Georgia 0 - France 0; Spain 2 - Finland 0

Georgia welcomed France to Tbilisi for their qualifier today.  Tornike Okriashvili had a good pair of chances for Georgia, but he hit his own rebound from France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris off the near post and back upfield.  Nothing else happened of note in the opening half which ended 0-0.

France were always on attack in the second half as Georgia could not spring any counterattacks.  At the end of the match, Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Loria came up huge to rescue a point for the hosts.  Loria made a save at one post from an Olivier Giroud header.  Then, off the resulting corner, Loria saved at the other post from Bacary Sagna.  The match ends 0-0.  As a result, Belarus are eliminated from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Finland needed to get another result against Spain, and this time the Finns were at home in Helsinki.  Finland nearly sprung for an early lead after weaving through the right side of Spain's defense, but goalkeeper Iker Casillas made a kick save from close range on Teemu Pukki to deny the early chance.  Cesc Fabregas hit a lofted through ball over the Finnish backline for Jordi Alba.  The fullback beat the offside trap and adeptly cut back and finished over an onrushing goalkeeper as if he were an out-and-out forward for the opening goal.  Spain led 1-0 at intermission.

Spain nearly had an identical goal, but Petri Pasanen side tackled away from Alvaro Negredo at the last moment after Negredo had gotten onto the through ball from Xavi Hernandez.  Jesus Navas beat another Finnish offside trap on a rolling through ball and then passed laterally into the box for a Negredo finish to cap off the night.  Spain win 2-0.

Spain 14 pts +8
France 11 pts +4
Finland 6 pts -2
Georgia 5 pts -4
Belarus OUT

Goals
Spain
Jordi Alba 19
Alvaro Negredo 86

Match Reports:
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/9/6/4702104/france-vs-georgia-2014-world-cup-qualifying-final-score-result
http://www.goal.com/en/match/92542/georgia-vs-france/report?
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130907/spain-beats-finland-2-0-world-cup-qualifier
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/9/6/4702100/finland-vs-spain-2014-world-cup-qualifying-final-score-result

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm8Lyv2kHK0 (Georgia v. France)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO1GzazD8PE (Spain v. Finland)