Portugal-North Macedonia is a match valid for the qualifying playoffs for the 2022 World Cup and is scheduled for Tuesday at 20:45: formations and predictions.
PORTUGAL – NORTHERN MACEDONIA | Tuesday at 8.45pm
An authentic footballing tale that, in spite of ourselves, we will remember for a long time. The small one” North Macedonia, designated victim in the Palermo semifinal against Roberto Mancini’s Azzurri, has just accomplished a feat destined to remain in the annals of this sport. And that we Italians will certainly not easily forget.
The reigning European champions were beaten and eliminated with a goal scored in injury time by Aleksandar Trajkovski, who had risen to the rank of national hero. A resounding success, obtained by the national team of Blagoja Milevski after having resisted the blue siege for all ninety minutes of play. A sporting miracle that goes hand in hand with the victory of March 2021 in Germany. Three golden points which in the end proved to be fundamental to leave Romania behind in the group and snatch a place in the play-offs. Now the unexpected ending with the Portugal. In addition, away from home, in Oporto, where the North Macedonians will be called upon to throw their hearts once more over the obstacle against a team that would have played favored even if Italy had been on the other side. In all likelihood, we will see a script very similar to that of the “Barbera”: CR7 and his companions on the attack and the Balkans constantly holed up in their own penalty area as well as behind the line of the ball.
On paper, the Lusitanians shouldn’t work too hard to break through their defense. Even if Portugal were far from flawless in last Thursday’s semifinal with Turkey, risking to concede the goal of the potential 2-2 in the last minutes (mistake by Burak Yilmaz from the spot) after having squandered a double advantage.
How to watch Portugal-North Macedonia on live TV and in streaming
The match between Portugal and North Macedonia is scheduled for Tuesday at 8.45pm at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto, Portugal. In Italy will not be broadcast neither live on TV nor in streaming. The television rights on the matches valid for the world qualifiers (with the exception of the matches in which the Italian national team is involved) are in possession of Mediasetbut the well-known television broadcaster did not give any information about it.
Portugal-North Macedonia: the prediction
It is almost impossible for North Macedonia to accomplish another feat. The quality of the Portuguese setters is such as to undermine Milevski’s “bunker” without major problems. The total networks should be at least two, with Cristiano Ronaldo likely to end up in the scorers’ table. There is a good chance that Portugal will end up in both the first and second halves.
The probable formations
PORTUGAL (4-3-3): Diogo Costa; Cancelo, Danilo Pereira, Fonte, Guerreiro; Bernardo Silva, Moutinho, Bruno Fernandes; Otavio, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota.
NORTHERN MACEDONIA (4-3-3): Dimitrievski; S. Ristovski, Velkovski, Musliu, Alioski; Elmas, Kostadinov, Bardhi; Churlinov, M. Ristovski, Trajkovski.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-0
