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pening a significant advantage atop the group by scoring two late goals and salvaging a 3-2 win at Macedonia.Spain got off to a

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Iceland is showing that its run to the European Championship quarterfinals was no fluke.The small nation keeps surprising and Turkey was the latest victim at the Laugardalsvollur stadium in Reykjavik, beaten 2-0 thanks to two goals shortly before halftime Sunday in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.The first was an own-goal from center back Omer Toprak before Iceland forward Alfred Finnbogason scored with a volley 90 seconds later, hitting the back of the net for his third international game in succession.Iceland went out to host France in the Euro 2016 quarterfinals. It reached the playoffs in 2014 World Cup qualification, losing to Croatia, which may prove its toughest opponent in the current qualifying campaign, too.Coach Fatih Terims Turkey, meanwhile, now has just one win from its last seven games, continuing a miserable year which also included a group stage exit at the Euros.Croatia and Iceland each have seven points but Croatia leads Group I on goal differential after its 1-0 win in Finland. Ukraine is two points back after a 3-0 victory over Kosovo, Turkey is next with two points while Finland is level with Kosovo at the bottom of the group on one point.Only the nine group winners in Europe qualify directly for the tournament in Russia. The best eight group runner-ups advance to a playoff.---GROUP DWales and its star forward Gareth Bale hit a first major bump on the road to the World Cup.Perhaps unsurprisingly for the Welsh, it was Georgia dealing the blow.The Georgians havent lost to Wales in four meetings now after they recovered from conceding a 10th-minute goal to Bale to draw 1-1 against the Euro 2016 semifinalists. The first three matches between the countries all ended as wins for Georgia.Georgia attacked in waves in the second half and Tornike Okriashvili equalized with a header in the 57th.Serbia leads the group on goal differential ahead of Ireland after a 3-2 win over Austria. Wales is two points back and Austria trails by three. Georgia picked up its first point, while Moldova is bottom in the group.Dusan Tadic scored a 74th-minute winner for Serbia in Belgrade.Aleksandar Mitrovic twice gave Serbia the lead only for Marcel Sabitzer and Marc Janko to score equalizers for Austria, which had started the round on four points like Serbia.In Moldova, James McClean scored two goals in the final 21 minutes to help unbeaten Ireland earn a 3-1 win.Shane Longs second-minute goal for Ireland was canceled out by Igor Bugaev in first-half injury time. McClean scored in the 69th and 76th minutes.---GROUP GItaly kept Spain from opening a significant advantage atop the group by scoring two late goals and salvaging a 3-2 win at Macedonia.Spain got off to a slow start at Albania but eased to a 2-0 victory behind second-half goals by Diego Costa and Manuel Nolito Agudo.Italy needed an injury-time goal by Ciro Immobile to secure the hard-fought win that allowed it to join Spain atop the group with seven points.Albania stayed on six points along with Israel, which beat Liechtenstein 2-1. Macedonia and Liechtenstein remain without a point after three matches.---GROUP ICroatia stayed atop the group with a 1-0 win at Finland.Mario Mandzukic hasnt had much luck in front of goal for Juventus this season, but he cant stop scoring for his country.Fresh off a hat trick against Kosovo, the Croatia star scored the only goal of the game in Finland with a simple finish from point-blank range.Meanwhile, its been a tough life on the road for new FIFA member Kosovo.The loss to Ukraine in a game staged in Poland meant the Kosovans have conceded nine goals this week at neutral venues.Fresh off a 6-0 home loss to Croatia which was actually played in Albania because Kosovo still doesnt have a certified stadium, Kosovo had to face Ukraine in Poland because the Ukrainian government doesnt recognize the tiny Balkan nations independence.Artem Kravets, Andriy Yarmolenko and Ruslan Rotan scored for Ukraine. 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SAINT-DENIS, France -- Paul Pogba is finding his scoring touch, heading in a valuable equalizer in Frances 2-1 win against Sweden in a World Cup qualifier on Friday.The Manchester United midfielder -- the worlds most expensive player -- headed in off the crossbar in the 58th minute, three minutes after Emil Forsberg had punished a sloppy period of French play with a swerving free kick that wrong-footed goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.France winger Dimitri Payet, who set up Pogbas goal with one of his pinpoint free kicks from the left, slotted home the winner in the 65th, after a handling error from goalkeeper Robin Olsen under pressure from forward Antoine Griezmann.France coach Didier Deschamps conceded that Griezmann was fractionally offside when he went to challenge for the ball.But some decisions went against us, too, and there was a foul on (Laurent) Koscielny not given before Swedens goal, Deschamps said.Payet rescued France at this summers European Championship, scoring a last-minute winner in the opening group game as Les Bleus went on to reach the final.Both Payet and Pogba netted the eighth international goal of their careers, but Pogbas strike came just as Sweden threatened a victory that would have thrown Group A wide open. Instead, France leads with 10 points, three more than second-placed Sweden and six more than the Netherlands. The Dutch play in Luxembourg on Sunday.Its not decisive yet, but its an important result for us, Deschamps said. We could have done better, but thats also down to Sweden making things difficult for us. They were athletic and good on set pieces.After an inconsistent start to the season, following his record-breaking transfer of 105 million euros ($116 million) from Italian champion Juventus, Pogba is getting closer to his best form.Last weekend, he scored with a superb 20-meter (yard) volley for United against Swansea in the Premier League.In Frances previous qualifiier, he struck the winner in a 1-0 win against the Netherlands with a rasping 30-meter strike.ddddddddddddBetween those games, he netted twice for United in a 4-1 win against Fenerbahce in the Europa League, one of the goals a fine curler from outside the area.I know he likes to score, and thats good for him, but its not specifically what I expect from him. Im happier with his overall performance, which was in line with what he did against Holland, Deschamps said. He plays differently for United in a different system. He won a lot of possession for us and when hes playing at that level, in tandem with Blaise Matuidi in midfield, hes very important.But France needed his goal on a bitterly cold night because strikers Olivier Giroud -- starting in attack ahead of Kevin Gameiro -- and Griezmann squandered chances.The first chance of the game fell to the Swedes early on when France center half Raphael Varane had to hack away a dangerous cross.Payet then had an effort saved by Olsen, but the rest of Frances shooting was from long range and wayward.This left France left vulnerable to a sucker punch and it almost came when burly striker Ola Toivonens goal-bound effort was expertly blocked by Koscielny as he slid on the ground.Were proud of our performance, said Sweden coach Janne Andersson, who was unhappy that Griezmann was not given offside in the build-up to Frances winner. We deserved much better, but we need to create more scoring chances.Giroud headed over early in the second half and Pogbas shot from just outside the area was blocked.Sweden made the French pay, but it spurred Pogba into action.Andersson, however, was not impressed.I dont have an opinion, he said, when asked if Pogba was getting back to his best. I dont watch what other teams do. I watch my own players. ' ' '

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