Joshua Kimmich and Serge Gnabry score in Germany win over Luxembourg

Captain Joshua Kimmich scored twice as Germany beat Luxemburg 4-0 in Sinsheim on Friday night. David Raum had opened the scoring before Kimmich added a second and also the fourth either side of Serge Gnabry’s strike. The visitors had to play with 10 men for over 70 minutes after Dirk Carlson was sent off for handling in the box, allowing Kimmich to score his first from the penalty spot.

Five Bayern players start

As well as Kimmich and Gnabry, Julian Nagelsmann also fielded Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Pavlović and Leon Goretzka from the start. Raum’s early free-kick set Germany on their way before Carlson’s dismissal after review for preventing a Gnabry shot inside the area with his arm. Captain Kimmich stepped up to convert into the bottom right corner with 21 minutes gone.

Germany continued to dominate proceedings with their man advantage and got a third straight after half-time when Gnabry raced onto a pass and picked out the left corner. Kimmich wrapped things up only two minutes later when he pounced at a corner after the visitors failed to clear their lines. The win takes Germany to six points from three games in Group A, level at the top with Slovakia and Northern Ireland. Nagelsmann’s side visit the latter in Belfast for their next game on Monday.

Olise & Upamecano victorious over Azerbaijan

Bayern’s French duo of Michael Olise and Dayot Upamecano also did their job on Friday night with a 3-0 win over Azerbaijan. Both started in Paris as goals from Kylian Mbappé, Adrien Rabiot and Florian Thauvin made it nine points from three games for Les Bleus in Group D of World Cup qualifying. France next go to Iceland on Monday.

Jackson from the spot

Nicolas Jackson scored a penalty as Senegal remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying thanks to a 5-0 win in South Sudan. The Bayern forward got his country’s fourth of the game after ex-Munich man Sadio Mané had scored the third. Ismaila Sarr got two and Cherif Ndiaye another against Group B’s bottom side. The result keeps the Lions of Teranga top of the section, which would mean an automatic place at next summer’s tournament, with one game left to play at home to Mauritania on Tuesday.

Defeats for Kim and Bischof

Minjae Kim’s South Korea are already assured of a place in Canada, Mexico and the USA. They played Brazil in a friendly on Friday, with the Bayern defending playing an hour in the 5-0 defeat in Seoul.

Tom Bischof captained Germany’s U21s as they came from 2-0 down to level against Greece in Jena before conceding again in the final minutes to be beaten in Euro qualifying. The result leaves Germany in third place in Group F after two games played. They next go to Belfast to face Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

Konrad Laimer scored in a record-breaking Austria win on Thursday: