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A sad and happy night in football! Ronaldo s red card upsets Portugal, Haaland is infinitely close to the World Cup, and France advances

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In the early morning of November 14th, the European zone of the World Cup preliminaries reignited the war, and France became the 29th team to win the right to participate; Norway was only one step away from the line; Portugal lost unexpectedly, and England steadily won 7 consecutive victories.

France 4:0 Ukraine

An unexpected draw with Iceland in the last round did not affect France's prospects. This round they faced Ukraine at home; Mbappe once again became the key player. He first scored a penalty kick in the 55th minute of the second half to open the door to victory; Kanter assisted Olise to quickly expand the advantage. In the 83rd minute, Mbappe scored twice with a supplementary shot in front of the goal, which also increased the number of personal national team goals to 55. In the 89th minute, Mbappe assisted Ekitic and scored the first goal of the national team. The French team swept the victory with 4 goals without losing any effort and entered the World Cup for the 8th consecutive time; it was also the 29th team to advance to the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Norway 4:1 Estonia

Next year's World Cup will also see the twin stars of Mbappe and Haaland appear together; because Norway is infinitely close to appearing. Norway, which had won all the first six rounds, faced Estonia, which had already been eliminated. Serlott and Haaland both scored twice. Norway defeated their opponents 4:1; after seven rounds, they scored 21 points. Even though Italy in the same group won 2:0, it was still 3 points behind Norway; although the two teams will meet directly in the last round; but according to the rules of the European preliminaries, when the two teams have the same points, the goal difference will be compared first; if Norway is undefeated in the last round, then the Nordic legion led by Haaland will go straight to the United States, Canada and Mexico.

If Italy wins, the two teams still need to compare the goal difference; in terms of goal difference, Italy suffers very much. The current goal difference between the two teams is 17 goals, which means that Italy needs to beat Norway at least 9 goals at home in order for its goal difference to surpass Norway. This is simply an impossible task for Italy, which is generally offensive.

Ireland 2:0 Portugal

Portugal, like France, could advance to the World Cup by winning this round, but the Five Shields team unexpectedly overturned. In the away game against Ireland, Parrott scored 2 goals with his head and kick in the first half, and the entire Portuguese defense was turned upside down. In the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for an erratic elbow strike, thus ending his World Cup qualifying campaign ahead of schedule. At the same time, considering that the president is already 40 years old, this game is most likely to be his final game in the World Cup preliminaries. Fortunately, Portugal has accumulated a lot of advantages in the previous rounds. Even if it loses unexpectedly, it still ranks first in the group. As long as it defeats Armenia in the last round, it will still get the right to participate in the World Cup.

England 2:0 Serbia

After taking over as England's coach, Tuchel immediately performed extremely well in the World Cup preliminaries. He won six rounds and won the right to participate in next year's World Cup one round ahead of schedule. He was also the first team in Europe to pass the preliminaries. In this round against Serbia, Arsenal duo Saka and Eze scored a goal each in the first and second half, and England easily won 2:0. In 7 World Cup qualifying games, England scored 20 goals and has never been scored by the opponent.

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