{"id":4394,"date":"2022-03-23T14:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:25:37","slug":"world-cup-playoffs-no-cristiano-ronaldo-mohamed-salah-or-italy-whats-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/world-cup-playoffs-no-cristiano-ronaldo-mohamed-salah-or-italy-whats-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup playoffs: No Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah or Italy? What&#8217;s at stake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN &#8211; Can you imagine a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/fifa.world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;in Qatar without&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=482\">Portugal<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/22774\/Cristiano-Ronaldo\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=2620\">Egypt<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/173896\/Mohamed-Salah\">Mohamed Salah<\/a>? Or a tournament in which European champions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=162\">Italy<\/a>&nbsp;or African champions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=654\">Senegal<\/a>&nbsp;fail to qualify? Well the bad news for those mentioned, and fans across the globe, is that some of the game&#8217;s headline acts will see their Qatar 2022 dreams extinguished in the coming days during the World Cup playoffs.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-107x60.jpeg 107w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i-160x90.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/i.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><p>By the end of this international break, seven nations will have booked their place in this year&#8217;s World Cup through the playoffs. Three more will be confirmed when the Intercontinental playoffs and the culmination of the European path involving&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=457\">Ukraine<\/a>&nbsp;take place in June.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup-qualifying-uefa\/story\/4622899\/world-cup-playoffs-no-cristiano-ronaldomohamed-salah-or-italy-whats-at-stake\">Click here to red more<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p><strong>World Cup play-offs: Portugal face Turkey while Italy take on North Macedonia in crucial semi-finals<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/The World Cup 2022 playoffs are set to take place over the next fortnight with the final three European berths yet to be decided ahead of this winter's tournament in Qatar.  Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the coming days as the most important challenge of his time in charge.\">SkySport<\/a> &#8211; Portugal must get past Turkey on Thursday to face either Italy or North Macedonia in same World Cup play-off path; Sweden vs Czech Republic and Wales vs Austria also live on Sky Sports Football.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"The World Cup 2022 playoffs are set to take place over the next fortnight with the final three European berths yet to be decided ahead of this winter's tournament in Qatar.  Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the coming days as the most important challenge of his time in charge.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-107x60.jpg 107w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><p>The World Cup 2022 playoffs are set to take place over the next fortnight with the final three European berths yet to be decided ahead of this winter&#8217;s tournament in Qatar. Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the coming days as the most important challenge of his time in charge.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"The World Cup 2022 playoffs are set to take place over the next fortnight with the final three European berths yet to be decided ahead of this winter's tournament in Qatar.  Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the coming days as the most important challenge of his time in charge.\">Click here to read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p><strong><a href=\"Mondiali: Azzurri a caccia del pass per il Qatar\">Mondiali: Azzurri a caccia del pass per il Qatar<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Ansa &#8211; Playoff: Italia sfida la Macedonia, il Portogallo la Turchia<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansa.it\/sito\/notizie\/sport\/calcio\/2022\/03\/23\/mondiali-azzurri-a-caccia-del-pass-per-il-qatar_cf19d1ec-387b-462f-8407-db8319e92ff7.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/9e9ea30187da07a39e6997ed484b67c1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/9e9ea30187da07a39e6997ed484b67c1-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/9e9ea30187da07a39e6997ed484b67c1-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/9e9ea30187da07a39e6997ed484b67c1-1-600x385.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/9e9ea30187da07a39e6997ed484b67c1-1-94x60.jpg 94w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/9e9ea30187da07a39e6997ed484b67c1-1-140x90.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><p>Gli scongiuri sono d&#8217;obbligo, ma per il primo atto dei playoff mondiali il pronostico non potrebbe essere pi\u00f9 azzurro. La vittoria dell&#8217;Italia di Mancini, opposta domani sera, a Palermo, alla Macedonia del Nord, \u00e8 data dagli analisti di Snai a quota modestissima, 1,17.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Click here to read more<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN &#8211; Can you imagine a&nbsp;FIFA World Cup&nbsp;in Qatar without&nbsp;Portugal&#8216;s&nbsp;Cristiano Ronaldo&nbsp;or&nbsp;Egypt&#8216;s&nbsp;Mohamed Salah? Or a tournament in which European champions&nbsp;Italy&nbsp;or African champions&nbsp;Senegal&nbsp;fail to qualify? Well the bad news for those mentioned,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[789,787,788],"class_list":{"0":"post-4394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","9":"tag-fifa-world-cup","10":"tag-qatar"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/skysports-cristiano-ronaldo_5714187.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4403,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4394\/revisions\/4403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}