Yes, I also think that Italy is going to be in the top spot because they have played well and deserve to be in the world cup. And I think I will keep Portugal on the second spot because Portugal is honestly my favorite team among the others to qualify for the world cup.. and I would also really like to see Ronaldo in the world cup.
I think both teams have equal chances of qualifying and to be honest, I want Portugal to qualify a lot more than Italy because I'm big fan of Ronaldo and as like you I really want to see Ronaldo playing in the world cup. Maybe just for the sake of football fans but it is what it is, Portugal has to qualify. This is the potentially last World cup for Cristiano Ronaldo.
And there is little doubt the Portugal fans will do everything in their power to support their team and be as influential as possible to try to affect the performance of the Italian team, obviously the influence fans have over the game is small, but with a world cup ticket on the line any single advantage counts no matter how small it could be.