AKIPRESS.COM - The Netherlands kept alive its hopes of qualifying for next year's European Championship by beating Kazakhstan 2-1 on Saturday.
Midfielders Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder scored in either half for the Netherlands to ensure the fight for third goes down to the final round of qualifiers on Tuesday.
Islambek Kuat scored a consolation goal with the last touch of the match, Tri-Cityherald reported.
Turkey went back into pole position to take third place in Group A and a playoff berth by beating the already-qualified Czech Republic 2-0. Already-qualified Iceland squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Latvia.