Steady first leg… Fernandes Portugal, “torture” for Iceland in Luxembourg

He continued the absolute and “embraced” the qualification to Euro n Portugal! Roberto Martinez’s team, with his goal Bruno Fernandes in the 43′ he prevailed 1-0 at the headquarters in Slovakia doing the “5 on 5” on 10th group. A loss for the Iberians as they lose Cristiano Ronaldo, who after the yellow card he received will be absent from the match against Luxembourg, in which he has scored 12 goals in as many matches.

At the same time in Zenica, Bosniatook advantage of its quality and despite the pressure from the guests and the unimaginable goal by Wolfingermanaged to get the win by a score 2-1 against Liechtenstein and to maintain even at the last moment its hopes for qualification.

Dzeko opened the scoring in the 3rd minute with a close-range shot, while a quarter later Luchinger scored an own goal for 2-0 of the hosts. Three minutes later, Mr Wolfingerwho competes in the 4th division of Switzerland, with an improbable “volley” reduced the score to 2-1 which remained until the end of the match.

Another surprise from impressive Luxembourg who turned Iceland’s night into “torture” after winning 3-1 with Panathinaikos central defender Hordur Magnuson sent off in the 73rd minute with a second yellow card.

The home team took the lead just at 9′ with his well-timed penalty kick Hay with 1-0 remaining until the end of the first half.

In the second part despite the pressure of Iceland, the home team with his great finish Borzes Sanchez they arrived at 2-0. In the 73rd Magnuson left his team with 10 players after pulling Sinani’s shirt, resulting in his second yellow card. However, the Icelanders managed to reduce in the 88th minute with a goal from Haraldsson, but the Luxembourg players took advantage of the numerical advantage with Sinani managing to beat Runarsson for the final 3-1. In fact, Luxembourg equaled their qualifying record by reaching 10 points again for the first time since 1996.

The standings of the 10th group:

1. Portugal 15 (15-0)

2. Slovakia 10 (5-2)

3. Luxembourg 10 (7-7)

4. Bosnia 6 (5-8)

5. Iceland 3 (9-9)

6. Liechtenstein 0 (1-16)

The results of the 5th game

Slovakia-Portugal 0-1

(43′ Fernandes)

Luxembourg-Iceland 3-1

(9′ Sano, 70′ Borzes Sanchez, 89′ Sinani-88′ Halldorsson)

Bosnia-Liechtenstein 2-1

(3′ Dzeko, 18′ Luchinger aut. – 21′ Wolfinger)

The next (6th) matchday

Monday 11/8

Iceland-Bosnia (21:45)

Portugal-Luxembourg (21:45)

Slovakia-Liechtenstein (21:45)