Croatia vs Greece 2017 (Croatia-Greece 2017)
Final score and result:- Croatia vs Greece 4-1 (Kalinic, Modric, Perisic, Kramaric/Papastathopoulos)
Makismir Stadium, Zagreb- 9 November, 2017
Croatia have one foot at next summer’s World Cup after a 4-1 win over Greece in the first leg of their playoff tie
Northern Ireland vs Switzerland 2017 (NI-Switzerland 2017)
Final score and result:- Northern Ireland vs Switzerland 0-1 (Rodriguez)
Windsor Park, Belfast- WC 2018- Playoff First Leg
A controversial second half penalty, converted by Ricardo Rodriguez gives Switzerland the edge in their World Cup playoff against Northern Ireland
Italy will play their first World Cup playoff tie in nearly two decades when they make the trip to Stockholm to take on Sweden on Friday night.
The Italians have never missed a World Cup after failing to make it to the 1958 edition of the tournament (hosted by Sweden), and under-fire coach Gianpiero Ventura would want to avoid the ignominy of being the manager that failed to take the Azzurri to the World Cup, especially after they had such a stellar Euro 2016 under Antonio Conte.