nations round the globe tonight. thanks, joe. the home nations games coming up but first, a moment to remember for christian eriksen who led denmark out earlier against serbia. it s the first time he s featured as a player at copenhagen s parken stadium, since that terrible incident at the euros last summer when he collapsed on the pitch suffering a cardiac arrest. he was fitted with a type of pacemaker to allow him to continue playing. this is turning into a realfairy tale come back for the midfielder. the 30 year old midfielder scored on saturday, in the defeat to the netherlands. he s back getting used to those surroundings this evening. ten minutes to go and that match. an absolutely wonderful game for denmark was already qualified for the world cup finals in qatar.
the giants of europe before. joe lynskyjoins me in the studio now with more on this game aswell as the other world cup playoffs tonight. joe, how have north macedonia found themselves in this position? this is a new playoff qualifying method for the world cup gathering but it is such an interesting winner takes all italian porto. north macedonia there against portugal for a place for pathways to the tournament for teams to finish runners up and make it through to the stage through uefa s nations league competition. north macedonia are still in the depths of the ranking system. number 67 in the world and that make them the lowest ranked team ever to qualify for the european championships last summer and for such a small nation ofjust 2 million people, they are really growing reputation of causing upsets against the major teams. not only with that 1 0 victory against italy last thursday nearly 12 months ago