You can win, you can lose! Ronaldo vows to do everything possible to reach the World Cup
After the Portuguese national team Missed out, lost 2-1 to Serbia, now their situation is not very good. and can only have to wait to compete again During the month of March next year, in order to determine the fate of Can they qualify for the 2022 World Cup final, with Portugal having to advance to the play-offs against the second-placed team of the remaining nine teams?
This defeat caused Portugal to miss the top of the crowd. Can only be ranked 2nd in Group A and will have to continue to win in order to qualify for the next play-off round.
Which the captain of the team, Cristiano Ronaldo, also announced his request to fight for the national team. Despite losing in a twist of anticipation in the final game of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the European zone for Serbia and had to lose the final ticket on Sunday. And have to win in the play-off round March instead.
Portugal national team The winners of Euro 2016 got the lead from Renato Sanches in the second minute, during which time Portugal was clearly dominant. But the situation began to change when, in the 33rd minute, Ajax Amsterdam playmaker Dusan Tadic scored an equalizer. Serbia can begin to strike. Which, before the end of the game in the 90th minute, became Serbia, taking the lead 2-1 from the moment that Dusan Tadic rocked to the left, dropped into the deep penalty area, fell into the head of Alexandra Mitrovic On the ground, the ball bounced back through the hands of Rui Patricio, plugged in his first post, resulting in Serbia’s shock 2-1 win over Portugal.
That was enough to make Serbia the group champion. And through to the World Cup for the second time in a row, as for the losers, Portugal, they will have to fight three of the 12 teams in the play-off round next March, just to win tickets to Qatar.
Despite their regret that they missed out on an unexpected World Cup opportunity, Ronaldo did not give up on the defeat. By referring to his Instagram, he said, “Football games have shown us time and time again. that sometimes the road to victory It can lead us to defeat as well.”
“The result yesterday was difficult. But it’s not enough to put us down. We still have our goals for the 2022 World Cup and we know what we have to do to get there.”
