One team will play in the World Cup football 2022 from Portugal-Italy.
Four-time world champion Italy. Also the current Euro champion. On the other hand, one-time European champion Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest goalscorers of all time and the highest scorer in international football, played for this team. However, only one of the two teams will play in the 2022 Qatar World Cup. In the play-off draw, the two teams fell into a very difficult path.
The European draw was held in Zurich on Friday at 10 pm Bangladesh time. Italy was on a difficult path there again. Russia did not get a place in the last World Cup after losing to Sweden in the play-offs. This time too the team was in the same predicament.
This time the play-off is not limited to two home-away matches like other times. Two teams that performed well in the UEFA Nations League with runners-up teams from 10 groups got a chance in the playoffs. A total of 12 have been divided into three ways. There are 4 teams in each path. After the draw between these 4 teams, the semifinals are between the seed-unseed team. The two winners of the semi-final will face each other in a battle to get a ticket to the World Cup.
After the draw, Italy and Portugal are on the way to No. 3. However, the two teams are not facing each other from the beginning as they are the seed team. Italy's opponent in the semi-finals is Northern Macedonia. Portugal will play against Turkey in the other semi. The winning team of these two semi-finals will play in the final. In that case, if they win their respective matches, the final will be between Italy and Portugal. Then any heavyweight team in the next World Cup will have to be spectators.
Scotland will play Ukraine in the semi-finals of the No. 1 race. Wales' opponent in the other semi-final is Austria. One of the four teams will get a ticket to the World Cup. Sweden will face the Czech Republic on the second route. And Russia will play against Poland.
The teams will face each other in the semifinals on March 24. The winners of the semi-finals will play in the final on March 29 to secure a ticket to the World Cup.
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