Wout Weghorst winner all but ends Republic of Ireland's Euro 2024 hopes

The Republic of Ireland's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2024 were all but dashed by the Netherlands, whose goal from substitute Wout Weghorst secured a 2-1 victory in Dublin.

The hosts, who needed a win to move into Group B, took the lead in the fourth minute when Adam Idah scored from the penalty spot after Virgil van Dijk was penalized for handball.

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Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu brought down Denzel Dumfries as the Netherlands won their own penalty midway through the first half, with Cody Gakpo equalizing from 12 yards out.

Weghorst lifted his side one game less behind leaders France, when he scored from a Dumfries withdrawal after 56 minutes, leaving the Republic demanding a collapse of the Netherlands to progress .

Elsewhere in the group, Greece beat Gibraltar 5-0 in Athens to stay in contention for second place.

Dimitrios Pelkas opened the scoring after nine minutes before Konstantinos Mavropanos followed up mid-half with the first of two goals.

Giorgos Masouras scored after the break, before he and Mavropanos each grabbed another to seal the victory and put the hosts level with the Dutch on nine points, despite playing one more game .

Northern Ireland lost 1-0 in Kazakhstan, their fourth defeat by the same scoreline in five consecutive defeats, leaving their hopes of qualification all but extinguished.

Striker Maksim Samorodov drilled into the bottom corner from outside the box and past Bailey Peacock-Farrell after 32 minutes to keep the home side with a realistic chance of reaching their first major tournament.

They are one of four teams separated by a point at the top of Group H, with Denmark leading thanks to Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's 86th-minute goal to seal a 1-0 away win in Finland.

This meant the Danes briefly replaced their hosts at the top of the group, before being pushed back to second place on goal difference after Slovenia's 4-0 win at San Marino.

Zan Vipotnik, Jan Mlakar, Sandi Lovric and Zan Karnicnik scored the goals against the last of the group, who remain without points.

Poland's hopes of reaching the final were seriously damaged as they lost for the third time in five games in Group E, this time in a 2-0 defeat at Albania.< /p>

Jasir Asani and Mirlind Daku scored either side of half-time in Tirana to put Albania two points clear of the Czech Republic at the top of the group.

Moldova are behind the Czechs on goal difference after sustaining their surprise bid to reach the final with a 1-0 win at the Faroe Islands.

Vadim Rata scored early in the second half in Torshavn to take his side to eight points and leave the Faroes adrift with just one point on the board.

In Group G, Montenegro and Serbia kept the pressure on leaders Hungary in a three-way fight for qualification.

Montenegro needed a goal from Stevan Jovetic six minutes into injury time to claim a 2-1 victory over Bulgaria in Podgorica, despite playing more than 30 minutes with 10 players.

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Igor Vujacic was sent off just before the hour mark after Stefan Savic had put the hosts ahead just before half-time, but Preslav Borukov equalized in the 79th minute before Jovetic's dramatic late intervention .

Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a first-half hat-trick as Serbia won 3-1 in Lithuania, with Gytis Paulauskas' goal not enough to save the home side's faint qualification hopes .