Sweden 2-1 France
Certainly, this has thrown Group A wide open.
Almost 94 minutes were on the clock when France captain Hugo Lloris committed what is known in the trade as an absolute howler.
It has completely turned around sports betting in this group, as well as betting odds in the race for Russia 2018.
Ola Toivonen was the hero in Stockholm with a last-gasp strike which sailed in from around the 45-yard mark.
He capitalised on a miscued Lloris clearance and showed impressive technique to lob the keeper from inside his own half.
It sparked undiluted joy for the Swedes who had looked like they would have to settle for a point after Jimmy Durmaz’s 43rd-minute equaliser.
That cancelled out a fine opener from Olivier Giroud – his fourth in two games – from the edge of the box and his volley meant the defeated Euro 2016 finalists looked set for at least a draw right until the very end.
Toivonen changed all that, and now Sweden have leapfrogged France to top Group A on goal difference.
This result in the Friends Arena, coupled with Holland’s 5-0 trouncing of Luxembourg, has certainly thrown the proverbial cat among the pigeons in the group with only the winners guaranteed a place in next summer’s World Cup finals.
The runner-up will contest a play-off.
The sheer joy and bouncing sea of yellow and blue which greeted the winning goal was a sight to behold in Scandinavia.
How key a moment could that be when qualifying concludes in the autumn?
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