Croatia responded to Russia, which defeated Cyprus 6:0 today, with a week in Malta and did what it had to before the last round of World Cup qualifiers.
"Vatreni" celebrated 7:1, reduced the deficit compared to "Zbornaj" to two points and on Sunday at the sold-out Poljud they know what they have to do - victory takes them directly to Qatar, any other outcome means going to the playoffs for the World Cup.
Perišić, Ćaleta-Car, Pašalić and Modrić until halftime (along with Brozović's own goal), then Majer twice and Kramarić scored for Zlatko Dalić's team.
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Portugal drew in Dublin with the Republic of Ireland (0:0), but they are still wondering in the group in which they are threatened by Serbia.
The Portuguese and the "eagles" meet on Sunday in Lisbon and before that duel they have the same number of points.
Serbia must triumph if they want to go to the World Cup, because before the last round they have a lower goal difference than Fernando Santos' team.
Portugal looked for a triumph through Ronaldo, but suffered at the end, because they had to defend with one less player due to the exclusion of Pepe.
Romania and Iceland played without goals in Bucharest and it is an outcome that pleased North Macedonia.
Today, the Macedonians outclassed Armenia in Yerevan 5:0 and are in second place with a point more than the Romanians - they will qualify for the World Cup play-off if they are better than Iceland in the next round in Skopje.
In the last round, the Romanians visit Liechtenstein, who lost 9:0 tonight in Germany.
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