World Cup qualifying round-up: Italy limp to playoff spot as Iceland put themselves in Group I box seat
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Italy secured a playoff spot as they laboured to a 1-1 draw against Macedonia in World Cup qualifying Group G.
Giorgio Chiellini put them ahead after 40 minutes, but Aleksandar Trajkovski struck 13 minutes from time to earn a point for Macedonia.
Elsewhere in Group G, Eitan Tibi's strike was enough for Israel to see off Liectenstein 1-0.
It was a dramatic night in Group I where Iceland put themselves in the box seat to qualify for the World Cup automatically.
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Goals from Berg Gudmundsson, Birkir Bjarnason and Kari Arnason give them a brilliant 3-0 win in Turkey, and Pyry Soiri's late equaliser for Finland in Croatia, who had earlier gone 1-0 up courtesy of Mario Mandzukic, means Iceland have a two-point buffer at the top of the group.
Ukraine are level on points with Croatia after Andriy Yarmolenko struck following Leart Paqarada's own goal to give them a 2-0 win in Kosovo.
In Group D, Serbia must win their final match against Georgia to guarantee top spot after losing 3-2 in Austria.
Luka Milivojevic and Nemanja Matic were on target for the Serbs but goals from Guido Burgstaller, Marko Arnautovic and Louis Schaub were enough to give Austria the points.
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Friday's World Cup qualifying results
Group D
Georgia 0-1 Wales
Austria 3-2 Serbia
Republic of Ireland 2-0 Moldova
Group G
Italy 1-1 Macedonia
Liechtenstein 0-1 Israel
Spain 3-0 Albania
Group I
Croatia 1-1 Finland
Kosovo 0-2 Ukraine
Turkey 0-3 Iceland