Another team to be denied in the last minute were Spain , whose remarkable run of 24 consecutive wins in qualifying games -- which stretched back to 2007 -- was ended when drawing 1-1 at home to 1998 World Cup winners France in Madrid.

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Now imagine a rubber band stretched between you and that thing you want, pulling on you, drawing you toward that thing.

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