NICOSIA (Reuters) - Greece leapt up to second in their World Cup qualifying group after a crucial 2-1 away win over Cyprus on Saturday, almost certainly eliminating Bosnia in the process. Greece have 16 points from nine games in Group H, nine behind group winners Belgium and two ahead of Bosnia who lost 4-3 at home to the Belgians earlier on Saturday. The Greeks' final game appears to be a formality at home to Gibraltar who have lost all nine games. Cyprus, on 10 points, could have stayed in contention but an awful mistake by Konstantinos Laifis six minutes later let Greece back into the game. Greece went ahead two minutes later when Alexandros Tziolis rose at the far post to score with a powerful header.

Source: The Star October 07, 2017 21:22 UTC