They will seek their second win in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, today, against strong Serbia
Led by her legend Cristiano Ronaldo, the current European champion Portugal visits Serbia today, on the second day of European qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, in which Belgium travels to the Czech Republic.
In Group A, Portugal, who beat Azerbaijan (1-0) without frills in Turin on Wednesday, will try to make a better impression against a higher-level team, Serbia, which has just beaten Ireland 3-2.
In key E, Belgium, third in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, will try to repeat the good image it gave at the opening of the qualifying rounds, winning 3-1 over Gareth Bale’s Wales. Not to be relied upon against an impressive Czech Republic in Estonia (6-2).
Outside of the 2018 World Cup in what was a historic setback, the Netherlands will have to change course against Latvia, after having lost from the outset to Turkey (4-2) in a group G that is announced very disputed.
Turkey, led by its veteran scorer Burak Yilmaz, will try to confirm the step forward in Norway, with the prodigy Erling Haaland, who did not show his full level in the start against humble Gibraltar, settled with a 3-0 in Marbella (Spain).
The Nordics will once again have a gesture of denunciation towards the working conditions of the workers of the Qatar World Cup stadiums, as they already did against Gibraltar when they wore t-shirts in the anthems that said: “Human Rights, on and off the field of play” . The gesture was followed on Thursday by Germany, who beat Iceland 3-0 in Duisburg.
Finally, in group H, Croatia, finalist of the last World Cup, has a good chance against Cyprus to relaunch its campaign after losing 1-0 to Slovenia in the opening.
Slovenia will try to clinch the top spot in the group against Russia, which started with a 3-1 win over Malta.
For its part, the Spanish soccer team departed yesterday from the Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport for Tbilisi, where it will prepare from yesterday the match that will play tomorrow against Georgia, second in the qualifying phase for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The national team completed a training session yesterday at the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium, the scene of the match in which Spain drew (1-1) against Greece last Thursday in the first clash of the qualifying phase.
The team led by Luis Enrique Martínez, who until the game against the Hellenes had won the seven previous matches played in Granada throughout its history, will return to Andalusia in just a few days since on Wednesday they will face Kosovo in Seville .
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