That's an amazing result, France absolutely tore The Netherlands a new one the other day, destroyed them.
Hold the phone - people on Twitter are saying it's actually 0-0 and the Fifa website is showing 1-0 incorrectly! What a mess.
Squeaky bum time for the Aussies, who have to rely on Japan (who have nothing to play for) not losing to Saudi Arabia away.
But Portugal won it in 2010... http://www.90min.com/posts/5128290-...tugal-won-the-2010-world-cup-instead-of-spain
Saudi Arabia won 1-0 and qualify. Australia will play off against Syria; the winner will play a Concacaf team for a finals place.
Problems for Argentina, who could go from finalists in one World Cup to non-qualifiers in the next one. (The Dutch did it in 1978/82, but I can't remember any other instances.) Top 4 qualify, the team in 5th has a playoff. Argentina are behind Peru on goals scored... 1 Brazil 17 27 38 2 Uruguay 17 10 28 3 Chile 17 2 26 4 Colombia 17 2 26 5 Peru 17 1 25 6 Argentina 17 1 25 7 Paraguay 17 -5 24 8 Ecuador 17 -1 20 9 Bolivia 17 -20 14 10 Venezuela 17 -17 9 Final games next week: Paraguay v Venezuela Ecuador v Argentina Brazil v Chile Peru v Colombia Uruguay v Bolivia
Odds on Ecuador losing to Argentina and mysteriously ending up with a pot of money routed through several accounts but originating in Switzerland? And Fifa getting the world's top player to the big show after all?