The World Preliminary Round in Europe finished the semi-finals of the play-offs, Portugal defeated Turkey 3-1 to advance to the final, and Italy was eliminated by North Macedonia in a 0-1 outrageous explosion. Portugal and North Macedonia will meet in the play-off finals, with the two teams vying for a World Cup spot, and this time portugal, like Italy, is widely watched.
In terms of historical meeting results, Portugal, like Italy, did not win the last time against North Macedonia, but a draw. Portugal's last match against North Macedonia was in May 2012, when it was tied 0-0 by North Macedonia, although it was a warm-up match, but Cristiano, Quaresma, Moutinho, Coentrand and others all started in the game, which was enough to prove that North Macedonia was a hard bone; Italy was also a draw against North Macedonia before the semi-finals of the play-offs, and played a 1-1 draw with North Macedonia in the 2017 World Preliminary Tournament.
More importantly, North Macedonia also beat the German team at home 2-1 in this World Preliminary Tournament, which fully proved that his knockout from Italy was not accidental, they had their own game advantages, the whole team played very united, and the spiritual attributes were also strong. Faced with such a tenacious opponent, the Portuguese team remained tense before the match, agreeing that the match against North Macedonia would be very difficult.
C Ronaldo looked forward to the team advancing to the World Cup in the best condition before the game, and he posted a message on the social platform to encourage the whole team to unite, saying: "Brave and immortal nation, all people are united, send the same voice, come on Portugal!" In the pre-match press conference, Ronaldo was interviewed, he said that the best form of Portugal can beat any team in the world, stressing that the whole team is very confident of winning the play-off final, while recognizing the excellent side of North Macedonia, bluntly saying that the north Macedonian team is very organized and has great respect for them, but Portugal is in the best condition to beat any team.
For the future, Ronaldo also gave some less certain answers, arguing that no one can decide his future, only he can, and he will only choose not to play when he feels that he is not good, suggesting that this may not be his last World Cup trip. According to the schedule, portugal and north Macedonia play-off final will start at 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 30, the lineup system, Portugal will continue the configuration of the previous round to defeat Turkey, to attack instead of defending will be their best choice, and to take advantage of the opportunity at the offensive end, improve goal efficiency, avoid repeating italy's mistakes, Italy in the case of 32 feet on goal, means that North Macedonia will continue to swing the bus, in the face of such defense, Ronaldo is expected to play the super shooter side again, which is worth looking forward to.