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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 11 SEPTEMBER 2019 23 SPORTS FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Cloudy with showers Visibility Good becoming moderate in showers Wind East force 4 to 5 becoming Northeast. Overnight veering East Northeast Sea Slight to moderate becoming moderate TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 1. Official sitting (7) 5. Saloon (3,4) 9. Tool for chipping ice (7) 10. Many times (5) 11. Living in a city (5) 12. Russian secret police (3) 13. With ease (6) 14. Complete (6) 15. Strike lightly (3) 17. Six (4-5) 21. Used for resting (3) 23. Make possible (6) 24. Russian sleigh (6) 27. Extinct flightless bird (3) 28. Son of Abraham (5) 29. Inanimate object (5) 30. Exterior (7) 31. Knitted jacket (7) 32. Burst violently (7) Down 1. Holdup (5-2) 2. Fruit-flavoured sweet powder (7) 3. Foolish persons (6) 4. Capital of Tonga (9) 5. Sphere (5) 6. Midday (8) 7. Meantime (7) 8. Very long (7) 16. Eighty (9) 18. Yes (3,5) 19. Governing bodies (7) 20. Prisoner (7) 21. Baby (7) 22. Expert marksman (4-3) 25. Part of the foot (6) 26. Coming after (5) SHOWERS UV: 8 MAINLY CLOUDY UV: 7 28 0 / 23 0 29 0 / 21 0 ITALY edged closer to qualifying for Euro 2020 as a Jorginho penalty secured victory against Group J ri- vals Finland. Chelsea midfielder Jorgin- ho converted the winner after Nico lo Barella's shot struck Sauli Vaisanen's hand. In-form Norwich striker Teemu Pukki had brought Finland level by scoring from the spot - his seventh goal in six games in all com- petitions this season. Italy, who took the lead through Ciro Immobile's header, are nine points clear of third-placed Arme- nia. They need four points from their remaining four games to guarantee a spot at Euro 2020, with games against Greece and Li- chtenstein to come in Oc- tober. Immobile celebrated his opener - a well-taken head- er from Federico Chiesa's cross - with an outpouring of emotion, having gone 10 international appearances without a goal since finding the net in a 1-0 win over Is- rael in September 2017. The main negative for Italy was the early with- drawal of left-back Emer- son through injury and he could be a doubt for Chel- sea's Premier League trip to Wolves on Saturday. Finland remain second in Group J, three points above Armenia, and are in a strong position to secure their first-ever qualification for a major tournament, with the top two from each group going through to next summer's tournament. And in Pukki, who won his penalty after being fouled by Stefano Sensi, they have one of Europe's most prolif- ic strikers on current form, with goals in four consecu- tive internationals and five from their six qualifiers so far. Italy near Euros after Jorginho winner FEELS LIKE 29 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 Ciro Immobile's first international goal in two years put Italy ahead