2018 World Cup Qualification picks back up during the October international break. Miguel Delaney looks ahead to the action.
New elements to an old rivalry in Turin, Italy v Spain (Thursday)
It would have been the game of the week anyway, but this meeting of international football royalty in Turin is all the richer because of the sub-plots to this particular fixture. The Spanish players are looking to avenge their Euro 2016 last-16 defeat to Italy, but even that motivation is complicated by the fact that both countries having changed managers. On that Monday in the Stade de France, Antonio Conte's rampant Italy made Spain look spent and stale, but the wonder now is whether that has turned.