Portugal wins, goes to the World Cup and pushes the Netherlands towards pot 2
Portugal qualified for the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday evening. Unlike Italy, the Portuguese did beat North Macedonia and that earned them the coveted ticket. aiming for pushed the Netherlands towards pot 2.
Due to the victory of North Macedonia over Italy, there was no hoop for the Dutch national team. If the country had also managed to stunt against Portugal, then the Netherlands could still go to pot 1. It didn’t get that far, because Portugal won 2-0 by two goals from Bruno Fernandes.
Portugal was not the only country to be forced to qualify on Tuesday. The meeting between Poland and Sweden was also on the program. Robert Lewandowski crowned himself the most important man by converting a penalty just after the break. Piotr Zielinski had another goal later in the second half and so Poland also got a ticket for the World Cup.
The World Cup draw
The draw for the final tournament will take place on Friday. The balls will start rolling from 6 p.m. Dutch time. It is important to know that not all participants are known yet. After all, there are still three World Cup tickets to be carried out. The countries that will be added in June will end up in pot 4 during the draw.
In pot 1, Qatar, Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain and Portugal can be found. Because the Netherlands ends up in pot 2, it knows for sure that it will hit one of those countries. The full and final overview of the pots will be released by FIFA on Thursday.