in group g, israel were held to a 1—all draw by north macedonia.clear in that group — with a game in hand. in groupj, there were wins for bosnia and finland — but italy remain five points clear after that victory in armenia. in africa, there were three more games in world cup qualifying — including a stunning win for somalia against zimbabwe. anwar sha kunda scored the only goal of the game — for the team ranked 202 in the world. the second leg is in bulawayo next week. in asia, the second round of world cup qualifying got underway on thursday. in jakarta, indonesia twice led against malaysia — with beto goncalves scoring both goals for the home side. but each time they were pegged back — syafiq ahmad making it 2—2 midway through the 2nd half. a draw looked to be on the cards, but — in the seventh minute of stoppage time, mohamadou sumareh scoed the goal that won it for malaysia. in the same group, thailand and vietnam drew 0—0. elsewhere, there were big wins for syria, kuwait and qatar. almoez ali scored a hat—trick as the qataris thrashed afghani