The road to Russia: Germany, England and Serbia are approaching ... and a festering conflict on five cards

The European qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, the decisive stage in the next six days, will enter the final two rounds which will determine the identity of eight qualifying teams, alongside Belgium, which secured their qualification.

On the other hand, the qualification of eight other teams, when the best eight teams are in second place in the nine groups, is delayed by the end of November.

The European continent has 13 seats in the finals, unlike Russia's host.

Germany need a point

Germany lead Group C by 24 points, five points ahead of Northern Ireland before Thursday's match in Belfast.

Manchavt need a draw point to qualify for the finals.

If the Northern Ireland surprise surprise tomorrow and beat their German counterpart, the chances of the Germans will continue to qualify by winning their last match against Azerbaijan in the city of Kaiserslautern on Sunday.

In Group F, England will need to beat their Slovenian hosts tomorrow to qualify away from complicated calculations.

England and away from complex calculations

England lead the group with 20 points, five points ahead of Slovakia, while Slovenia and Scotland are third and fourth respectively with 14 points each.

If England lose tomorrow's game, they will have a chance to qualify for the last round of qualifiers on Sunday in Lithuania.

Injuries and Pique crisis threaten El Matador

The conflict is still burning on the spot from the Group G, although Spain have tightened their lead at 22 points, three points ahead of Italy.

Spain coach Julien Lopegeti was put to a real nightmare before the match against Albania on Friday.

The coach lost three players: Dani Carvajal, Andres Iniesta and Alvaro Murata, and his defender Gerard Pique shed tears of sorrow over the events in Catalonia a few days ago.

Pique appeared flabbergasted when he was asked about the harsh handling of police by citizens during a controversial referendum on the secession of Catalonia from Spain.

"I think I can continue to play for Spain, because I think many people in this country are totally opposed to the scenes we have seen," said Pique, who is studying his future with Spain.

But the team's first game on Monday saw a sign reading "Take out Pique" and he heard humiliating cheers from the crowd as soon as the player touched the ball, as the crowd chanted "Your country was Spain".

El Matador need to beat Albania, and Italy's Azzurri failed to beat Macedonia on Friday in Turin to book their place in the finals regardless of the results of the last round of qualifying.

In addition to the three points difference, El Matador has a huge advantage over Azuris.

The Azzurri suffer from a numerical deficit in midfielders, and will miss Macedonia's striker Andrea Bellotti after coach Gambiero Ventura learned on Monday evening that the player will be out for a month because of injury.

"We have two important matches, and then the breakout we know we have to deal with," said Ventura.

3 points separating Serbia from qualification

The Serbian team will be able to reserve their place tomorrow if they beat Austria in Group D with 18 points, 14 points for Wales, 13 points for Ireland and nine points for Austria.

The struggle between the Wales and Ireland teams continues in second place in the group to qualify for the supplement.

The Welsh team will be a guest of Georgia while Ireland will host Moldova on Friday.

A French-Swedish conflict is burning

In the first set, the conflict between France (17 points), Sweden (16 points), the Netherlands (13 points) and Bulgaria (12 points).

The French will appear to be the strongest candidate for the direct berth. They will host Bulgaria on Saturday and then host Belarus on Tuesday.

Sweden, Luxembourg and the Netherlands will take over as a guest of Belarus on Saturday.

The final round on Tuesday is likely to be a crucial match between the Netherlands and Sweden in Amsterdam.

The Swiss lead the group by 24 points, only 3 points ahead of Portugal, the conflict was limited between the two teams on the direct qualification card, as well as second place.

Switzerland, Hungary, while Portugal are a guest on Andorra on Saturday, ahead of their crucial clash in Lisbon on Tuesday.

Poland puts forward in Russia

In the fifth group, the Polish team can qualify for the finals if they beat their hosts and the Danish team failed to win at the Montenegrin (Montenegro) on Thursday.

The Polish team leads the group by 19 points, compared with 16 points, for both Montenegro and Denmark.

A fierce quadripartite conflict

Croatia and Iceland are in Group Nine with 16 points each, two points ahead of Turkey and Ukraine, leaving the door wide open for the four teams to compete for the direct qualification.

Croatia, Finland and Turkey, host Iceland, while Ukraine is a guest on Kosovo on Friday.

In the last round of group matches, Iceland will meet Kosovo, Ukraine with Croatia and Finland with Turkey.