Africa and Europe have already defined their qualifiers to Qatar 2022

There is less and less time left for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and therefore the continental federations begin to define the last classified, such was the case of Africa and Europe.
Africa
An exciting day of qualifiers was lived in the African continent where the second leg of the third round left several surprises.
Continental champions Senegal tied the aggregate with one goal (lost the first leg 1-0) to Egypt, taking the definition to penalties where they beat the pharaohs 3-1 and qualified qatar.
Nigeria and Ghana drew by one goal (goalless equality in the first leg), which caused the Ghanaians to go to the World Cup by taking advantage of the away goal.
The most frenetic duel was lived in Algeria, where the locals fell to Cameroon in the 90 minutes of play by a goal to zero (first leg won Algeria 0-1). When going to the extension the locals made a goal at 118′ which classified them, but at 120 + 4′ Cameroon tied the game and taking advantage of the away goal, they go to Qatar.
Morocco and DR Congo drew by one goal on Congolese soil in the first leg. In the second leg, Morocco became strong and scored by four goals to one to the visit, sealing the passages to Qatar.
Finally, Tunisia and Mali drew without goals, but the locals had won by a goal to zero as a visit in Mali, so they also go to the World Cup.
Europe
Bruno Fernandes scored a brace for Portugal’s 2-0 win over North Macedonia to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar, as did Poland, who defeated Sweden by the same score.
Backed by 50,000 fans who packed the Estádio do Dragão, Portugal dominated the match from the start, but struggled to overcome North Macedonia’s strong defence, managing just three shots on goal despite having almost 70% of possession.
Fernandes opened the scoring in the 30th minute of the first half after a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo and defined with a cross from the right.
The 27-year-old attacking midfielder sealed Portugal’s victory in the 65th minute with a volley almost from the penalty spot following a Diogo Jota cross, when the visiting team was playing in search of equality.
Portugal qualified for their sixth consecutive World Cup and have not missed a major international competition in the last 20 years.
Meanwhile, Poland also met the goal of qualifying Qatar after leaving Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Sweden on the road at home.
Polish striker and captain Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 50th minute with a penalty kick, in which he deceived rival goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
Sweden had a couple of good chances to level the score, but they had a good response from home goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Finally Piotr Zielinski scored the 2-0 after facing Olsen and beating him with a forehand shot to the first stick.
Ibrahimovic came on in the final 10 minutes but couldn’t do much against the Polish defence.

Original source in Spanish

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