Portugal hosts Macedonia North in the Group C final of the World Cup Extra-European Playoffs to compete for a place in the final week of the tournament. Portugal's opponent has changed from the expected Italy to Macedonia, although the situation is better on the cards, but Macedonia's rapid progress in recent years, can eliminate Italy's strong enough to prove that the strength, especially the steady assault method of play has been quite mature, this game is a powerful check on Portugal, goal fine [2.5 goals] worth supporting. (Game number: (2)48 Start time: Wednesday 2:45am)
Portugal beat Turkey 3:1 in the last 4, but the process was not smooth sailing, although the halftime lead of 2 goals, but the tail end of the loss of 12 yards was almost tied, in the absence of Rubin Dias and Bibi a pair of regular midfielder, the defense is not stable, in a one-on-one game of life and death, the leader of the Ferrando Santos will be more cautious, the home will not be crazy rush attack. In addition, the ace striker C Ronaldo's recent form is mediocre, 11 of the 13 matches against the white fruit, Portugal to tear through the defense of North Macedonia will be even more difficult.
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The visiting Macedonia has never played in a WC final week before, but they made their historic debut in the final week of the Europa League last year, so they are not good at all, and they didn't rely on luck alone to eliminate Italy last time. Although Italy recorded 32 attempts on goal, 19 of them were blocked by Macedonian players, which proves that the team's defense is very tightly organized, and 4 of the last 6 matches have been without conceding a goal.
Portugal and North Macedonia have only met twice in the past, with Portugal having 1 win, 1 draw and a slight advantage, but there was only 1 goal in the two matches, and the total goals were all 2 or less. Considering that both sides have the psychological burden of not being able to lose in this match, they will definitely play step by step, and the chances of opening the scoring fine [2.5 goals] will be very high.
