After a sudden farewell to Italy, North Macedonia now stands on Portugal way To Qatar 2022 and Cristiano Ronaldo side He was really good and careful not to be taken lightly in The decisive match is Tuesday.
The Balkan nation stunned the European champion in semi final in Palermo on Thursday, 1-0 win thanks to Aleksandr Trajkovsky in stoppage time goal.
Portugal, who Italy preceded it as European champions in 2016, maybe she was preparing herself for Prospect of Decisive showdown with But the Azores insteadMacedonia will be visitors to Estadio do Dragao in Porto, with The winners are going to Qatar.
“at the moment football Different. Anyone can defeat anyone. He warned that names, numbers and statistics do not matter. veteran In response to a question about Portuguese midfielder Joao Moutinho facing Country of 2 million people Ranked 67th modest in The world.
“We should show on Our stadium more Quality and impose our own game. “
Portugal survived a scare to beat Turkey 3-1 in Almost semi-finals throwing away from the two-goal lead Burak Yilmaz also missed out late penalty for The visitors ahead of Mateos Nunes secured the host’s victory.
Fernando Santos team King already lavished first place in it’s a qualifying group relinquishment in The last minute to lose 2-1 in home to Serbia in November.
For Portugal, it fails qualify for The World Cup will be a little short of Scandal due to quality in His ranks – Joao Felix was the only Atletico Madrid player on The bench against Turkey, for Example.
For Ronaldo, all the time leading international goal old scorer of 37, this will definitely be his last World Cup if Portugal got there.
she has veteran defender baby available again after about of COVID-19, while Joao Cancelo also set to come back.
“We have a responsibility to get to the World Cup, and that means the pressure is there regardless of who we playing. we know Absolutely good that we should be in Qatar,” Manchester City said star Bernardo Silva.
Portugal, which is set Being among the top seeded if you qualify, he hasn’t missed the World Cup since 1998, while Euro 2020 was first pioneer tournament appearance of what type for North Macedonia.
she has already He defeated Germany, as well as Italy abroad in This campaign while tied 0-0 in friendly on it’s a one Previous visit to Portugal, in 2012.
“We are ok on for us way To confirm why we are among the top 20 teams in Europe ” coach Blagoga Milevsky.
Poland and Sweden meet again
Another World Cup qualifying hem final in Europe on Tuesday sees Poland host Sweden in south polish city of Chorzo, with Poles are looking to finish a run of six direct defeats against they opponents.
Poland, who Been completed second to England in it’s a qualifying groupGoodbye to this game After the scheduled semi-finals opponents Russia has been suspended from everyone international football Until further notice after invasion of Ukraine.
Sweden, who reached the 2018 World Cup quarter-finals, beat the Czech Republic 1-0 in semi-finals with Extra time Robin Quison goal.
These aspects met in Euro 2020 last June in St. Petersburg, with Sweden record in injury time for win 3-2.
The Robert Lewandowski duo had pulled Poland back to level terms After Emil Forsberg netted twice for Sweden, but Victor Clisson then hit winner.
Cleeson, who left Russian club Krasnodar after invasion of Ukraine, also I started against Czech in World Cup qualifiers.
Poland will miss striker Arkadiusz Milik after suffering a hamstring injury injury in 1-1 draw on Thursday friendly in Scotland.
Ten European parties have already snatch a place in Friday draw in Doha for world Cup, with a total of Three points still up for grips in The playoffs.
Wales will participate in Another playoff final But this is on Hold on until at least June because the war led to delays of Ukraine in the semi-finals away from home to Scotland.
