Only one of either Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, or Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden will be present at the FIFA 2014 World Cup to be held next year in Brazil, after Portugal was drawn to play against Sweden in the European play-offs.

 Captain for the Portugal team, Ronaldo, will be leading his teammates against Ibrahimovic's team Sweden, and fans are already bemoaning having to lose one of the two stars before the FIFA 2014 World Cup.

 If Portugal loses to Sweden,they will fail to qualify, making it the first time for Portugal to miss the FIFA World Cup tournament since 1998. Meanwhile, team Sweden has been aiming to reach their 12th participation in the FIFA World Cup,, after having missed the chance to play in South Africa in 2010. 

It will have been a comeback for Portugal after a disappointing loss to the previous FIFA World Cup against Russi, who finished one point ahead despite Portugal being looked upon as the favorites. Meanwhile Sweden, after failing to qualify for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, are looking to retake the glory of their 1950 and 1994  3rd place victory. Other face-offs for the European qualifying play-offs are Ukraine versus France, Greece versus Romania, and Iceland versus Croatia. the first legs of the games will begin November 15, with return legs to be played in the 29th of the same month.