As the curtain draws on the 2022 Qatar World Cup closer and closer, the World Cup qualifiers on all continents have also entered the final stages, portugal and Italy, the champions of the past two European Championships in the European arena, have not been able to lock in a direct promotion place in the qualifiers, and they can only hope for the outstanding performance of the playoffs in Qatar, and the two European giants who are divided into the same group are diametrically opposed, Portugal faces turkey with good strength, Very lucky to escape the opponent's penalty equalizer, so as to advance to the play-off final with a 3-1 head, while Italy broke out of the cold and lost to North Macedonia, playing early and returning home early! And Portugal and North Macedonia, which is regarded by fans as the biggest dark horse in the play-offs, will be in a life-and-death battle, the winning side will lock in a World Cup place, from the overall strength of both sides, Portugal has obvious advantages, and they and Italy, there is no lack of offensive endpoints, so C Ronaldo leads the team to eliminate the biggest dark horse North Macedonia, the probability of smoothly advancing into Qatar is very large!
North Macedonia can eliminate Italy, it is indeed the vast majority of fans did not expect, the ST European Championship champion although there are a number of core players injured can not play, but they still have a clear advantage in personal strength and team strength, this can also be seen from the scene of the game between the two sides, facing North Macedonia, the Blues Italy can be said to be fully dominant, the whole game in the possession rate reached 66% of the case to create 32 shots on goal, On the other hand, North Macedonia only completed 4 goals, the only goal of the whole game, but also from a long shot outside the box that did not seem to be a big threat, it can be said that North Macedonia eliminated Italy, has its own efforts, but also inseparable from the care of the goddess of luck.
And Italy in the scene of the crushing advantage, did not be able to win, the most important reason is that they lack a hammer player on the front line, and Portugal and Italy, the personal ability of the front players is obviously stronger, C Ronaldo still has the ability to change the trend of the game, and his super strong mental attributes also allow him to have a good play in the battle of life and death, in addition, Jota and Felix also have a bright play in their respective clubs. All three had the ability to conquer the portuguese.
There is also the creativity of the Portuguese midfielder, which is not weaker than That of Italy, Bruno Fernandez and Bernardo Silva have the ability to send a fatal pass for the forward players, which shows that Portugal and North Macedonia will most likely replicate the trend of the Italian and North Macedonia matches, that is, portugal will bombard the opponent's goal in the whole game.
In today's world football, the simplest and most effective way to crack the dense defense is to set the ball and the head, and now there is no shortage of set-piece masters in the Portuguese squad, and Ronaldo's head ability is still the top existence in football, which is why many fans believe that North Macedonia can resist the Italian attack, but it is difficult to block the Portuguese attack, hoping that C Ronaldo can lead the team to play a good performance in this life and death battle, and strive to appear in the qatari arena, after all, this is likely to be his player career, The last World Cup!