Albania wins against Serbia and in all likelihood, second place is a done deal. It is enough for Albania to win against Andorra and Serbia not to win in the away game in England, in order to mathematically close the score.
In case of Serbia's victory on English soil, then Albania is forced to get at least 1 point against England to take second place. But it seems that second place belongs to us, but what is stopping us from the World Cup?
After the second place, Albania goes to the Play Off. There are 12 teams that will be divided into 3 tournaments and the winner of each tournament goes to the World Cup. A foreign site specialized in this area has divided the pots based on the current results, but also in a sports logic in the groups that are tied or close in points. So for example, in the Kosovo group, Sweden is taken as the winner of the second place and not Kosovo.
And based on this division, the vases are as follows:
Pot 1/ Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales
Pot 2/ Poland, Scotland, Hungary, Czech Republic
Pot 3/ Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Albania
Pot 4/ Sweden, Macedonia, Ireland, Moldova (From the Nations League)
According to the rules, in the semi-finals, a team from the Third Pot will face a team from the Second Pot. So Albania will face one of these four teams, Poland, Scotland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The matches are one-on-one and not a home-and-away system and will not be played at Air Albania, but on away matches, due to FIFA points, SporEkspres reports.
Meanwhile, in the final, there will be a draw for the stadium. So if we make it to the final, with luck we can play it at Air Albania. In the final, Albania will face the winner of its pair where the first pot meets the fourth pot. Seeing that the first pot has better quality, the possible opponents for us would be Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.
In other words, 12 national teams go to the "play-offs" of which only 3 secure a place for the World Cup.