Portugal tied 2-2 on their visit to Serbia, This Saturday in the second day of group A of European classification for the World Cup-2022, A match in which the Portuguese lost a two-goal lead and in the last action they were able to take the victory, but the absence of the ON prevented it.
The current champion of Europe arrived at the half with two goals of advantage, both written down of head, in almost traced plays, by the forward of the Liverpool, Diogo Jota (11 and 36).
but when Portugal it looked like he wasn’t going to have as many problems as in his debut in that qualifier, when he beat the modest 1-0 Azerbaijan, Serbia reacted in the second half and managed to tie, with goals from Alexander Mitrovic, Of head (46) and of Filip Kostic, Culminating in a counter (60).
The punishment could have been greater for the Portuguese team, Who was knocked out by the two Serbian goals and could have conceded more had it not been for a big cut in Anthony Lopes a shot of Mitrovic (55).
The selection of Fernando Santos he was shown no attacking ideas in the final stretch, in the image of a distant shot from his star Cristiano Ronaldo which left very deviated (75).
I SerbiaAfter a two-goal deficit, he settled for a draw, especially when he was outscored by the expulsion of Nikola Milenkovic (90 + 2).
The match ended however with the controversial play in which Cristiano Ronaldo passed the archer’s exit Marko Dmitrovic i Stefan Mitrovic took out the ball when he had clearly crossed the goal line… but the Dutch referee Danny Makkelie he did not see it, nor did his assistant and the ON it is not used in this qualifying phase, so both did not go up on the scoreboard.
! ️ ???? This happened in the 90 + 3 ‘of Serbia – Portugal …
???? The ball enters clearly, the referee DOES NOT SEE IT and it was the tiebreaker of the Portuguese selection
???????? Cristiano Ronaldo, seeing this, LEAVE THE PLAYING FIELDpic.twitter.com/qJnuCk5uR1
– Carrusel Deportivo (@carrusel) March 27, 2021
The protests cost him a Ronaldo the yellow card, withdrawing from the track visibly annoyed and throwing the bracelet to the ground of captain.
Portugal will have to forget about this incident soon, as he will visit on Tuesday Luxembourg, Which this Saturday gave the big surprise to the winner Ireland a Dublin for 1-0.
Serbia i Portugal they lead Group A with 4 points, followed by Luxembourg (3).