Spain wins 1-0 against Greece, where the 'Spyros Louis' of Athens remains practically deserted and overtakes Sweden, defeated in Georgia, leading group B of the European qualifiers of the next World Cup.
To decide the match is a penalty converted in the first half by Sarabia, for the rest the 'Roja' is limited to controlling the game making, with profit, a lot of ball possession.
Now the Spaniards, who have 16 points against the Swedes' 15, can manage the situation and a draw will be enough for them in the direct match on Sunday evening in Seville to get the ticket for Qatar, while Ibra and associates will go to the play-offs.
The overtaking, however, fails to Portugal of CR7, who makes 0-0 in Dublin against Ireland, and is now tied first with Serbia in group A. Here too the first place, and therefore the qualification for the Qatar will be decided between the challenge between the direct interested parties, on Sunday in an 'Estadio da Luz' which is announced in full in every order of seats.
Today's matches establish that even in group H it will be a sprint to two on the last day to understand who will go to Qatar and who will go to the play-offs. In fact, Russia and Croatia win easy (6-0 and 7-1) respectively against Cyprus and Malta and will be played on Sunday in Split. The Russians, who are +2 over their rivals, will also be fine with the draw.
Speaking of 'avalanches' of networks, Germany scores 9 in the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg against the unfortunate Liechtenstein.
Sané and Muller the main protagonists, with a brace each.
In this group, Captain Mkhitaryan's Armenia is collapsing, which at one point was in command, to the general surprise, and now risks not even finishing second, given the 'manita' taken in the face today by Macedonia and the next match against the Germans.
As for the Macedonians, Romania's goalless home draw against Iceland also works to their advantage.
Here (group J) Germany has already qualified and the matches of the 14th will be used to determine who finishes second.
