Topic: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers - page 127. (Read 35015 times)

Finally Portugal and Poland managed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, both countries deserved to qualify after defeating their respective opponents.
For Portugal as predicted by many people they managed to beat North Macedonia convincingly, since the first half Portugal have put pressure and
created many chances. If Portugal can play more calmly and not in a hurry when in the opponent's penalty box. Portugal should be able to create more
than two goals, there was one opportunity from Ronaldo whose kick was slightly off to the side. Then there were several opportunities from Diogo Jota
who was still over the crossbar, most importantly Portugal proved that they could beat North Macedonia, which Italy failed to do. It's a shame that
north Macedonia's luck has run out, and seeing North Macedonia who only play defensively and rely on counterattacks, the North Macedonian strategy
was read by Portugal. Throughout the game North Macedonia didn't get much of the ball, so North Macedonia could only release 3 kicks, none of which
went on goal. North Macedonia has indeed lost in many ways and they don't deserve to go through.

To be honest the result of Poland's match against Sweden surprised me a bit, I think Sweden will manage to beat Poland like the last few meetings.
It turns out that Polish players are more creative and effective in building attacks, Poland runs a very good strategy. This was quite troublesome for
the Swedish defense, which even though Sweden had more possession of the ball, they made a lot of mistakes. It was proven that Poland's second goal
was created by the mistake of the Swedish defender who did not realize Zielinski's movement. Overall indeed Poland played a little better,
and indeed deserved more to qualify for the world cup. Quite sad to know Ibrahimovic failed to play in the last world cup, Ibrahimovic may decide
to retire from the Swedish national team after this defeat.

It was clear from the beginning how that game would go. Macedonia trying to "copy" their Italy game (defending and counter-attacking) and Portugal trying to learn from Italy's mistakes and trying to score at least one goal to avoid getting caught by surprise. Such games are never easy for the (on paper) "stronger" team as they know what the stakes are. But Portugal did well and a better job than Italy.
On the one hand I am sad that we didn't get to see the Portugal vs Italy play-off game, but on the other hand happy that Portugal made it. It's gonna be an interesting World Cup

The Portuguese and Polish national teams have both been selected for the 2022 World Cup. It was a high-intensity match between Poland and Sweden. Sweden lost this match to Poland. There was nothing more beautiful than the qualification of this wonderful team led by the legendary Lewandowski. We're thrilled to see Cristiano Ronaldo will be attending the World Cup for the fifth consecutive year. He deserves to dance one last time. In dispatching Italy, Macedonia did them a favor, Ronaldo knew. Their chances were about 50/50. Portugal did not give Macedonia any chance to upset them, so Macedonia's luck did not continue.

Congratulations to Portugal.They really deserved to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar.Their loss against Serbia was the only thing that would have stopped them,and they kinda had some luck against Turkey(a Turkish player missed a penalty),but there's no doubt that they were the better team in both games against Northern Macedonia and Turkey.
Also congrats to the Canadians,but I don't think that they are strong enough to achieve anything significant in the World Cup tournament.They will just lose three games in the group phase and leave the tournament.Their win against Jamaica was probably because of the cold weather in Canada(AFAIK,the match was in Toronto).

Portugal knew what was at stake, and having watched Italy get eliminated by the visitors, did not take them lightly. The decision proved a smart one, as North Macedonian were gritty in their approach and rarely committed any mistakes. Portugal looked like the better team from the starting whistle. They knew that North Macedonia had a similar game plan against them as they had in their 1-0 win over Italy. They let the Portugal have the possession and defended well, and later come to bite on the counter. One major difference in this game was that Portugal were more potent in their attacks and North Macedonia struggled on the counters. I think North Macedonia wasn't a flop, it was just meant to be. Portugal was destined to play at Qatar 2022.

I'm quite happy for Portugal, Ronaldo specifically, probably this might be his last chance to win the world Cup for Portugal. Likewise Sadio Mane also has the better side against Sallah, for the second time in a row, Senegal might bring a suprise out of this world cup

Portugal and Poland both got wins over their opponents, Portugal managed to beat Macedonia with a 2-0 suspension, Poland also managed to beat Sweden with a score of 2-0 too, apparently Macedonia's luck did not continue, although they managed to beat Italy but failed to make a positive trend and did not managed to make history, Portugal did not fail to qualify for the world cup play-offs, although in last night's match Poland lost in possession but Poland managed to beat Sweden, congratulations to both countries who made it through to the world cup.

It was an unexpected miss for Salah, i wonder if he was under pressure just as every other footballer on that pitch, or the party light that was in the senegal stadium had a role to play in distracting him. Regardless, Egypt is out now, no world cup for Mo'Salah, just as it is the case for Halaand.

In my opinion, the two best representatives that we have in Africa are Senegal and Cameroon, I don't think any other African country has the ability to do well- Egypt, Nigeria and even Ghana that qualified will not go pass the group stages of the world cup with their present sort of performance.

North Macedonia played well and i could have supported their world cup dreams had they been playing another team without CR7. I really wanted CR7 and Messi to have a final go at winning the competition for country, so i wanted Portugal to win just as they did before the game started. The world cup is packed with countries that can put up a contest for the cup and offer an entertaining performance, i'm looking forward to it already.

FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers almost completed right now after latest two countries Poland and Portugal have been success pass to World Cup and right now left only one country between Wales against which one the winner on another match Ukraine vs Scotland. I think left one countries on UEFA qualifier zone and now have been completed all with 13 countries from UEFA zone will play on World Cup Qatar. I think Wales have great chance become the latest country will completed UEFA participants on World Cup than Ukraine or Scotland and I prefer could see Wales can play on World Cup for the first time.

Apart from a few playoff slots, we know most of the teams that have qualified for the main tournament. Out of a total of 32 slots, 27 are already decided. Quite relieved to hear that Portugal managed to win the playoff match against North Macedonia. The remaining 5 slots will be decided on the basis of the following playoff matches:

1. The winner from New Zealand vs Solomon Islands (match scheduled for today) vs 4th placed team from CONCACAF (most probably Costa Rica)
2. Winner from (United Arab Emirates vs Australia) vs Peru
3. Wales vs winner from (Ukraine vs Scotland)
4. Second placed team from CONCACAF (United States?)
5. Third placed team from CONCACAF (Mexico?)

Penalty shootouts are unpredictable even Muhammad Salah failed to score luck is needed there It's a shame the world cup this time without Moh Salah

Portugal's party was very exciting, I do not know why Christian did not mark but football sometimes plays them like this, but they were very lucky, I am very surprised by the capacity Qeu has Macedonia del Norte, took one of the largest teams in the world and with An implitent story, at this time is going to play Colombia with Venezuela and Colombia has a lot of need, it is remarkable that Peru and Chile also have the same opportunity, these eliminations are very exciting.

You know, when these two team mates Muhammad Salah and Sadio Mane where rematched in the world cup qualifiers after Senegal rightly won the AFCON over Egypt, a lot of persons had hoped and thought that Senegal was doomed already. Naturally, looking at the fact that, Egypt seemed to have the better team, one could only hope that, they won't let Senegal ride on them for a second time but, the better team doesn't always wins remember. It's always about the one who is most determined at the game and can be said to be the better team at that game. Senegal did indeed turned the table after there previous lose in the first leg and had to avoid conceiving a goal while, netting one to dragged the game to a penalty shootout and then won!

Also, it's worth to say few words about qualifiers in other zones. Interesting things in Africa. After very long time Nigeria failed to reach World Cup, they were eliminated by Ghana.
Mane and his Senegal eliminated LFC teammate Salal and his Egypt after penalties. Salah missed penalty, while Mane scored decisive one.
Later tonight we have South America qualifiers. Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay already qualified. While Chile, Colombia and Peru still fighting for 5th place and playoff with team from AFC.

These two teams were expected to win and go onto the world cup. Especially Portugal but everyone was cautious due to Macedonia winning against Italy. Its a good thing we will watch both Messi and Ronaldo yet again on the world cup. It will be really intresting to see what will happen

North Macedonia didn't have much different performance comparing to the one they had against Italy. And it was already obvious that this was going to cost them high. And it did. Portugal had a solid effort and they fully deserved this victory by 2-0. Bruno Fernandes was player of the game indeed by two goals. North Macedonia were very close to making a history. But you can't make a history by having this kind of a performance against big teams in big tournaments. I still appreciate their great achievement against Italy though. 

Yes Portugal and Poland have won the match even though the other two teams lost they deserved appreciation in their efforts against a better team
They didn't play badly it's just that Portugal and Poland played better and it's not surprising because there are the best players in each of those countries
What I'm asking is about Wales, what about them, do they still go to the next round?

Portugal, despite having won, and it was a fair victory, also did not have an extraordinary game.
I think the quality of the players, Portugal could have scored more goals, scored more and not be so afraid to attack. Of course it can be said that the tactic used gave the victory, this is true. But sometimes it's hard for me to see a team with so much quality, doing so little, despite being able to win games.

In the Turkey game, Cristiano Ronaldo was not much effective. But today, he contributed nicely to the team by making an assist to Bruno Fernandes. And they got a well-deserved win against North Macedonia by 2-0 as well. North Macedonia did a great job by moving Italy out of here. This was a historical moment for them. And they didn't have anything to lose today too. But their performance was no different than Italy so Portugal weren't intending to let them do the same.

Portugal has a really good team. They don't just have Ronaldo, although most people only focus on that player. The scorer, Fernandez, was considered one of the greatest talents in the world for years. I feel like he's slipped a bit at his club, but tonight he showed how good he is. Poland will also be very relieved after tonight's result. Was a 50-50 game, but we will see Poland again at the World Cup.