The Portugal team is an unknown in this World Cup in Qatar 2022. Led by the inexhaustible Cristiano Ronaldo, the ‘tugas’, champions of Europe in 2016 and of the Nations League in 2019, can make a tournament irrelevant or once the room barrier, they automatically become serious candidates.
How was it classified?
The Portuguese team suffered, but eventually qualified for the World Cup in Qatar. They finished second in the UEFA qualifying round, behind Serbia, with whom fell in Lisbon in the last match of the groupwhich was a final: five wins and two draws in total.
The Portuguese team played for the World Cup ticket in the March ‘playoffs’, although fortunately they had to play at home, at Porto. First he scored Turkey (2-1) and eventually got the pass minimum against North Macedonia (1-0)who was the executioner of Italy in the other semifinal.
Did you know…
For Portugal, the World Cup is like a coin in the air. Of the seven he participated in, in three he was eliminated in the group stage. Of the next four, two fell in the round of 16.
In the other two, however, he went to the semifinals, which is his maximum in terms of advanced rounds. of the two consolation finals playedhe won one (1966) and lost the most recent, in Germany 2006.
Group Hours H.
- November 24 vs. Ghana (17:00 Peninsular)
- November 28 vs. Uruguay (20:00 Peninsular)
- December 2 vs. South Korea (16:00 Peninsular)
