Unstoppable n Portugal of Roberto Martinez!
The Iberians were sweeping against the Bosnia and Herzegovinawhich they swept 5-0 for their 8th win in as many Euro 2024 qualifiers, in which they have already secured qualification anyway.
THE Portugal with terrible Cristiano Ronaldo and all her fire-throwing offense led by 5 goals from the first half, making the second half procedural. “CR7” scored twice Cancelo, Felix and Bruno Fernandes the other goals.
In the other matches of the group, Iceland she was… just as sweeping and broke it up Liechtenstein with a score of 4-0, staying alive on points for qualification, although this looks difficult given that he has to play with Slovakia and Portugal. However, the Icelanders are likely to have the alternative of the Nations League playoffs, so they retain some hope. For the winners, two goals were scored by Gylfi Sigurdsson and from one the Finnbogason and Haraldson.
In the last match of the group, Slovakia took victory-gold against the Luxembourg with a score of 1-0 and… only by a miracle will he stay out of the Euros!
With his goal David Durish, the Slovaks managed to reach 16 points and left the Luxembourgers on 11 with two matches remaining. Now, a point in their two remaining games against Iceland and Bosnia-Herzegovina is enough for them to secure a place in the German competition. That of course, if the Luxembourg makes 2/2 with Bosnia and Liechtensteinsomething quite difficult.
We remind you that the looming exclusion of Luxembourgmeans that he might be on her way Greece on his alternate playoff path Nations Leaguesince in the end the National team did not manage to qualify directly from the group.
As things currently stand, therefore, the National Team will face Kazakhstan in the alternative semi-final (21/3, Opap Arena) and in the final Georgia or Luxembourg (26/3, neutral venue). These, if the Kazakhstan he doesn’t… perform a miracle and qualify directly, which will bring him on the road to the National Championship Luxembourg in the semi-finals.
Detailed results:
Bosnia-Portugal 0-5
(5’/20′ Ronaldo, 25′ Fernandes, 32′ Cancelo, 41′ Felix)
Iceland-Liechtenstein 4-0
(22’/49′ Sigurdsson, 44′ Finnbogasson, 63′ Haraldsson)
Luxembourg-Slovakia 0-1
(77′ Ntouris)
The next matches:
November 16
Liechtenstein-Portugal (20:45)
Luxembourg-Bosnia (20:45)
Slovakia-Iceland (20:45)
November 19
Portugal-Iceland (20:45)
Bosnia-Slovakia (20:45)
Liechtenstein-Luxembourg (20:45)
The rating:
The matches
In Zenica, the Portuguese came in… furious and quickly took the lead after a well-placed penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo at 5′. “CR7” scored a second goal in the 20th minute with a beautiful lob, making him the top scorer in 2023, while he took the baton in the 25th minute Bruno Fernandes for the 3-0. THE Joao Cancelo made it 4-0 in the 32nd minute, while o Felix after Otavio’s assist, he signed in the 41st minute the best half in the history of the Portuguese national team, and worst in Bosnia!
In Reykjavik, the Icelanders also wanted to clean up the match early on, with Gylfi Sigurdsson to open the scoring in the 22nd minute and Alfred Finnbogason to make it 2-0 in the 44th minute. Liechtenstein had a golden opportunity to reduce in the delays of the half, however the Sandro Wieser missed twice on penalties (after replay). In the second half, another goal by Sigurdsson in the 49th minute cleared the situation.
In the Luxembourg, the local team was quite threatening in the first half, but failed to find the key goal that would have put them well within the qualification trap. This was finally found by Slovakiawhich led 1-0 with his goal David Durish in 77′ and it now needs a… miracle to not go through to the Euros!
Source: Sport Fm
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