Ronaldo lost the feeling of scoring from club to team and Portugal will have to wait for the "group final" match with Serbia to determine a ticket to the 2022 World Cup.
Because the top team Serbia does not play in this match, Portugal is confident to win all 3 points in the trip to the Republic of Ireland to regain the No. 1 position in Group A from the Eastern European opponent. That is a prerequisite for coach Fernando Santos and his team to create a little advantage over Serbia before the two sides have a great battle in 3 days to compete for the only official ticket of the table to the World Cup.
With such a high determination, the Portuguese away team actively played a press attack in almost the entire first half with the dynamism of Bruno Fernandes and full-backs Diogo Dalot and Nelson Semedo, creating every ball. towards captain Cristiano Ronaldo. However, the star of Man United and his partner Andre Silva were almost helpless to find their way into the goal of the Republic of Ireland, especially when the host players actively followed and were ready to kick to break. opponent's play.
The situation did not improve with Portugal after the break, despite speeding up the attack, but Ronaldo was still completely stuck in the finishing stage. Not only that, the visitors were also in a difficult position due to the loss of people after midfielder Pepe received the second yellow card in the match in the 81st minute.
The match flared up in injury time when the Republic of Ireland was denied a goal and Portugal was turned away by the god of luck after Ronaldo's 90+6 close-range shot was saved by goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu. . The score 0-0 was maintained until the end of the game and Portugal, with only 1 point in the trip to Dublin, had to temporarily be content with reaching the top of Group A, with the same 17 points as Serbia but slightly better in terms of points. sub number.
The two teams will meet at dawn on November 15 in the "naking" match of Group A, where the winning team will win tickets directly to the 2022 World Cup final. The losing team will have to go to the play-off spot with the group. the second team in the group, but the competition is much more fierce.
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