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MONTIEL, ACUÑA AND PAPU TWO STEPS AWAY FROM WORLD CUP

12/11/2021
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Argentina will reach the World Cup if they win their next two matches in the international break, while Morocco and Denmark will face games tonight with their fate already known.
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It is an important night for the six Sevilla internationals who play this Friday. On one hand, both Morocco and Denmark have already done their work and their national teams can look ahead to what is to come. The Moroccan team of Bono and Munir will play at 20:00 against Sudan in Rabat, despite officially being the visiting team. The Atlas Lions, already having secured first place in their group, will face at the end of March the decisive elimination match for Qatar, where they play two games. They will also welcome on Tuesday Guinea as they start to think about the African Cup of Nations in January. 

It's a very similar situation for Denmark and Delaney, who in the last international break sealed their ticket to the World Cup and now has two incentives in this double-headed international break. They will try to end the group with a maximum of 30 points and to try and do it without conceding a goal. The Scandinavian side has reached the ninth matchday with this record intact, in which they will welcome at 20:45 their neighbours the Faroe Islands, the archipelago that belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.  

The game that means the most on the night is the final one which Argentinians will play. Just as the clock strikes midnight in Spain the Estadio Campeón del Siglo in Montevideo will be a sea of colour to welcome the always feisty Uruguay-Argentina in which the Sevilla players Montiel, Acuña and Papu Gómez will be involved. The fate of Argentina is clear with them needing six points from the remaining six games to make sure of their place in Qatar. The six points could come quickly if they achieve wins against Uruguay tonight and next Tuesday in Buenos Aires against the already qualified Brazil.