The Portuguese national football team achieved an expressive result by defeating North Macedonia 3-0, in a match that represented the first part of a cosmic combination necessary for qualification. This victory allowed Portugal to correct a path that included four previous defeats.
With this result, Portugal has not yet secured qualification and remains dependent on another outcome. The Portuguese national team needs Israel not to win their next game, which keeps the suspense regarding the qualification outcome.
The title of the journalistic piece suggests that the calculations needed for qualification were correct after this victory, but that a decisive condition still needs to be fulfilled to reach the final objective.
