The relief for Portugal and Poland, qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this Tuesday evening in the European zone play-offs.
With a double signed Bruno Fernandes, the 2016 European champions got the better of North Macedonia (2-0) in Porto.
Thanks to a penalty from the inevitable Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Piotr Zielinski, the Poles for their part dismissed Sweden (2-0) in Warsaw.
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The 2022 World Cup play-off schedule
We know 12 of the 13 European qualifiers for the World Cup, Portuguese and Polish joining Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, Switzerland, England and the Netherlands.
A final play-off remains to be played between Scotland and Ukraine, postponed due to the war.