Cristiano Ronaldo and his team will have to wait to qualify for the World Cup
Lisbon: Spain has qualified for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Teams from Croatia and Serbia. Portugal, who suffered an unexpected defeat to Serbia in the qualifying round of the European teams, still have a long way to go to secure a World Cup representation.
Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s team needed a win or a draw to secure a ticket to the World Cup. Serbia advanced to the semifinals with a stellar performance in front of the former European champions. Portugal took the lead in the second minute through Renato Sanchez.
Serbia equalized in the 33rd minute through Dusan Tadic. Alexander Mitrovic scored the winning goal in the final minute of the match, marking the end of Portuguese fans’ expectations. It was Portugal’s first defeat in the qualifying round.
Spain qualified by beating Sweden by one goal in a Group B match. The winning goal came in the 86th minute from the boot of Alvaro Morata. The victory of the former champions was complete dominance on the field.
Croatia defeated Russia by a single goal. Fyodor Kudryashov’s own goal was a setback for Russia. With the win, Croatia qualified for Group H with 23 points from 10 matches.
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