[WORLD CUP QUALIFYING: Europe] It was a night of heroics across Europe as the four remaining berths in the World Cup went to Portugal, France, Croatia and Greece.Portugal owed its qualification to one of the great performances of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s career, a hat trick in the 3-2 win to best Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored both goals for Sweden. France became the first European team to overcome a 2-0 World Cup playoff deficit with a 3-0 win to eliminate Ukraine and silenceits critics.

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