Greece have stolen the game away from Iran in the final seconds of first half extra time to take the game and the final qualification spot. Both teams were looking dry after their previous performance, and some of their tactics and match play leaked into the game. It took extra time to settle it and now Iran must wait another year for an opportunity to win the league. The game ended 1-0 in favour of Greece.

England have shocked the World Champions by scoring a late equaliser to end with a final score of 1-1. Under the away goal rule it means that England are the victors officially ending Brazil's hopes of a championship before they even began. Brazil started the more lively by scoring early in the first half. The game looked in hand before a late goal by Owen sent the travelling fans and the team into a frenzy. They were underdogs from the get go, but showed real conviction and heart to steal the win in the best possible way.

Spain and Turkey again struggled to find the back of the net for a second successive game. Both teams failed to create, let alone, take chances in the match, leading to a very boring and uninspiring performance. Even extra time couldn't even separate the teams so penalties ensued. During the opening shots of the shootout, it looked like even penalty opportunities wouldn't be good enough as both teams missed their first kicks. The next nine however were pure gems as players placed the ball passed the keeper left, right and centre. With scores locked at 4-4, Spain had the oppotunity to take the game into sudden death. Spain made their kick. Turkey knew they needed to now make their next kick or it was over. The ball was kicked straight into the welcoming hands of the keeper, sending Spain into the World Super League for the first time.

Last night, the most miraculous game occured as the Japanese came back from a 2-1 deficit conceeded at home, to win away by 2-0. The Japanese were a little out of their league early in the game as the USA dominated from midfield. Japan finally found their footing midway through the first half to score their first away goal of the year. Knowingly, the Japanese knew that a single goal wouldn't win it, the Americans still held the away goal advantage. They continued to press the American goal until finally late in the match they made the breakthrough to steal the win at the death. The Japanese win by an aggregate score of 3-2.

Sweden become the second team, since Australia, to knock the Uruguayan team out of a major championship, during the qualification stage. The Uruguayans had all the chances in the world, but simply couldn't put the ball away. Sweden had few, but made the breakthrough early and held it till the end. This makes the third South American team to be knocked out, Brazil remains however.

Germany have failed to overcome the single goal lead that the Czech Republic held after the first leg. The second leg quickly became a game of missed opportunities as the game ended 0-0. "It was a dissapointing outcome for us, especially with the World Cup ahead of us." says German coach after game in Prague.

Croatia have defied all the odds and beaten the Portugese with a draw in Lisbon overnight. The Portugese were quick to score and level the tie, but were unable to keep their clean sheet as the Croatians put themselves ahead on aggregate with a late equaliser from Prso. It was a well taken header that wrong footed the Portugese keeper and landed in the back of the net. The Croatians are the third team to qualify and look to have big ambitions with the confidence gained with this win.

The French have qualified for the World Super League, after defeating the Italians, by 2-1 on aggregate. The Italians started the scoring when they got a first half penalty after Totti was brought down on the edge of the box. He comfortably slotted the goal away, to level the score on aggregate. The comfort was short lived, however, as Henry crossed the ball into the box to supply Trezeguet a free header on goal. The shot easily passed the Italian goalkeeper to restore the French lead. The Italians tried as they might, but were unable to restore parity and went down by a sinlge goal.

The remaining first leg qualification matches have now been completed. There were a few surprised but on a whole the football was of the highest quality. Clearly all eyes were on the England and Brazil match in London. Both sets of fans hoped the game would be an historic encounter, the game was anything but. England controlled possession early but were unable to convert that possession into a goal. Brazil were also looking quite flat, so it was no wonder both teams entered half time at 0-0. The second half was much of the same, with Brazil controlling the play from midfield. Neither side looked like scoring and so it ended as a 0-0 draw.

In other matches, Germany went down 1-0 at home to the Czech Republic thanks to a lucky goal by Baros. Mexico and Denmark played out at a 1-1 draw. Uruguay and Sweden played out a dull 0-0 draw, as did Iran and Greece, and Turkey and Spain. While the USA snuck out of jail coming from behind to beat Japan by 2-1 in Tokyo.