace as three players are shown red cards

  • Gibraltar made history on Tuesday night when they beat Liechtenstein 2-1  
  • Before Tuesday, the hosts had never scored twice in the same game 
  • Meanwhile, things got heated in the game between Slovenia and Cyprus  

Gibraltar have given themselves a small chance of promotion from Group D4 after making history when they beat Liechtenstein 2-1.

Gibraltar went behind when Dennis Salanovic scored in the 15th minute. But Gibraltar, who have now won more games than Germany have in the last year [two], fought back. 

George Cabrera converted Lee Casciaro's cross before Joseph Chipolina took the lead for the unlikely third-placed side.  It was the first time the hosts had scored twice in the same game.

Gibraltar's Joseph Chipolina is lifted high into the air after he scored his side's winner

Gibraltar's Joseph Chipolina is lifted high into the air after he scored his side's winner

It was a feisty 1-1 draw in Slovenia as they took on Cyprus in Group C3 as three players were sent off.


Fotis Papoulis scored first for Cyprus but the positivity ended when Grigoris Kastanos picked up a second yellow card for pulling the shirt of Jure Balkovec.

Slovenia were level when Nejc Skubic scored from Miha Zajc's ball into the box. Slovenia would also go down to 10 men when Josip Ilicic was carded for the second time. 

Danish referee Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen shows the red card to Grigoris Kastanos

Danish referee Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen shows the red card to Grigoris Kastanos

The worst foul of the lot came in stoppage time when Cyprus captain Jason Demetriou lunged into a tackle with Domen Crnigoj. Demetriou was shown a straight red.

Elsewhere in Group C3, Norway moved into top spot after beating Bulgaria 1-0 in Oslo.

Mohamed Elyounoussi met Josh King's ball into the box and sent it home. King could have made it two but he messed up after Sigurd Rosted had played him in.

Ukraine sealed promotion to League A after a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic in Kharkiv.

Andriy Shevchenko's side can't be toppled in Group B1 after they made it three wins from three games. 

Andriy Shevchenko's Ukraine sealed promotion to League A after beating the Czech Republic

Andriy Shevchenko's Ukraine sealed promotion to League A after beating the Czech Republic

Ruslan Malinovskiy's volley, which was a rocket, proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Georgia sealed promotion from Group D1 with two games left. They beat Latvia 3-0 with Giorgi Chakvetadze, Valerian Gvilia and Jaba Kankava all scoring.

In the earliest game of the day, Kazakhstan beat Andorra 4-0 with the visitors having going down to 10 men, while two hours later, Armenia took apart Macedonia 4-0. Macedonia were also reduced to 10 men.