Asian zone World Cup qualifiers for group F will have two deciding matches for today and tomorrow because those who remain at the top and can become 2nd place holders in the group will enter the third round.
Indonesia vs Philippines will take place today and it is certain that Indonesia will be the favorite team to achieve victory and be able to maintain its position as the team right below Iraq.
Match will take place at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, which is also stadium for Indonesia, it is clear that Indonesia have big advantage in being able to achieve victory in this final match.
For Iraq itself, it will fight Vietnam and of course it will be difficult for Vietnam to defeat Iraq, it is very likely that Iraq will win and indirectly also save Indonesia from entering the third round.
The game between Indonesia and Philippines finished with a clear victory for Indonesia by two goals to zero scored in both halves and Indonesia will remain second. Indonesia vs Philippines will take place today and it is certain that Indonesia will be the favorite team to achieve victory and be able to maintain its position as the team right below Iraq.
Match will take place at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, which is also stadium for Indonesia, it is clear that Indonesia have big advantage in being able to achieve victory in this final match.
For Iraq itself, it will fight Vietnam and of course it will be difficult for Vietnam to defeat Iraq, it is very likely that Iraq will win and indirectly also save Indonesia from entering the third round.
Iraq will stay in the first position and Vietnam third regardless of today's game result. This match is not that important for Iraq when I see how good they did previously in the group.
I do not care who says what, Ronaldo will not be able to play at this one. Dude is already 40, he would be like 42 or something by that time, not sure if he will be still playing football at that age but even if we assume that he still plays, he will not be playing at national team when world cup comes.
There are already quite limited number of players that teams can send, so that means they are not going to spend one of the slots to a 42 year old Ronaldo, he is already not doing that great, even in 2022 world cup he was benched after a while, and now we are seeing him getting to something four years later? Of course not, he will not have a place. Maybe if they do that like emotionally, like so he would be a leader, but I doubt they would, he doesn't look like a leader at all.
For Cristiano Ronaldo, I believe he will remain in the national team until he retires or until Portugal has a coach that doesn't care about names but about performance and attitudes. Psychologically Portugal needs him right now and we will see in EURO 2024 how much he can contribute to the team. There are already quite limited number of players that teams can send, so that means they are not going to spend one of the slots to a 42 year old Ronaldo, he is already not doing that great, even in 2022 world cup he was benched after a while, and now we are seeing him getting to something four years later? Of course not, he will not have a place. Maybe if they do that like emotionally, like so he would be a leader, but I doubt they would, he doesn't look like a leader at all.
I have done some research but couldn't find anything such statement by him at least. Therefore it still seems like not certain. But the qualifiers phase for European countries would start earlier so maybe at least there we might see him. But I don't know whether he would find the energy in himself to play in the main tournament as well.
Still no title for Ronaldo in the World Cup by the way but Messi has got it finally.