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Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk scored a dramatic late penalty for the Netherlands three minutes into added-time to snatch a crucial 1-0 victory over Greece in Athens.
Denzel Dumfries was fouled in the box to give Van Dijk the chance to win the game and Greece coach Gus Poyet later received a red card for his protestations from the sidelines.
It was the second spot kick in the game for the Dutch after striker Wout Weghorst had his penalty saved by goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos.
Elsewhere, France have already qualified from Group B but Netherlands moved into second place with the win on 12 points from six games and with matches to come against lowly Ireland and Gibraltar are sure of securing automatic qualification.
Greece have the same number of points but have played a game more and meet France in their final qualifier next month.
Ireland cruised to a 4-0 win over Gibraltar with goals from teenager Evan Ferguson, Michael Johnston, Matt Doherty and Callum Robinson but they were already unable to qualify.
Meanwhile already qualified Portugal secured another win as Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the 5-0 pounding of Bosnia & Herzegovina 5-0 in Zenica.
Ronaldo converted a penalty before scoring his second whileBruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix also got on the scoresheet.
Slovakia took a giant step towards qualifying for a third successive Euros as they beat Luxembourg 1-0 with a David Duris goal 13 minutes from time in Group J.
That win opened up a five-point gap between second-placed Slovakia and Luxembourg in third with two rounds to play.
Gylfi Sigurdsson scored twice as fourth-placed Iceland defeated Liechtenstein 4-0 in the other match in the group.
Belgium and Austra have also secured qualifications for the glamorous football tournament in Europe.