How it all went down for Spain and Italy in their 2018,world Cup Qualifying Matches

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La Roja were on serious buisness as Nolito and Diego Costa were on point as Spain broke through in the second half to beat Albania2-0 in Shkoder.
 The Albanian side were cheered loudly at half-time by the home support after having held Spain to a 0-0 draw in the first 45 mind .Tje Spaniards who dominated possession throughout the match, wouldn't be denied in the second half. David Silva found Costa in the centre of the penalty area in the 55th minute and the Chelsea attacker delivered to give Lotepegui's Men  the opener .
    Nolito carved up the Albanian defence, cutting in from the left side of the area andcurling a low shot past Etrit Berisha to double the lead.Spain are now in first in Group G, following a 1-1 draw against Italy before the weekend.
     Italy had  to beat Macedonia 3-2 as the hosts fought back and were briefly in the lead against Giampiero Ventura's team in their Group G World Cup qualifying match on Sunday.The Azzurri's were put in front by Andrea Bellotti  in the 24th minute as he scored from close range following Federico Bernardeschi's cross into the area from a corner kick.But  the hosts struck back twice to lead Giampero Ventura's men  after the break that when Ilija Nestorovski's right-footed strike found the right corner of the net in the 57th minute and two minutes later, Macedonia were in the lead from a Ferhan Hasani strike from outside the penalty area.It was Ciro Immobile who put things on back on level terms in the 75th minute as he powered home an assist from teamate Antonio Candreva to spare his team more blushes.And it was Immobile again in injury time with Candreva picking up his second assist as Italy stole all three points which was fought hard for

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