Opposite destinies for the Iberian teams.

On the one hand, Spain obtained, Sunday, November 14, its ticket for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by beating Zlatan's Sweden (1-0).

On the other, Portugal bowed to the wire against Serbia (1-2), forcing it to go through the dams in March.

The Portuguese had yet started the debates in Lisbon, with a goal from Renato Sanches in the 2nd minute, but the Serbian Dusan Tadic equalized half an hour later (33rd) on a strike countered by Danilo and which surprised Rui Patricio , gone to the other side.

A draw was enough for Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates to secure their visa for Qatar and they seemed to be heading towards this result when Aleksandar Mitrovic finally gave Serbia the advantage in the 90th minute, synonymous with qualifying in extremis and therefore d 'feat.

Zlatan back

Meanwhile, in Seville, Luis Enrique's men had to be very patient against strong and well-organized Swedes.

The latter were only one point behind them in Group B and will therefore play the play-offs. 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, back in the squad, made his entry in the 73rd minute, when the score was 0-0, but it was the Spaniards who finally scored, in the 86th minute, by Alvaro Morata, following a a superb shot from Olmo deflected off the crossbar by the Swedish keeper.

🏁 ¡¡FINAL EN LA CARTUJAAAAA !!

¡¡ESTAMOS EN EL MUNDIAL !!



⭐️ The @SeFutbol se asegura el billete para la próxima cita mundialista in # Catar2022 gracias al gol de @AlvaroMorata.



👏🏻 ¡¡GRACIAAAAS, SEVILLA !!

¡¡GRACIAAAS, AFICIÓN !!

¡¡ES VUESTRO !!



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90 + 4 '# VamosEspaña pic.twitter.com/rkkvwdKNpZ

- Selección Española de Fútbol (@SeFutbol) November 14, 2021

In Group H, Russia lost in Split, Croatia, the match (1-0) and its leading position.

She will therefore play the play-offs while the Croatian vice-world champions can already pack their bags for Qatar.

In Group J, Germany, already qualified, went for a walk in Armenia (4-1) and North Macedonia, victorious against Iceland (3-1) in Skopje, will play the play-offs because it has retained his point ahead of Romania which logically won in Liechtenstein (2-0).

With AFP

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