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Italy and Portugal, two teams with European Cup champion status again languishing towards 2022 World Cup. Surprisingly, both of them had to go through the playoffs.
Some groups have already completed 2022 World Cup Qualification European zone. The teams that top the group are confirmed to directly qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Croatia, England and Germany have locked tickets to 2022 World Cup. The team in the runner-up position will be drawn and fight again in the playoffs.
The two European champion teams in fact could only finish in the runner-up position. They are Italy who was the champion of the European Cup 2020 yesterday and Portugal who won Euro 2016!
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Italy, Euro 2020 champions struggling in 2022 World Cup Qualifiers (Getty Images/Claudio Villa)– |
Portugal in Group A, have to admit superior Serbia. In the last match, Cristiano Ronaldo cs lost and finished the standings with 17 points, minus three from Serbia.
Italy conquered by Switzerland. Gli Azzurri only collected 16 points in Group C, minus two points from Switzerland at the top.
Unfortunately, the two rulers of the standings are indeed a nightmare for Portugal and Italy. Whereas on paper, the two Euro champions are more favored!
Now, Portugal and Italy have to fight harder in the playoffs. It will start in 2022 later in March on the 24th to the 29th.
In total, 12 teams will compete in the playoffs plus the top three teams from the Nations League who did not play in the match 2022 World Cup Qualification, as reported by Daily Star.
Later only three teams will qualify, so Portugal and Italy’s road will be very difficult 2022 World Cup.
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