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Russia 2018: Why you should not miss the final phase of World Cup qualifiers

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They invariably feature exhausting journeys with a hostile reception at the end and often produce a volatile clash of vastly differing footballing cultures.

There is nothing in football quite like the intercontinental playoffs, where the unlikeliest of opponents – who have included Hungary versus Bolivia and Trinidad against Bahrain -- meet home and away for a place at the World Cup finals.

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