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GENEVA -- The fastest goal in World Cup history capped a night of 6-0 routs and the Netherlands further fall in European qualifying on Monday.Seven seconds ticked by when Belgium forward Christian Bentekes shot finished his surging run through the Gibraltar defense which kicked off but coughed up the ball.Benteke beat the 8.3 seconds that FIFA timed Davide Gaultieri taking to score for San Marino against England in 1993 and set the tone for the visiting Belgians 6-0 win.Portugal also won 6-0 but needed only a single, excellent goal from Cristiano Ronaldo to dominate the Faeroe Islands.Instead, 20-year-old Andre Silva stepped up with a first-half hat-trick in just his fourth international match -- perhaps finally pairing Ronaldo with a true penalty-area predator for the freshly crowned European champion.Dutch decline has been steep since it followed runner-up and third-place finishes at the last two World Cups with failure to qualify for an expanded Euro 2016.A 1-0 loss at home to France was the latest setback, sealed by Paul Pogbas powerful shot from 30 meters (yards) in the first half.Belgium and France top their groups, though Portugal trails Switzerland which won its third straight qualifier, 2-1 at lowly Andorra.Only the nine European group winners advance directly to play in Russia and four runners-up will qualify through a playoff round.Here is what happened on Monday:----GROUP AFrance lived up to its billing as favorite in the group thanks to Pogbas goal and a late save by Hugo Lloris.Sweden continued to show it can play without retired superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic, going level with France on seven points by beating Bulgaria 3-0.The Dutch have four points and, despite drawing 1-1 in Sweden last month, are already playing catch up.While Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg looked like he could have kept out Pogbas goal, his second-half saves kept his team in the game.Maarten knows that he would usually save that (Pogba shot) with one hand in training, Netherlands coach Danny Blind said.Injured Dutch stars Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben did not start and Quincy Promes limped off just 16 minutes in.France coach Didier Deschamps said Pogba was decisive ... not just because of his goal, but also by winning the ball in midfield and distributing well.Also, Belarus took the lead in the 80th and Luxembourg equalized five minutes later in a 1-1 draw.----GROUP BPortugals second 6-0 win inside four days was not enough to top the group but points to a bright future.Andre Silva, the Porto prospect, scored in the 12th, 22nd and 37th minutes before Ronaldo added a fourth midway through the second half in a comfortable visit to the North Atlantic. Goals from Joao Moutinho and Joao Cancelo in stoppage time completed the drubbing.Silva has replaced Eder, the Euro 2016 final scorer against France, and looks there to stay, now with four goals in four games to complement Ronaldos career tally of 66 for Portugal.Ronaldos goal Monday was a rising left-foot shot from the edge of the penalty area.Switzerland was less impressive in edging to a 2-1 win over Andorra which had not scored in World Cup qualifying since September 2009.It was worth waiting for, after Fabian Schaers 19th-minute penalty and Admir Mehmedis 77th-minute header put the visitors in control. Then Alex Martinez fired in a shot from distance in the 90th.Switzerland has nine points, three points clear of Portugal. Hungary is third, with four points, after winning 2-0 in Latvia.----GROUP HBelgium needed only a World Cup-record seven seconds to prove the gap between No. 2 in the FIFA rankings and Gibraltar, which is dead last.Two lazy backward passes into the game, Benteke stole the ball, cut through the defense and made history.Benteke scored two more, one a wonderful backheel, to lead Belgium to match its biggest away victory. The other scorers were Mertens, Eden Hazard and Axel Witsel against a team playing its first World Cup qualifying campaign after gaining FIFA membership in May.Belgium has a perfect nine points atop the group. Greece is the main challenger after it won 2-0 at Estonia to stay perfect through three matches. 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But a promising first drive into the red zone fizzled as defensive back Micah Hyde made a lunging interception of Griffins pass near the goal line.SAFETY FIRSTWith so much talk about protecting players, The Packers went for a different sort of safety: a pair of 2-pointers. Both came in the second half, on sacks of rookie Cody Kessler in the end zone. He was chased out of the end zone by Reggie Gilbert on the first one, and was sacked by Christian Ringo on the second.Not to be outdone too badly, the Browns also got a safety for the games first points. James Starks was tackled in the end zone by Tank Carder and Jamie Meder.GOOD FIELDCallahan, last years top college player in Division III, was denied an opportunity to start opposite the Colts Andrew Luck last week. On Friday, Callahan ran Green Bays offense the entire first half. He went 16 of 23 for 124 yards, throwing a 2-yard touchdown pass to running back John Crockett with 7 seconds left in the half to put the Packers ahead 10-5.MISSING BROWNSThe Browns played without two veteran starters on defense: cornerback Joe Haden and lineman John Hughes III.ddddddddddddPOSITION BATTLESBrowns: The injury issue going through the top of the depth chart at receiver gave a number of young roster hopefuls extended playing time. Pryor led the patchwork group with two catches for 57 yards.Packers: Undrafted rookie Peter Mortell, who grew up in Green Bay, had the better night in his punting competition with seventh-year incumbent Tim Masthay. They had three punts apiece in alternating fashion. Mortell averaged 44.0 yards with a long of 62, while Masthay averaged 39.7 yards (long of 43) with a net of just 25.0 yards.INJURY UPDATEBrowns: Fifth-year QB Austin Davis left the game with a concussion early in the second half. . An already depleted Cleveland receiving group lost first-year player Rannell Hall to an ankle injury in the third quarter after he had two catches for 27 yards.Packers: Third-year WR Jeff Janis was held out with a hand injury, adding to a notable list that included Matthews (ankle) and Cobb (calf). Nelson (knee) and C Corey Linsley (hamstring) remain on the physically unable to perform list.QUOTABLEBrowns: I just felt we hurt ourselves a little too much. Cant throw an interception. Ive got to protect the ball. Outside of that, I thought the execution was there, but theres definitely potential for more big plays out of us and we know that. -- Griffin on his debut with Cleveland.Packers: We had a good drive for the end of the first half, so I think things went well for my first preseason game. -- Callahan on his performance as the starting quarterback.ROOKIE WATCHBrowns: Linebacker Emmanuel Ogbah, a second-round draft pick, was credited with a game-high six tackles with two quarterback hits and a sack.Packers: Blake Martinez, a fourth-round pick, started at inside linebacker. On a blitz up the middle, Martinez pressured Griffin into throwing the ball to the ground to avoid a sack.QB COMPARISONBrowns: Josh McCown, in his 14th pro season, took over for Griffin and completed only one of four passes for 5 yards. Kessler, a third-round draft pick, replaced the injured Davis in the third quarter and completed both of his passes for 15 yards, but was sacked three times.Packers: Marquise Williams, an undrafted rookie, worked the second half. He went 6 of 14 for 55 yards with an interception.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '