"I think we deserved to win the game and to be in Qatar."īeating Portugal for the first time marks a turnaround after Serbia failed to qualify for the European Championship. "It was an amazing game, fully deserved,” Mitrovic said.
Mitrovic's late header silenced the crowd and shocked Portugal's players, including Ronaldo, who sat on the field at the final whistle. Portugal were in a strong position when Renato Sanches scored the opening goal after just two minutes against Serbia, but Dusan Tadic kept Serbia in the game with an equaliser in the 33rd. The draw takes place November 26 in Zurich. Russia, too, head to the playoffs, which start March 24 and will sort 12 teams - 10 group runner-ups and two with strong records from the Nations League - into three brackets of four teams. Spain only needed a draw in its last game against Sweden to qualify but Alvaro Morata made sure in the 86th minute with the only goal in a 1-0 win to leave veteran Sweden star Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hopes of another World Cup appearance depending on the playoffs.Ĭroatia laid siege to Russia's goal on a waterlogged field quickly turning into a swamp, and was finally rewarded when a Russian defender scored an 81st-minute own-goal, enough for a 1-0 win. FIFA WC qualifiers: Italy's injury crisis deepens ahead of final group game vs Northern Ireland
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