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This is the situation in Europe after the first phase of qualifying for the tournament in Qatar that will take place in November and December.
The winners of Europe s 10 groups will qualify automatically for the finals and the runners-up will have to go through the minefield of a playoff to reach the promised land.
Here is a brief summation of how the 10 seeded teams are faring in their respective groups.
Portugal
The European champions are fully immersed in an uncompromising battle for automatic qualification with co-leaders Serbia after three matches.
Captain Cristiano Ronaldo and his cohorts have performed patchily so far even though they would be perfectly entitled to feel robbed after CR7 s last-gasp goal in a 2-2 thriller with in-form striker Aleksandar Mitrovic s Serbs was not allowed. The group will most probably be decided on the last matchday when the two sides clash in Lisbon.