FIFA World Cup 2022: How can Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal qualify for Qatar World Cup 2022?

Portugal is yet to secure their place for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. As it finished second behind Serbia in Group B of the World Cup Qualifiers.

In their last meeting, Serbia took the match away from Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal by a goal. Aleksandar Mitrovic found the net in stoppage time to ensure their participation in FIFA World Cup 2022. Portugal needed a draw for direct qualification but their hopes were shattered with the winner in the dying minutes of the game.

"Football has shown us time and again that sometimes the path is more torturous but drives us to more desired results,". Ronaldo on social media.

He further said: "Yesterday's result was very hard, but not enough to sink us. Our objective to get to the 2022 World Cup is still very alive and we know what we have to do to achieve it. There are no excuses, Portugal are going to Qatar,"

Portugal can still make it to the main event by qualifying through the playoffs. This will be the third time that the Portuguese will have to qualify for the main tournament after participating in the playoffs. For the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, they had a similar situation during qualifications.

When is the Play-offs Draw Time?

The draw for the UEFA World Cup 2022 play-offs will be held on Friday, November 26, 2021.

When will the matches be played?

The play-off semi-final matches will take place on March 24 and 25. The finals will take place on March 28 or 29.