World. Portugal guarantees quarter-finals and will face Spain

Ricardinho’s heel deflection gave the result a fair advantage in the first half. Soon after, André Coelho shot at the post in a move in which he made the ball go over the opponent’s goalkeeper. He didn’t do it this time, managed to finish shortly afterwards, raising the score to 2-0.

After the break, the Serbs returned with more danger, hitting Bebé’s goalpost and even reducing it to 2-1, shortly afterwards by Lazarević, who also made the unexpected 2-2 draw. Opportunities arose and any of the teams could gain an advantage on the scoreboard. Aksentijevic stood out among the Serbian goalposts. The same player was later sent off for “losing his head” in a less sympathetic gesture towards the match referee.

Portugal made the 3-2, by Pany, and then, almost immediately, the 4-2 by Erick. Serbia reduced to 4-3 with 40 seconds to go. With 6 seconds before the final whistle, Serbia had 3 successive shots in which they could have tied again, earning the cuts of the Portuguese players.

In the other match between Spain and the Czech Republic, the Spanish neighbors won 5-2 and are thus on the way to Portugal in the quarter-final match of this World Cup.

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