Spain officially wins ticket, Scotland causes shock in World Cup Qualifiers

Before the match with Türkiye, Spain was leading Group E with 15 points, 3 points more than Türkiye and a big difference in goal difference (+19 and +5). Therefore, the home team was almost certain to win a ticket to the finals.

The home team therefore entered the game quite comfortably and confidently. On the other side, Türkiye also focused on the play-off race, so they left out two key players, Arda and Kenan Yildiz. The match between the two sides was open with "tit for tat" moves.

Things started very well for Spain when in the 4th minute, Dani Olmo opened the scoring with a close-range shot from Marc Cucurella's left-wing cross. However, near the end of the first half, Deniz Gul equalized 1-1 for Türkiye with a close-range shot.

MacTominay's masterpiece opens up Scotland's surprise win over Denmark

In the 54th minute, Türkiye unexpectedly took the lead against Spain 2-1 thanks to a goal by Salih Ozcan. The final result was decided in the 62nd minute when Mikel Oyarzabal kept 1 point for the home team.

With this result, Spain officially won a ticket to the 2026 World Cup. Meanwhile, Turkey ranked second in the group and will be drawn into four groups to compete for four play-off tickets with 15 other teams, including Italy, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Wales, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Sweden, North Macedonia and Northern Ireland.

In another match, Scotland surprisingly defeated Denmark 4-2, thereby securing a place in the World Cup after 28 years. Midfielder Scott McTominay left his mark with a "bicycle kick" masterpiece in the 3rd minute. McTominay's goal opened an exciting match for Scotland when they then scored 3 more times against Denmark in the 78th, 90+3 and 90+8 minutes.

Denmark seemed to be complacent when only needing a draw at home and by the 81st minute, the score was still 2-2. However, the home team completely collapsed in the last minute of injury time when Tierney and McLean continuously scored. The result sent Scotland to the finals while Denmark was eliminated.

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