Russia 2018: Croatia, Switzerland Qualify

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Croatia Sunday qualified for the 2018 world cup by holding greece to a goalless draw in second leg of their play-off for a 4-1 win on aggregate.

Zlatko dalic’s men will be playing in their fifth world cup in russia next year, having only once failed to qualify in 2010.

Elsewhere, switzerland held off northern ireland to seal a place at the 2018 world cup in.

Italy will be in a state of “tension” as they bid to avoid a world cup exit against sweden.

The azzurri, who lost the first leg 1-0, will fail to reach a world cup for the first time since 1958 if they do not win at the san siro today.

The match comes up at 8:45 Tuesday.