Portugal v North Macedonia live stream: How to watch the World Cup play-offs from anywhere in the world

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Portugal v North Macedonia live stream, Tuesday 29 March, 7.45pm GMT, Sky Sports

Looking for a Portugal v North Macedonia live stream? We’ve got you covered with our handy guide.

North Macedonia’s shock win over European champions Italy was the story of the play-off semi-finals, but they face another momentous challenge when face Portugal for a place at the Qatar World Cup 2022

The Azzurri were left stunned by a stoppage-time winner from Aleksandar Trajkovski in Palermo, as the Macedonians recorded a 1-0 victory in one of the great World Cup qualifying shocks. 

It was a backs-to-the-wall performance from the visitors, who mustered four shots to Italy’s 32, but made sure that one of them counted.

They now travel to Porto looking for a second mammoth upset in a row against a Portugal side packed with world-class talent.

Fernando Santos’ side beat Turkey 3-1 in their semi-final last week.

Goals from Otavio and Diogo Jota gave them a comfortable half-time lead, but Burak Yilmaz pulled one back before blazing a penalty over that would’ve tied the game.

Matheus Nunes wrapped up the win with a last-minute goal, and his side will be huge favourites to successfully navigate their way through the play-off minefield and book a ticket to Qatar.

Portugal haven’t failed to reach the World Cup since 1998, while North Macedonia are aiming to qualify for the first time – having reached their first ever major tournament at Euro 2020 last summer. 

Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT; UK viewers can watch live on Sky Sports Action.

UK TV schedule

VPN guide

Use a VPN to watch international friendlies from outside your country

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If you’re out of the country for any international friendly action, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to tune in without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.

But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.

There are plenty of good-value options out there, including:

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio. 

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