Bruno Fernandes guides Portugal to Qatar against a weak Macedonia (2-0)

Cristiano Ronaldo will play his fifth Glass of the World thanks to the doublet of Bruno Fernández this Wednesday in the Stadium do Dragao, where Portugal sealed his classification to Qatar 2022 with a comfortable victory in front of Macedonia north (2-0). The visitors grieve opusieron resistance and remained to the doors to complete his 'miracle' mundialista, tras delete the Thursday to Italy in Palermo (1-2).

Macedonia repeated the plan executed in front of the 'azurra', with his lines totally replegadas in field suitable for baling out spaces and prevent the construction of game luso. The ones of Blagoja Milevski held the first half hour of party, but after the first so much of Bruno went to rack and ruin anímica and physically. In Palermo, the plan worked because the Italians did not have puntería. Today the luck did not accompany them.

Portugal went out to look for the party from the start, without losing the composure and betting to the quality of his forwards in front of the fault of spaces in contrary field. In the minute 31, a bad pass in long of the captain Stefan Ristovski was intercepted by Bruno, that ran without hesitating until contrary field to define of first a pass of Cristiano Ronaldo. 32 minutes, 1-0 and classification directed.

Macedonia did not change his plan in the second part and the same midfield player of the Manchester United commissioned to clear the party finishing of volley a centre served by Otávio. After the drama lived in front of Serbia in the last day of the phase of groups, the fanatical lusos maybe expected something more than suffering this Wednesday, but the rival no opuso greater resistance. Triumph and calm classification for the ones of Fernando Santos, technical champion of the Euro in 2016.

Record of participations mundialistas for Cristiano

With his participation in Qatar, Cristiano equalises to Leo Messi with five participations in the Glass of the World, record that share with the Mexican Antonio Carbajal and the ex defender of the FC Barcelona Rafael Márquez, in addition to the German Lothar Matthäus. Gianluigi Buffon also was in five world-wide, although it did not play any minute in 1998. Of this form, Qatar ensures to the two maximum figures of the football in the 21st century.