The road to Russia 2018 got underway this week in Europe with the Welsh bandwagon roaring on, while Kosovo celebrated their first goal on their international debut.
There was also plenty to cheer for Mahdi Ali’s UAE who beat the mighty Japan to spark dreams of qualifying for the World Cup.
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Here’s a round-up of some of the best tweets:
History!
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 5, 2016
Valon Berisha scores Kosovo's first competitive goal #WCQ pic.twitter.com/uFKzTN0H5e
Valon Berisha scores Kosovo's first ever goal in a competitive international to earn a draw. History made #mmlove pic.twitter.com/Ai3wToz7Sn
— Mario Melchiot (@MarioMelchiot) September 6, 2016
Big night for Valon Berisha. Scores Kosovo's first ever goal after switching from Norway. Brother Veton opted not to pic.twitter.com/FR9S3dcVCr
— Kristan Heneage (@KHeneage) September 5, 2016
National anthem of Kosovo. It has no words, so not to upset anyone pic.twitter.com/jOvh1Fu6Q1
— James Montague (@JamesPiotr) September 5, 2016
Massive step forward for England. After losing to Iceland we've now beaten a country with 15 times their population. We're back!
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) September 4, 2016
Got there in the end. Just.....
— Michael Carrick (@carras16) September 4, 2016
Deserved win I'd say for @England
Perfect start! Awesome from the lads.. We go again next month #togetherstronger 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WqukgxqDg3
— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) September 5, 2016
What a country we are. https://t.co/vALonv0hpj
— Chris Gunter (@Chrisgunter16) September 5, 2016
#معاً_نستطيع ومن جد نال،إلى الفوز نمضي بعزم الرجال، كل التوفيق لمنتخبنا في مباراته القادمة نتمنى دعم جماهيرنا الوفية pic.twitter.com/cS4kF3r4eo
— khalifa Saeed (@khalifaSaeed1) September 5, 2016
What a start to the @FIFAWorldCup qualifiers campaign! Well done my team. Thank you to all the @FAWales fans tonight fantastic support ❤️
— Joe Ledley (@joe16led) September 5, 2016
Buena victoria! Esto empieza bien 👌🏻🇪🇸😀 Good win! What a nice start! #WCQ #Rusia2018 pic.twitter.com/aNp6suREvA
— David De Gea (@D_DeGea) September 5, 2016
1st out of 10 - best way to start!👌🏼 #WCQ #NORGER pic.twitter.com/gFFOFwjRrh
— Mario Götze (@MarioGoetze) September 4, 2016
Congrats to big Murph & @JeffHendrick92 on their first goals for @FAIreland ☘ 🇮🇪
— DM (@DavidMeyler7) September 5, 2016
#معاً_نستطيع وشعب زايد لا يعترف بالمستحيل ونحن قدها مهما تصعب معاكم دوم يارجال الأبيض، والقادم أفضل بإذن الله.. pic.twitter.com/beeZOvUedu
— uaefa (@uaefa_ae) September 6, 2016
بكره الأبيض بأذن الله قدها عيال زايد 😍😴
وأن كان حلم الوصول محال ¤ على شعب زايد غير محال 😴#معاً_نستطيع@uaefa_ae pic.twitter.com/MZCWIcHeCL— احمد المري (@ahmed_jumaan15) September 5, 2016
على المعنويات أن تظلّ مرتفعة، ولا يحدها حد، فالطريق ما زال طويلاً والخسارة ليست خسارة طالما الفرص متاحة. pic.twitter.com/11qn47uUeX
— هزاع بن زايد (@HazzaBinZayed) September 7, 2016
🇯🇵 1-2 🇦🇪
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 1, 2016
Ahmed Khalil's pen means he has 13 goals in 710 minutes of #WCQ so far
1 goal every 55 mins 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/g1g0V0QAmH
TWEETLETS
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David Luiz is back. Which means I can play my "things in the garden that look like PL players" game again. pic.twitter.com/H9jMxwkNgm
— Caroline Short (@CarolineMShort) August 31, 2016
Once ennemies ... now best friends ? 🙈😋😂 @DavidLuiz_4 #WelcomeBack pic.twitter.com/RF3DETj6lL
— Michy Batshuayi (@mbatshuayi) August 31, 2016
Once friends... now ennemies ? Mdrrr @gknkoudou ta tete la attends un peu 😂😂😂 #NkoudouGood #MichyBetter 😂😆😂 pic.twitter.com/md7P3Ufx3r
— Michy Batshuayi (@mbatshuayi) August 31, 2016
Balotelli on a free is still paying over the odds by Nice.
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) August 31, 2016
Jamie Carragher, bad player, wonderful hater @Carra23 ,who cares. pic.twitter.com/onbY0WUgOc
— Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) September 3, 2016