EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS
Deschamps’ France beat the Orange 2-1 with two goals from the Parisian and secured the pass for the European Championship, Cristiano being decisive in the Portuguese team’s 3-2 defeat of Slovakia
13 ott 2023
Seventh day of qualifying a Euro2024: they win narrowly France and Portugalcarried away by the doubles of Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo. Deschamps’ team defeated Holland 2-1 in group B and qualified for the European Championship with six victories in as many matches, while the Portuguese triumphed against Slovakia 3-2 and also qualified for Germany ’24. With the same result in group F il Belgium Of Lukaku (on target) beats Austria and qualifies: Lukebakio is a great protagonist with a brace. Shot of the Greece2-0 to Ireland.
GROUP B
It is always Kylian Mbappé who brings the three points to the
France, also in the 2-1 against Koeman’s Netherlands. The Paris Saint-Germain striker collected Clauss’ assist in the 7th minute and volleyed home with his right foot. Deschamps’ men were in control until after the half hour mark, but they took a risk at the end of the first half with Maignan who said no to Xavi Simons. In the second half, Mbappé once again took care of it: in the 53rd minute he sent a sensational right-footed shot from outside the area, which went past Verbruggen. In the final, the Orange closed the gap with a beautiful run by Hartman, who beat Maignan with his left foot in the 83rd minute. Mbappé comes close to scoring a hat-trick with a sensational crossbar, the last emotion of a very high intensity match: France wins 2-1. Very important success also for the
Greece, 2-0 against Ireland. Kenny’s team made a strong start, but in the 20th minute the guests took the lead through Giakoumakis. Just before the final whistle the 2-0 also arrives, scored by Masouras in the 49th minute. France extends its lead in the table with 18 points (full score), followed by Greece, now at 12. Holland stops at 9, then Ireland at 3 and Gibraltar at 0.
GROUP F
Triumphs
Belgium, 3-2 at Austria. In the early stages Rangnick’s men try to manage possession, but fall in the 12th minute: assist from former Atalanta player Castagne and goal from Lukebakio. In the second half, everything happens: the Red Devils go ahead by two more goals, first with a brace from Lukebakio (55′) and then with the usual Lukaku (58′). Austria made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute with Laimer, and six minutes later Belgium were also left with ten men due to Onana’s double yellow card. Sabitzer’s penalty in the 84th minute made it 3-2, but the hosts were unable to equalize despite the extra man. Belgium wins 3-2. In the challenge between the last two of the class victory of
Azerbaijan, 2-0 over Estonia. Everything was decided in the first half: in the 9th minute Bayramov opened the ball, with Sheydaev closing the game in the 49th minute, on a penalty kick. Belgium escapes to the top, with 16 points, three points ahead of Austria, who are stuck on 13. Sweden follows on 6 points, then Azerbaijan on 4 and Estonia on 1.
J GROUP
We need a super Ronaldo to drag the
Portugal to success: against Slovakia it’s 3-2. The Portuguese team broke the deadlock in the 18th minute, with Gonçalo Ramos making it 1-0 with an assist from Bruno Fernandes. Eleven minutes later the second goal also arrived, with the penalty converted by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Slovaks began to push in the second half, and closed the gap in the 69th minute with Hancko. Less than 180 seconds pass and Ronaldo once again restores the two-goal lead for the rossoverdi, on Bruno Fernandes’ second assist of the evening. Calzona’s men did not give up, and in the 80th minute they also scored the 3-2 goal with Lobotka. One-way race between Lichtenstein and
Bosnia, with Dzeko and his teammates triumphing 2-0. The lead comes in the thirteenth minute, with Amar Rahmanovic, with Stevanovic effectively closing the game in the 41st minute. However, the match ends in a draw 1-1
Iceland and Luxembourg: in the 46th minute Gerson Rodrigues responds to Oskarsson’s opener, which arrived in the 23rd minute of the first half. Seven wins out of seven for Portugal, which flies away to the top of the group with 21 points. Slovakia (13), Luxembourg (11) and Bosnia (9) are widely competing for second place, with a look also at Iceland, at 7. Liechtenstein is last, stuck at 0 points.
2023-10-13 21:45:00
#Euro2024 #qualifiers #Mbappé #knocks #Netherlands #Ronaldo #super #Portugals #victory #Sportmediaset #Sport #Mediaset
