The Monday International Football Quiz

Questions

1. Who opened the scoring for Northern Ireland in their game against Belarus, Jonny Evans or Craig Cathcart?

2. Daniel James scored on his debut for Wales, after just five minutes. Only one player has scored a goal quicker goal for Wales – who? Ryan Giggs or Gareth Bale?

3. Harry Kane netted from the spot against the Czech Republic. How many consecutive penalties scored for club and country is that for the England hitman, 9 or 11?

4. Callum Hudson-Odoi broke the record by becoming the youngest player to win his first cap in a competitive game. Whose record did he break, Duncan Edwards or Wayne Rooney?

5. Scotland have faced San Marino seven times, and won all the games, without conceding. However, how many have they scored in total? 21 or 25 goals?

6. Jeff Hendrick’s strike against Gibraltar ended a run of 446 minutes without a goal for Ireland, but who got their last one, Aiden O'Brien or Conor Hourihane?

Only three players have made 100+ appearances for the Belgian National team:

Jan Vertonghen (112) Axel Witsel (101) Eden Hazard (100)

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7. Eden Hazard opened the scoring for Belgium in their match against Cyprus on the night he won his 100th cap. How many goals does he have for the Red Devils? 27 or 30?

8. Germany went two-up in the first half in their match against the Netherlands, but who got the opener, Leroy Sane or Serge Gnabry?

9. Sergio Ramos converted his penalty to give Spain a 2-1 victory over Norway, but how many international goals does the centre-back have? 18 or 28?

10. France beat Moldova 4-1, but how many of those goals did Oliver Giroud net, 1 or 3?

 

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Answers

1. Jonny Evans, with his third goal for Northern Ireland

2. Ryan Giggs, who scored after just three minutes against San Marino in 2007!

3. 11. He last missed against Liverpool back in Feb, 2018.

4. Duncan Edwards, who held the record since April 1955!

5. They lead 21-0 on aggregate!

6. Aiden O’Brien, who put the Republic 1-0 away in Poland in Sept, 2018.

7. That was the brilliant Belgian’s 30th International goal

8. It was Man City ace Sane (ex-Arsenal man Gnabry got the second in the 34th minute)

9. Amazingly, his Panenka was his 18th goal for Spain, leaving him in 12th sport in the list of all-time Spanish goal scorers!

10. Just the one: Griezmann, Varane, and Mbappe were the other scorers