SecondSpain and Serbia have already qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. On Sunday night, Spain scored 1-0 (0-0) against Sweden, who entered the playoffs. In stoppage time, Portugal gave a safety ticket in the home game against Serbia and must tremble after 1:2 (1:1) seconds.
The Spaniard dominated the game in front of the home audience, which was led by the German referee Felix Braich. It was not until the 86th minute that Alvaro Morata scored. Sweden has no star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the starting lineup and rarely exudes danger. Emil Forsberg of RB Leipzig missed the biggest opportunity (40th).
In the second game of Group B, the score between Greece and Kosovo was 1:1 (1:0). Giorgos Masouras’ first goal (44th) was equalized by Amir Rrahmani (76th).
Thanks to the former Munich’s Renato Sanchez (2nd), Portugal took the lead early. The Serbs put pressure, and thanks to Dusan Tadic, they got the compensation they deserved (No. 33). In stoppage time, Alexander Mitrovic caused the Serbs to cheer. Ireland finished third in Group A with a score of 3-0 (0-0) in Luxembourg.
Fedor Kudriaschow’s own goal gave World Cup runner-up Croatia a ticket to the Qatar final. The Russian defender suffered misfortune in the 81st minute and rewritten the score to 0-1 (0-0) in the continuous rain in Split. As a result, Croatia surpassed Russia on the final day of Group H and obtained direct qualification. Russia now has to take a difficult step to enter the playoffs, which only won three World Cup tickets.In the playoffs, the ten runners-up and the two best group champions are National League represent.
The Croatian team is a strong team in Split, but it has repeatedly clashed with self-sacrificing guests, but to no avail.Hoffenheim striker Andrei Kramaric His behavior is unlucky. Only when Kudriashaw made a cross to his goal, the hosts were allowed to cheer in the final stage. This means that Russia, which has already lost the quarter-finals in the penalty shoot-out of the 2018 World Cup, will face the threat of missing the final round for the first time since the 2010 World Cup.
Behind the German national team that directly qualified for Group J, North Macedonia got the chance to participate in the playoffs. The 3-1 (1-0) victory over Iceland on Sunday night was enough to discourage chaser Romania. However, North Macedonia had to waver because Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson equalized the score after Ezgjan Alioski’s first goal (7th) at halftime (54th). Eljif Elmas redeemed the hosts with two goals (65./86.).
Due to the yellow and red card against Isak Bergmann Johannesson (79th), the Scandinavian’s pursuit speed was also slowed down. The Romanians completed their mission in Liechtenstein 2-0 (1-0). However, they cannot bridge the gap with North Macedonia. Dennis Man (No. 7) and Nicusor Bancu (No. 87) scored and Nicolae Stancius missed a penalty kick (No. 34).
