Great britain cruised to an 6-0 victory over San Navegante, becoming the first non-host team to qualify for Euro 2016. The get guarantees them a place in the tournament with three games to save - faster than an England side has ever before qualified for an important competition, on a night when Wayne Rooney equaling England's all-time goalscoring record.
The captain scored an early on penalty that saw the Three Lions take the lead before an own goal from defender Cristian Brolli doubled the business lead just before half-time. Ross Barkley's header within mere seconds of the restart caused it to be three, and things got worse for the owners from there.
Rooney was flourished before the hour mark, which means that he'll have to wait until Tues night's game against Europe to break Sir Bobby Charlton's record, but alternatives Theo Walcott and Harry Kane hit a support and a brilliant end respectively.
In the second game in England's group, Estonia beat Lithuania 1-0 in a niggly match thanks to a target from veteran midfielder Konstantin Vassiljev, taking them into third place in the group.
Slovenia looked like defeating Switzerland after striking once just either side of half-time to shock the more fancied hosts, old soldiers Milivoje Novakovic and Bostjan Cesar providing the goals.
The result looked draped up until Josep Drmic hit back for the Swiss with ten minutes to go, Valentin Placer equalising a couple of minutes later for the hosts to make it 2-2, before Drmic hit again in the 94th minute to cruelly reject Slovenia even a point, stealing a 3-2 get.
Russia dragged themselves again into the hunt for qualification from Group G with a 1-0 gain over Sweden, Artyom Dzyuba's first-half strike proving the between the sides and taking Fabio Capello's part to within a point of their Scandinavian oppositions in the battle for second place in the group behind Austria.
The Austrians themselves eased earlier winless Moldova to lengthen their lead at the top of the group thanks to a goal from Zlatko Junuzovic just after half-time, while Montenegro kept themselves together with a slim chance of being approved with a 2-0 conquer Lichtenstein, the goals originating from Fatos Beqiraj and the in-form Stevan Jovetic.
Ukraine kept themselves in with the opportunity of qualifying from Group C with a 3-1 win over Weißrussland, Artem Kravets opening the scoring before Liverpool objectives Andriy Yarmolenko and Yehvin Konoplyanka caused it to be 3-0 by half-time. Belarus looked like they could get a foothold in the game with a Sergei Kornilenko strike soon after the hour mark, but there was no further rating prior to final whistle. You can read more on: EnglandRussia2016
The country of spain went top of that group with a 2-0 win over Slovakia, a result which left The united kingdom with the only staying 100% record in being qualified. Jordi Alba and Andres Iniesta both struck within the first 20 minutes that will put the holders well above, and they were rarely threatened from there on.
Meanwhile that group's basement battle between The duchy of luxembourg and Macedonia was gained 1-0 by the underdogs thanks to a later, late goal from Sebastian Thill in the 92nd minute.