Crazy! Mitrovic sent his team to the World Cup and Ronaldo only to the barrage

Aleksandar Mitrovic’s goal in the 90th minute sent Serbia to Qatar for the final tournament. Portugal, with Ronaldo, surprisingly only goes to the barrage.

Before the last match of the Group A qualifying cycle, the cards were clearly dealt. There were only two teams left in the running for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Portugal and Serbia. Ireland, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan were cowering far below the relegation line with a large points deficit.

Portugal only needed to draw at home in Lisbon and with a better score they would have defended their direct qualification. The Serbs, on the other hand, had to go to the Balkans with a win if they did not want to go through the barrage.

Renato Sanches scored for the home side in the second minute and there was no sign of any final drama. However, Serbian captain Dusan Tadic equalised in the 33rd minute and the match was even not only in terms of the score but also in other statistics.

The nervous match, in which Italian referee Orsato handed out a total of eight yellow cards, escalated. Half a minute before the end of regulation time, the visitors had the opportunity to send a centre into the Portuguese penalty area. How did they take it? Judge for yourself.

The ball from Tadic’s foot, flying to the back post of the goal guarded by Rui Patricio, found Aleksandar Mitrovic and sent it into the net.

Talking about the absolute euphoria of Serbia’s players at that moment would be useless after watching the video. The full team ran onto the field and started to celebrate. Cristiano Ronaldo, on the other hand, was left to cry.

Source: Twitter (Snezana Mitrovic), Livesport, Sky Sports