The Qatar World Cup 2022 will have the presence of one of the great figures of today’s football, Cristiano Ronaldo. For your Portugal national team It will be the sixth consecutive World Cup date, while for CR7 its fifth World Cup.
Qualifying for Qatar was tricky towards the end for the Portuguese side, who were part of Group 1 of the UEFA Qualifiers alongside Serbia, Ireland, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.
At the last round, however, the draw was enough because they finished first, but they fell by the hour with the Serbs (second for goal difference) and the team directed by Fernando Manuel Costa Santos was relegated to the possibility of repechage.
After the draw, Portugal faced beat Turkey first with suffering. The Portuguese scored 2-0 but the Turkish team was about to equalize: Yilmaz missed a penalty in the 85th minute that would have taken the game to extra time. Then he condemned Portugal with the 3-1 final.
And they sealed their arrival at the World Cup after winning with a Bruno Fernandes brace (2-0) against North Macedoniathat he could not repeat the feat obtained by eliminating none other than Italy.
CR7 Portugal in Qatar 2022: matchday, times and rivals
In the Qatar World Cup 2022, Portugal is part of group H, the last one, together with the South American Uruguay, African Ghana and South Korea, from Asia.
And the rivals, days and times of the first stage are as follows:
- Thursday 24/11. 13 hours. Portugal vs Ghana.
- Monday 28/11. 16 hours. Portugal v Uruguay.
- Friday 02/12. 12 hours. Portugal vs South Korea
If they advance to the round of 16 of the World Cup, Portugal will meet one of the qualifiers of group H which make up none other than Brazil with Neymar and company; Serbian, just who sent him to the playoffs in these qualifiers; the always difficult Switzerland or Cameroon.
In case of ranking in first place in their group H, they will have to face the second in group G on Tuesday 12/06 at 16:00
If he finishes second in H, however, he will meet the leader of G one day earlier, Monday 12/05 at 16:00
Source: Clarin
