[Sports Road News]Portugal beat North Macedonia 2-0 at home in the 2022 Qatar World Cup European qualifying play-offs on Tuesday (29th) night, and won a World Cup ticket, and entered the final week for 6 consecutive matches. .
Manchester United star Christiano Ronaldo (C Long) will represent Portugal in the World Cup for the fifth time and is likely to be his last. C Lang, who denied before the match that he would end his international career following the Qatar World Cup final week, wrote on his personal Instagram following the game: “Goal accomplished, we have qualified for the Qatar World Cup, this is where we deserve to be.”
The home team opened the scoring in 22 minutes in the first half of this battle. Manchester United midfielder Banu Fernandis intercepted the ball in midfield, and then crossed the ball with C Long. Portugal, who had been in control of the game from that moment, changed sides and then added goals until 65 minutes.
Pano Fernandis, who scored two goals alone, said modestly following the game: “The most important thing is to help the team. I’m not here to score goals, I’m here to help. If I can contribute goals, I’m happy to do so. Any player likes to score, but the main purpose is to help in any way I can, and that’s what I do and what I’ve been doing in the past.”
Last week’s blowout1-0 defeats Italy to advanceNorth Macedonia is unsustainable today. Portugal dominated the game from the start with the support of 50,000 fans. However, although the team had 70% of the ball in the early stages, they were unable to break the goal until Banno Fernandis opened the record and took control of the game. It is worth mentioning that before C Lang played for the national team for the first time, Portugal had only appeared in the World Cup finals 3 times and entered the European Nations Cup finals 3 times in the team’s history, and had never won any major championships; After the appearance of C Lang, the team has not only entered the 5th World Cup final week and the 5th European Nations Cup final week, but also won two major championships.
After Portugal entered the final week of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the team received good news immediately. The team, together with the host country Qatar, five-time champions Brazil, Argentina, and other European powerhouses Belgium, France, England and Spain, became the draw for the group stage of the final week. Group 1 seeded teams. This means that strong players such as Germany and the Netherlands, as well as teams such as Denmark, Switzerland, Croatia and Uruguay, will only be in the second group, and they will encounter tough battles in the group stage at any time.
In another European World Cup match, Poland scored his 75th international goal with Robert Livundowski’s 12-yard home shot in the second half, plus Schlenski’s goal, at home Beat Sweden 2-0 for another ticket.
The 2022 Qatar World Cup final week is scheduled to be held from November 21 to December 18 this year. The group draw for the final week will be held on April 1. At that time, the winners of the intercontinental play-off and the European play-off group A will still be held. undecided.
Source: Comprehensive foreign media
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[World Cup Attachment]Portugal won the final week admission ticket and became the first group seed」