{"id":65496,"date":"2014-11-16T13:22:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65496"},"modified":"2014-11-16T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T13:22:58","slug":"isco-scores-stunner-spain-beat-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=65496","title":{"rendered":"Isco scores stunner as Spain beat Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Isco scored a sublime goal as Spain stayed three points behind leaders Slovakia in Group C of Euro 2016 qualifying with victory over Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid midfielder opened the scoring when he curled the ball home from 18 yards in the 18th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s Sergio Busquets drove in the second from outside the area almost straight from the restart.<\/p>\n<p>And club-mate Pedro completed the scoring when he smashed a shot high into the net from inside the box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slovakia <\/strong>maintained their 100% qualifying record with a 2-0 win in\u00a0<strong>Macedonia <\/strong>thanks to goals from Juraj Kucka and Adam Nemec.<\/p>\n<p>In the day&#8217;s other Group C game, Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko scored a hat-trick as <strong>Ukraine, <\/strong>who are level on points with Spain, won 3-0 at bottom side <strong>Luxembourg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <strong>Austria <\/strong>are four points clear at the top of Group G after 1860 Munich striker Rubin Okotie gave them a 1-0 win over <strong>Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweden <\/strong>climbed above Russia into second after a 1-1 draw in\u00a0<strong>Montenegro. <\/strong>Paris St-Germain forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic poked in the opener for the Swedes before Manchester City midfielder Stevan Jovetic equalised from the spot 10 minutes from time.<\/p>\n<p>England have a commanding six-point lead in Group E following a 3-1 win over Slovenia, but the battle is on for second spot after <strong>Switzerland<\/strong>beat <strong>Lithuania <\/strong>4-0.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice as the Swiss joined their opponents and Slovenia on six points.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79054000\/jpg\/_79054815_zlatanibrahimovic.jpg\" alt=\"Zlatan Ibrahimovic\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Zlatan Ibrahimovic (centre) scored his first of the qualifying campaign<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79054000\/jpg\/_79054817_xherdanshaqiri.jpg\" alt=\"Xherdan Shaqiri\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Xherdan Shaqiri scored three goals for Switzerland at the 2014 World Cup<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isco scored a sublime goal as Spain stayed three points behind leaders Slovakia in Group C of Euro 2016 qualifying with victory over Belarus. 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