At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on Friday, the semi-final of the World Preliminary European Zone Play-off, Portugal sat at the Dragon Stadium to meet Turkey, which is a life-and-death battle, the winner enters the final, against the winner of Italy vs North Macedonia, competing for 1 World Cup ticket.
Highlight 1: Portugal ushered in a life-and-death battle
The World Preliminary Round play-offs have been restructured and no longer have the home-and-away two-legged format of the past. Portugal need to play Turkey in the semi-finals first, and if they lose, they will be directly out of the game, and they will not qualify for the World Cup! So this game is a veritable life-and-death battle, and only by winning can you really compete for World Cup tickets.
Watch point 2: Whether C Luo can stand up
At the critical moment, the superstar is needed to come forward, and C Luo has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He has scored 115 goals for Portugal and is the all-time top scorer of the national football team, but the past has become a thing of the past and now it is necessary to save the team with goals again, but also to save himself.
Highlight 3: 780 million grand arrays, stars gathered
In addition to Ronaldo, Portugal is also a star-studded squad, according to the statistics of the "Transfer Market", the total value of the whole team is as high as 780 million euros! The highest is B fee, 90 million, B seat 75 million, Felix 70 million, Jota 60 million. In contrast, the total value of the Turkish team is 310 million euros, and the two teams add up to nearly 1.1 billion.
Highlight 4: Rear defense is short of major generals
Central defender Ruben Díaz is injured, Pepe is diagnosed with a new crown, full-back Cancelo is suspended, portugal's back line is suddenly missing three main players, can only rely on the 38-year-old Fonte to press the line, will there be loopholes and mistakes? Worrying. In addition, Renato Sanchez was suspended, and Semedo and Neves were also injured.
Watch point 5: whether Turkey can be upset and qualified
Historically, Turkey has only participated in the World Cup twice, most recently in 2002, when they were also in the same group as the Chinese men's football team, winning 3-0 and finally winning a historic third place.
However, in 20 years, the Star Moon Legion has not reached the final round again. Now that they have finally reached the play-offs, although they have to face the giants, they also have Char khanoglu, De Miral, Ilmaz, Seyunju, Yundale, Yazezhe and other famous players, they will definitely not give up lightly, and they will definitely attack with full force!