It goes for Portugal.
Not for Italy.
Quickly released by goals from Otavio and Diogo Jota in the first period, the Portuguese got the better of Turkey (3-1) this Thursday in Porto, in the semi-finals of the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup. hour of play, Burak Yilmaz missed the equalizing penalty in the 84th minute for the Turks… Matheus Luiz then put the lid on for the Seleçao.
In the final of this Path C, Portugal will face the surprising North Macedonia, which created the sensation by eliminating Italy in Palermo (0-1).
Goal signed Aleksandar Trajkovski in stoppage time. A real hold-up, as the Italians dominated the debates… But dominating is not winning.
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The 2022 World Cup play-off schedule
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