Any hopes of Greece ensuring automatic qualification to their third World Cup Finals since 2010 have been dashed, with John van 't Schip's side no match for group leaders Sweden during their sixth match of Qualifying Group B.

Emil Forsberg and Alexander Isak both struck in the second half of that 2-0 win for the Scandinavian outfit last month, but having beaten Georgia 2-0 three days before, Greece are still in with an outside shot of booking their plane tickets to Qatar.

The third-placed hosts can no longer usurp Sweden and are therefore fighting for their right to nab second spot ahead of Spain and a place in the playoffs, but they currently sit four points adrift of La Roja and will be sent packing with anything less than a win here.



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希腊自2010年以来第三次进入世界杯决赛区的希望已经破灭。在预选赛B组的第六场比赛中，约翰·范·特·希普的球队未能与小组领先的瑞典队交手。

埃米尔·福斯伯格和亚历山大·伊萨克都在上个月那场2-0战胜格鲁吉亚的比赛中打进了下半场的一球，但在三天前以2-0击败格鲁吉亚之后，希腊仍然有机会预订飞往卡塔尔的机票。

排在第三位的东道主不能再取代瑞典，因此他们要努力争取在第二名的位置上超过西班牙队，并在季后赛中占有一席之地，但他们目前与西班牙队的差距只有4分，如果不能在这里取得一场胜利，他们就会被淘汰出局。