All the focus on Saturday with regard to the Republic of Ireland making a World Cup qualifying play-off spot centred on Group D.
After Belgium had beaten Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-3 in Group H, fans of Martin O'Neill's side were hoping that Cyprus would beat Greece.
However, the Greeks leapt up to second in the group after a crucial 2-1 away win over their neighbours, almost certainly eliminating Bosnia in the process.
Greece had drawn four and lost one of their previous five games in the group and fell behind in the 18th minute, Pieros Sotiriou scoring at the second attempt after his first shot was saved by Orestis Karnezis.
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.
The hapless Laifis gave the ball away near the edge of the penalty area and it was quickly slipped to Kostas Mitroglou who fired the equaliser.
Greece went ahead two minutes later when Alexandros Tziolis rose at the far post to score with a powerful header.
So where do we now stand now?
If Ireland defeat the Welsh on Monday and the Greeks see off Gibraltar a day later then both teams will finish on 13 points. However, the latter have the superior goal difference by two.
Looking elsewhere, a win or a draw for Slovenia against Scotland on Sunday would see the Irish get a play-off.
The other outcome that would see the Boys in Green heading for a November double-header would be a draw between Ukraine and Croatia, coupled with a win over the Welsh in Cardiff.
Elsewhere Group B leaders Switzerland, moved a step closer to Russia after a 5-2 win over Hungary in Basel made it nine straight qualification wins.
With Portugal having won 2-0 away to Andorra, the Swiss now need only a point from their trip to Lisbon - but if the hosts can secure victory, they would claim top spot.
Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka opened the scoring on 18 minutes before Fabian Frei swiftly added a second to put the Swiss in control.
Steven Zuber made it 3-0 just before half-time and added another four minutes after the restart.
Defender Richard Guzmics pulled a goal back for Hungary in the 59th minute, but Swiss captain Stephan Lichtsteiner knocked in a fifth with seven minutes left ahead of a late consolation from Roland Ugrai.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was one match away from a suspension, had started on the bench, but Andorra's resolve was finally broken when the Real Madrid star, on at the start of the second half, broke the deadlock on the hour with a close-range finish.
The Portugal forward then set up a late second for Andre Silva to give the Euro 2016 winners a shot at automatic qualification in next week's showdown with Switzerland.
