World Cup
Portugal 2-0 North Macedonia: Team Santos and Ronaldo at the World Cup
Portugal found two goals from Bruno Fernandez and defeated North Macedonia 2-0 in the final of “Dragao” on their way, thereby securing qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Fernando Santos are back in the final stages of the World Cup. Portugal prevailed 2-0 of North Macedonia in “Dragao” thanks to two goals from Bruno Fernandes, for the final of their way in the barrages of the European zone, with the consequence that the Iberians seem to be faithful to their appointment for the sixth tournament in a row.
The Portuguese went into the semifinals suspiciously after the Italian’s accident and wasted no time. They were trying to find an early goal that would leave the Qatar ‘ticket’ in their hands. Ronaldo and Diogo Zotan had good chances in the opening minutes while the visitors responded with two shots from Egzian Alioski, who failed to beat Diogo Costa.
In the 32nd minute, after a steal, Fernandes and Ronaldo drew 1-2 and the former made it 1-0 for the Portuguese. The North Macedonians had to open to hope for a draw, but failed to do so. On the contrary, from another theft of the Portuguese in 65′, Portugal countered and this time Zota with a cross took out four from Fernandes who made it 2-0.
The hosts had the psychology, momentum and VAR when nothing wrong was found in 77′ with two marks by Pepe and Danilo in the penalty area. Santos renewed the squad and Portugal managed to keep the ball and play mostly away, gnawing time and threatening a new goal.
The 3-0 never came, but Fernandez’s goals were enough to send Portugal into the final stages of the institution for the eighth time in their history and sixth straight season.
PORTUGAL: Costa, Cancello, Danilo, Pepe, Mendes, Fernandes (Nunes 88), Moutinho (90+1 Vitinia), Otavio (Carvalho 77), Ronaldo, Zota (Leao 77), B. Silva (88. Felix). ) )
NORTH MACEDONIA: Dimitrievski, S. Ristovski, Mousliu, Velkovski, Alioski, Elmas (87′ Nikolov), Bardi, Antemi, Trajkovski (59′ Churlinov), M. Ristovski (46′ Miostovsky), 75′ Miovsky (75′)
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Goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national team Anatoly Trubin I remembered the match against France (0:4) when Sergei Rebrov released the semi-reserve squad.
“It was the coach’s choice. It is always the coach who decides whether the match will be sacrificed or not. If we talk about the challenge itself, we all understand the strength of France. I understood that there could be a lot of shots, there could be a lot of chances, and I was ready for it. When the opponent is always with the ball, constantly attacking, you are always in the game: you play in sections, you react, you constantly feel the rhythm.
For me personally, it’s even easier than when your team is attacking most of the time and you’re standing idle and suddenly there’s a moment where you have to be ready,” Trubin said.
Source: Sport UA
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Ukraine national football team completed 2025and UAF summarized the results of the called-up players.
He was included in the national team during the year 44 players.
The year 2025 for Sergei Rebrov’s team started with an unsuccessful performance against the Belgian team in the Nations League play-offs.
The blue-yellows played two friendly matches against Canada and New Zealand in June.
The national team participated in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers from September to November, finishing second in the group and advancing to the play-offs for the World Cup qualifiers.
During the season, the team had 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Statistics: 10 matches of the Ukrainian national team in 2025 (+5=1–4)
VIDEO. 44 players were called to the Ukrainian national team during the year
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World Cup
INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:
“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”
FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”
Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:
“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”
Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.
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