Turkey beat Moldova 4-0 in EURO 2020 qualifiers

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's national football team beat Moldova on Monday in the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifiers round.

The 4-0 victory came at home in Eskisehir in the second group matches.

Turkey's Hasan Ali Kaldirim gave the guest team an early lead scoring the opening goal in the 24th minute. Just two minutes later, Cenk Tosun scored an insurance goal sealing the first half.

In the second half, Tosun scored another goal in the 54th minute.

Kaan Ayhan scored in the 70th minute as he headed firmly past goalkeeper Koselev.

Turkey's Burak Yilmaz also missed a penalty shot in the 53rd minute.

Turkey is in Group H with France, Iceland, Albania, Moldova and Andorra.

In Friday's first match, Turkey defeated Albania 2-0.

Tonight, France will face Iceland, while Albania will play against Andorra in other Group H matches.

The matches kicked off last Thursday.

The winners and runners-up from 10 groups each will automatically qualify for the UEFA EURO 2020 finals.

The EURO 2020 qualifiers will determine 20 teams, while four others will qualify from the UEFA Nations League playoffs in March 2020.

Prior to Monday's match, the Turkish team raised placards saying "Hello Brother", the final words of a victim of New Zealand's terror attacks.

At least 50 Muslims were killed and as many injured on March 15 when a terrorist entered the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch and shot worshippers in cold blood, including four children younger than 18.