Hannibal Mejbri emulates Cristiano Ronaldo as three Manchester United players miss World Cup

Manchester United players are set to return to Carrington after their respective international exploits. It proved to be a hugely-important Tuesday night for several members of the Old Trafford contingent — with four booking a spot at the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar.

However, there was heartbreak in that same regard for other United stars. Here is our round-up of the international action that took place across the planet last night.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes are celebrating after helping Portugal qualify for the tournament. Fernandes was the hero as he scored two goals at the Estadio do Dragao.

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That was enough to gun down North Macedonia — who missed out on the big one after they produced a shock win over Euro 2020 winners Italy in the semi-finals. Ronaldo captained Portugal and played a huge part in the opener for Fernandes, which was naturally spotted and enjoyed by United fans. Diogo Dalot was an unused substitute at the Porto stadium.

United youngster Hannibal Mejbri is also on his way to Qatar after Tunisia held off Mali to complete a 1-0 aggregate victory. The teenager won his 12th cap in Tunis.

However, while there was ecstasy for those four players, there was heartache for three United teammates as Victor Lindelof, Anthony Elanga (both Sweden) and Zidane Iqbal (Iraq) failed to qualify. Sweden were eliminated by Poland after Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in a 2-0 win.

Piotr Zielinski of Napoli sealed their fate. Lindelof captained Sweden and Elanga — winning his second senior cap — was a second-half substitute in Chorzow. Youngster Iqbal went unused versus Syria.

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