The new night of World Cup qualifiers brought another sensational result - Kosovo "conquered" Gothenburg and, with a victory over Sweden (1:0), took a huge step towards one of the top two places in the group.
The hero of this team was Fisnik Aslani, who shocked the "Ulevi" stadium and the home team's stars like Aleksander Isak, Viktor Djekeres, Lukas Bergvall... in the 32nd minute.
Kosovo, ahead of two decisive matches in November, holds second place in the standings with seven points, three less than leaders Switzerland and four more than Slovenia, six behind the biggest disappointment of the qualifiers, Sweden.
Frank Foda's team will face Slovenia away and Switzerland at home until the end.
Unlike the Kosovo players, their neighbors from North Macedonia spoiled everything that was good so far - Blogoj Milevski's men, after a big point against Belgium away from home, failed to beat Kazakhstan (1:1) in Skopje.
Before the decisive matches in Group J, Belgium is in first place with 14 points from six matches, the Macedonians have 13 with a game more, and Wales (who have also played six matches) have 10.
When it comes to Group A, it is increasingly certain that Germany and Slovakia will decide in the final round who will travel directly to the 2026 World Cup and who will go to the play-offs.
Both teams have nine points each, and they achieved new victories tonight - Germany, with a lot of difficulty, defeated Northern Ireland away (1:0) with a goal from Niko Voltemade, while the Slovaks were better than Luxembourg (2:0).
The best match of the evening was played between Iceland and France, and after 90 minutes of fighting in Reykjavik it was 2:2. The home team took the lead with a goal from Viktor Palsson, the "tricolors" turned the tables through Christopher Nkunku and Jean-Philippe Mateta, and the final score was set by Christian Hlinsson.
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