The European qualifier for the 2022 World Cup saw a goals festival in which Belgium crushed Russia's 8-0 white guest and the Netherlands swept Gibraltar out of the house with a clean seven.

The second-row lineup of Belgium used a rare opportunity to play in the primary, impressing coach Roberto Martinez and crushing White Russia.

With this victory, Belgium raised their tally to 7 points from their first three Group V matches, while White Russia made their debut after starting the playoffs with a 4-2 win over Estonia early in the week.

The Czech Republic is in second place by four points following the 0-1 loss to Wales, which is equal in points to White Russia.

In another match, the Netherlands scored 6 goals in one inning to sweep Gibraltar by a score of 7-0.

In doing so, the Netherlands advanced to second place in the seventh group with 6 points from 3 games, one point behind a leading Turkey that had suddenly equalled 3-3 with its Latvian guest.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened his goalscoring career in the current World Cup qualifier, when Portugal slipped their delay to Luxembourg home to a 3-1 result.

With this victory, Portugal led the first group by 7 points from 3 matches with Serbia, while Luxembourg took third place with three points.