China News Service, Beijing, March 30th. In the World Cup qualifiers European play-off Group C finals that ended in the early morning of the 30th Beijing time, Portugal defeated North Macedonia, which had previously eliminated the Italian team, 2:0, and successfully advanced to the Qatar World Cup finals.

As the captain of the team, this will be the 5th World Cup for Ronaldo to represent the Portugal national team.

Image source: Official blog of the Portuguese national team.

  Although North Macedonia is not a traditional strong team in Europe, in the previous qualifiers, this team upset the European Cup champion Italy team, making the latter miss the Qatar World Cup.

But in Portugal's game against North Macedonia, Portugal did not let the upset happen again.

  In the 32nd minute of the game, Ronaldo assisted B Fei to break the goal, and Portugal rewritten the score to 1:0.

In the 65th minute, Jota sent an assist and B Fei scored another goal. In the end, Portugal defeated North Macedonia 2:0 and successfully advanced to the Qatar World Cup finals.

  After the game, Portugal coach Santos said: "The players have a great attitude to the game and show a very strong team spirit. This is a fair and just victory." "Our goal is to continue to win the game, we dream World Cup."

  This is the eighth time Portugal has reached the World Cup finals and the sixth time in a row.

Historically, Portugal won third place in the 1966 World Cup and fourth place in 2006.

The Qatar World Cup will also be the fifth World Cup for Ronaldo to represent the Portugal national team.

  The current Portugal team can be described as dazzling stars. In addition to the experienced veterans such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Fonte, Bruno, Dias, Sanches and other Mesozoic and young players also have excellent strength, they have the opportunity to impact well 's ranking.

  Despite failing to score against North Macedonia, Ronaldo's fifth World Cup trip is undoubtedly worth looking forward to.

At 37 years old, he still maintains a good competitive state.

  In the Premier League on March 13, Beijing time, with Ronaldo's hat-trick, Manchester United defeated Tottenham 3:2.

After this game, Ronaldo became the top scorer in history with 807 goals.

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