World Cup play-off finals: Portugal and Poland qualify for Qatar

1. Two World Cup play-off finals completed on Tuesday
2. Result: Portugal 2-0 North Macedonia - Fernandes scores twice to send Portugal to World Cup
3. Result: Poland 2-0 Sweden - Lewandowski & Zielinski send Poland through

Chance for Portugal to score again. Pepe pings a 50-yard ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, who just keeps the ball in play and Diogo Jota shoots into the side-netting.

YELLOW CARD

Jacek Goralski goes into the book.

And it could easily have been a worse colour card. He goes in late on Jesper Karlstrom after the ball has gone and scrapes his boot right down the Swedish player's shin.

Nasty.

North Macedonia have offered nothing since Portugal's goal. Can the hosts get a second before the break to take control?

Sweden continue to move better and look the more threatening.

A cross from the left is met by Robin Quaison but nodded off target.

Can I surprise you? That is Bruno Fernandes' first goal for Portugal that was not in a friendly or against Luxembourg.

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Sweden are the slicker of the two sides.

It is packed on the edge of the Poland box, though, so they have to work it wide for Dejan Kulusevski. His low cross is brilliant, but flies between the home defence and keeper.

Portugal tails are up a bit now and Cristiano Ronaldo is showboating to a huge cheer.

GOAL - Portugal 1-0 North Macedonia

Portugal take the lead thanks to a Macedonian mistake.

Bruno Fernandes cuts out a poor crossfield ball by Stefan Ristovski and finds Cristiano Ronaldo with a first-time ball.

Ronaldo carries the ball on and plays the ball back to Fernandes through a defender's legs and his Manchester United team-mate drills home from the edge of the box.

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Not a bad effort, Jan.

A Sweden head half clears a cross and falls for Jan Bednarek, who smashes a volley on target but straight at Robin Olsen.

This game is cooking now.

Poland are hitting back.

Matty Cash gets in down the right but his cross is hacked behind.

Nuno Mendes is a very good player. The Portugal left-back shows more good feet as he latches onto a loose ball and is brought down by a lunging Tihomir Kostadinov tackle. He rolls around in agony and the physios are on.

Oh, Matty Cash!

A cross across the box from Piotr Zielinski is there for the full-back to hit, but it is on his wrong foot and he fumbles it, sending it spinning wide.

Pepe is offside as he tries to head a cross back to old Real Madrid bud Cristiano Ronaldo.

Almost a peach of a ball from Jakub Moder. He curls it from the left into what he thinks is the path of Sebastien Sztmanski, but out comes Sweden keeper Robin Olsen to clear the ball ahead of the Polish forward.

Portugal are starting to go through the gears a bit now. Well I presume that's a good thing, I don't drive.

Another corner.

Cristiano Ronaldo goes down easily in the box and appeals for a penalty but English referee Anthony Taylor is having none of it.

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Huge chance. Bruno Fernandes whips in a fine corner and Diogo Jota powers a header into the ground but it bounces over the bar with the keeper beaten.

Sweden could do with making their current superiority count.

They are well on top now after a fairly even first 15 minutes.

Diogo Jota wins a corner for Portugal. This game has been pretty even so far.

Sweden are having a moment. Turning the screw.

They work a chance for Dejan Kulusevski, whose low shot from the edge of the box is blocked by Jan Bednarek.

Poland clinging on.