Quote from: KTChampions on Today at 01:47:04 PM

Quote from: hahay on Today at 03:41:54 AM

But if North Macedonia can win this, at least it will be a big history for him. How not, North Macedonia can beat big teams like Italy and Portugal and it would be a big surprise if it actually happened. If you look at the quality on paper, it is at least the same as what Italy had before, but in the end who can think North Macedonia can beat Italy at the end of the match, but for Portugal of course they will learn more from what happened in Italy and Portugal will certainly anticipate this.

In some rare matches, the underdogs defeat the "big" teams, but it's hard to believe that this would happen twice in a row, and even at the playoff stage. Seeing the result of Italy, the Portuguese team will be initially set up for a more effective game, so the defensive game of Macedonia and even their luck (if any) will not surprise or confuse anyone.

There is also a saying that opportunity only comes once, maybe that will also apply to Macedonia, even though they managed to beat Italy, but I'm not sure they will do the same for Portugal, because Portugal must have learned from Italy's defeat, that's for sure. Portugal played very carefully, and did not let Macedonia break into Portugal's goal, a world cup without the most expensive star would be less exciting.