A round up of the first half of the European 2018 World Cup qualifiers including a horrific draw for Poland away to Kazakhstan; the favourites Germany off to a flyer against Norway, and much more.

Poland has started the 2018 World Cup campaign in miserable fashion with a 2-2 draw away to Kazakhstan. The country that was made famous by Borat’s rubber fist fought back from a 2-0 deficit after Bartosz Kapustka, and Robert Lewandowski had all but secured victory for the Poles in the first half.

“This was a bucket of cold water, but one which will come in handy,” said the Polish head coach Adam Nawalka after two late goals from Kazakhstan spoiled his night.

Current World Cup favourites and holders Germany started well with a comfortable away win against Norway. Thomas Muller couldn’t find the net during the Euro 2018 Finals, but the Bayern Munich star bagged a brace in a comfortable 3-0 win for the four-time world champions. Joshua Kimmich popped up to score his first goal for his country in between those two blasts from Muller.