The Spanish team has gotten into a big mess.
After being defeated in Sweden, the 'Red' loses the first position and does not depend on itself
.
The Swedes, with the victory, stand with 9 points with a game less than Spain, which remains with 7, since they also played at home against Greece (1-1).
Therefore,
Sweden would be the first even losing in Spain, if it manages to complete the rest of the games, and would go to the World Cup
.
Spain, in case of finishing second, would be obliged to play a play-off to go to Qatar 2022 and not be left out, which would be a historic hit.
Two very tough qualifiers
The format of access to the World Cup for the second is through the dispute of a repechage.
In this phase of play-offs, Spain would have to play two heats
.
This play-off would be played by the 10 second-ranked teams plus two other unranked teams that would be chosen by the Nations League ranking.
These twelve teams would be grouped into two knockout rounds.
Both rounds would be played as a single match
. Therefore, the only three teams that would qualify for Qatar 2022 would have to win two games.
The first would be played from March 24 to 25, 2022, and the hosts would be the six teams with the best performance in the group stage
. The six winners of that tie would play their presence in the World Cup a few days later, from March 28 to 29.
On this occasion, the host team would be chosen by lottery
. Right now, the teams ranked second, in addition to Spain, would be
the Netherlands, Germany, Serbia, Ukraine, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland and Israel
.
