Portugal seeks to beat Turkey and advance to the women’s World Cup play-off
The Portuguese women’s football team only needs to beat Turkey this Tuesday, in Vizela, in the 10th and final round of the European Group H of qualification, to get a place in the play-off of access to the 2023 World Cup.
After the 2-1 triumph in Serbia on Friday, the formation commanded by Francisco Neto rose to second place in the group, which gives access to the play-off, reserve for the last round by one point more than the Serbs.
With Germany already qualified (leader, with 24 points, against 19 for Portugal and 18 for Serbia), the formation of the corners only needs to do an resultadogogo to the displaced that the ex-Juslavic traced in the form of displacement to Israel.
Faced with a team with which they drew away in their debut in the qualifying round (1-1, on September 16, 2021), Portugal only depends on itself, with one victory prevents the corner formation from having to look at Nes-Ziona’s game.
Without as injured Catarina Amado and Jéssica Silva, the Portuguese coach should not present an eleven very different from the one they won in Serbia, by 2-1, in a comeback sealed with goals from Joana Marchão and Kika Nazareth.
In the case of being in second place, Portugal will almost certainly play in the first round of the ‘play-off’, since it is almost impossible to get around one of the three best runners-up, which guarantees one of the three best places ranked in the second.
To reach the 2023 World Cup, scheduled for Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, the The selection of the corners will thus have to overcome two rounds, one-handed, between October 3 and 11, with a draw on Friday.
Of the three defeated in the second round, the two best (results in the group stage, with first, fourth and fifth, and third in the ‘play-off’) go on to the World Cup and the third still for an intercontinental ‘play-off’ , to be played in February 2023 in New Zealand.
For now, to reach the ‘play-off’, Portugal needs to add today at least the points that Serbia and they manufacture in Israel, and the reception to Turkey is scheduled for Vizela, from 17:30, with arbitration by the check Jana Adamkova.