Portuguese go to the playoffs from the first place in the group

In the third round of the group tournament at the World Cup in Group D, on Wednesday in Gelsenkirkhen there were prefabricated Portuguese and Mexico. According to the results of the meeting, the wards of Luis Felipe Skolary reserved the first line of the standings, and their visas - the second.

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Portuguese who occupy the first place in Group D The Portuguese have already solved the task in the 1/8 finals of the tournament, and in the last round they could choose from which place to leave the next stage. However, this process was complicated by the fact that the alignment of forces in the neighboring group will finally be determined only on Wednesday evening. Possible rivals will play three hours later, and the opponent in the first round of the playoffs to the Portuguese could still not be chosen.

For the Mexicans, there was much more at the stake. It directly depended on this match, whether they would delay in Germany, or would pack their suitcases. The wards of Ricardo La Volpa needed to get only one point in order to go to the next circle. However, in the event of a defeat from the Portuguese and Angola’s victory over Iran in a parallel match, in the playoffs, instead of the regulars of the mundial, the former Portuguese colony in Africa could take place.

The Portuguese very quickly managed to carry out a burning attack: already in the 6th minute, the manica closed the flank gear of Sabroza, directing the ball to the gates of the gate. In the 24th minute of the game, a penalty was appointed at the gates of the Latin American, who calmly realized the same Sabrose. The wards of the Argentinean Ricardo Lastom found the strength to spend the strength of a return ball five minutes later - after the rally of the corner ball of our head Jose Fonsieki.

In the second half, the Mexicans got the opportunity to equalize the score, but the foam Miguel did not realize Omar Bravo, appointed by the game by Miguel, breaking up above the gate. Four minutes later, Mexico remained ten years due to the second yellow cards of the Omar Perez, received for simulating violations in the penalty area.

Thus, the Portuguese team reached the 1/8 finals of the World Cup, and the Mexico team retained the second position. In the playoffs they are waiting for Argentina and Holland, but we will find out the exact composition of the couples later.