HT scores in the World Cup qualification play-off semi-finals:
◉ Italy 0-0 North Macedonia
◉ Portugal 2-0 Turkey
◉ Sweden 0-0 Czech Republic
◉ Wales 1-0 Austria
◉ Italy 0-0 North Macedonia
◉ Portugal 2-0 Turkey
◉ Sweden 0-0 Czech Republic
◉ Wales 1-0 Austria
Gareth Bale has scored with a direct free-kick for Wales for the first time since he scored against England at Euro 2016.
It’s the 7th free-kick he has scored for his country.
Gareth Bale in World Cup qualifying for Wales:
◎ 6 games
◉ 4 goals
◉ 3 assists
A perfect free-kick to put his side in front.
Diogo Jota has now scored in each of his last three games for club and country:
vs. Arsenal
vs. Nottingham Forest
vs. Turkey
His ninth international goal.
Otávio in the first half vs. Turkey:
100% chance conversion
29 touches
5 duels won
2 chances created
2 fouls won
1 tackle
1 take-on
1 shot
1 goal
1 assist
Involved in both goals.
◉ 64’: Austria pull a goal back against Wales
◉ 65’: Turkey pull a goal back against Portugal
Game on in both play-off semi-finals.
Portugal beat Turkey 3-1 in their FIFA World Cup play-off semi-final
Game is over and the final score is Portugal 3**-**1 Turkey. Here is the match report.
3 - 1
Otávio (14’)
Jota (41’)
Matheus Nunes (93’)
B. Yılmaz (64’)
B. Yılmaz (84’ Penalty Missed)
Italy 0-1 North Macedonia: Italy have again failed to qualify for World Cup
Game is over and the final score is Italy 0**-**1 North Macedonia. Here is the match report.
0 - 1
North macedonia gave Italy a shocker in the 92nd minutes of play
In a nutshell,Italy are not going to the world cup 2022
◉ July 2021: Italy win Euro 2020
◉ September 2021: Italy set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in international history
◉ March 2022: Italy fail to qualify for back-to-back World Cups
Italy are the fourth defending European champions not to qualify for the next World Cup:
◎ 1978: Czechoslovakia
◎ 1994: Denmark
◎ 2006: Greece
◉ 2022: Italy
Just one of the five things we learned as North Macedonia shock Italy.
Portugal vs. North Macedonia
Poland vs. Sweden
Two spots at the 2022 World Cup up for grabs on Tuesday
Sweden beat Czech Republic 1-0 to set up a clash with Poland next week. The winner will punch their ticket to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.