As we all know, because Italy unexpectedly lost at home to North Macedonia, the situation of "Italian and Portuguese vying for World Cup qualifying places" that fans feared and had a dilemma did not appear. In the early morning of March 30, as long as Portugal beat North Macedonia at home, Ronaldo will reach the Qatar World Cup. Beijing time today, C Luo updated the INS, posted a training photo in the national team.
However, any accident in football can happen, and if North Macedonia can beat last year's European Championship winner, it may also eliminate the 2016 European Championship winner. North Macedonia is ready for a away match against Ronaldo. The media predicts that the probability of Portugal's exit is 78%, indicating that the risk remains and Portugal cannot be careless.
Among the teams currently qualifying for the World Cup, according to the latest FIFA rankings, in addition to the host Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England and Spain have already determined a slot (i.e. seeded teams), and the last seeded team will be produced between Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico and the United States. Portugal's promotion will secure seedings. I believe this information is an encouragement to the Portuguese team led by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Once Portugal qualified, Germany and the Netherlands would be teams in second gear. Although the Netherlands have improved rapidly, Germany has already been renewed under Frick's leadership and has become the favourite team to win the World Cup in Qatar. It is estimated that all seeded teams are reluctant to be in the same group as Germany, because once the German team is assigned to which group, it may become a seeded team that is not a seeded team.
Portugal and Germany, for example, have met 19 times in the big tournament, of which Germany has won 11 times and drawn 5 times during the period, while Portugal has only beaten Germany 3 times. In the group stage of the 2014 World Cup, Portugal lost 4-0 to Germany. In last year's Euro 2 group stage, Germany again made it 4-2 to Portugal. In both competitions, Germany scored four goals for Portugal, giving Cristiano Ronaldo a stop in the group stage.
In the last three decades, Argentina has collided with Germany in the World Cup, and the results are not as good as the Germans. In both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, Argentina were eliminated by Germany in the quarter-finals. The 1986, 1990 and 2014 World Cup finals were all German-Afghan battles, with Germany winning the title twice, except for the 2-3 defeat in 1986. Especially in the 2014 World Cup, because of the lack of angels, because Higuain lost a single knife, Messi rubbed shoulders with the World Cup.
Combined with the above, Argentina and Portugal are not very "like" Germany, but from an unforgettable point of view, Messi is more "afraid" of the German team than Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo. To put it another way, the German team definitely likes to be in the same group as Messi or C Ronaldo, so that the psychological advantage is greater when playing. Isn't that the case?