Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay, Italy: Can they qualify for Qatar 2022?

The Qatar World Cup 2022 warns that he will have large absences and many of them of importance, taking into account that several teams such as Italy or Portugal in Europe face each other, In Concacaf the Mexican National Team is close to the playoffs and Uruguay is far from the direct classification positions.

In the European case, those classified for the playoffs to access the last 3 remaining places in the World Cup, have not had as bad luck as Italy and Portugal, who will have to face North Macedonia and Turkey to go to the decisive match.

Italy Since the World Cup in South Africa 2010, it has not been able to be the once soccer powerhouse of Europe in the National Teams, without However, after having been champions of the Eurocup 2020, their path through the Playoffs has not been the best and The Italian press has speculated on repeating the nightmare of 2017, when they were eliminated against Sweden in the play-offs at Russia 2018.

The Italians were surpassed by Switzerland in their group, remaining second in the group and forcing them to look for their pass through the repechage.

On the other hand Portugal has a similar situation. After the European Championship 2020, they could not be one of the teams that are called to qualify directly. In fact, the repechage route has been customary for the Lusitanians in the last World Cups, however, in March there could be one of the most morbid matches in international football before the World Cup if the crossing between Italians and Portuguese.

Another detail of Portugal is that Cristiano Ronaldo could play his last World Cup as an active, always and when they can overcome their respective key to seal their ticket to Qatar.

Mexico flirts with the repechage

The Mexican National Team has not had a good presence in the Octagonal of the Concacaf, finding itself in the third position of the table. Although El Tri may still have pairings that can help them climb positions, everything will depend on what they do against their main rivals the United States, Canada and Panama, the latter that is in playoff positions.

Uruguay was left without DT and possibly they will be out of Qatar

The Uruguayans have had a eliminatory cycle of CONMEBOL very poor, without the usual brightness and with bad results in recent dates produced the departure of the technician Óscar Washington Tabárez, after 12 years and 3 world championships ranked consecutively .

With no renewal in sight, Uruguayans depend on what happens with Peru, Colombia and Bolivia , to classify directly or go up to fifth place in the table.