Portugal, Belgium and France have secured their places in the European Football Cup finals scheduled for next summer in Germany. The Portuguese team achieved a victory with three goals to two over its Slovakian guest, and the Belgians also achieved a victory over the Austrian team with the same score, while the Roosters achieved a victory with two goals to one from the Dutch, the hosts.
Published on: 10/14/2023 – 02:15
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Portugal, Belgium and France secured the first qualifying tickets to the finals European Football Cup Scheduled next summer in Germany. Cristiano Ronaldo excelled with his country by scoring two out of three goals against the Slovak national team, and the young French striker Kylian Mbappe also excelled, who scored the two winning goals against the Dutch net. Belgium secured its qualification after defeating the Austrian team by three goals to two.
The Portuguese and French teams continued their exemplary journey in the qualifiers with full marks, as the former achieved its seventh victory in a row, while the latter recorded its sixth victory.
Veteran captain Ronaldo scored a brace for his country, raising his record of international goals with Portugal to 125 in his 202nd international match.
This is the eighth time that Portugal has reached the continental championship in its history. It strengthened its lead in the group with 21 points, eight points ahead of its direct competitor, Slovakia.
In the same group, Iceland tied with Luxembourg with a goal by Ori Oscarsson (23) versus a goal by Gerson Rodriguez (46), and Liechtenstein lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina with two clean goals scored by Ammar Rakhmanovic (13) and Miroslav Stefanovic (41).
Mbappé shined
Star Kylian Mbappe led his country, France, to secure early qualification by scoring a brace in a 2-1 victory over its Dutch host in Amsterdam in the second group competitions.
Mbappe scored two goals for his country (7 and 53) alone, placing him fourth on the list of France’s all-time top scorers with 42 goals, ahead of Michel Platini (41) and behind Antoine Griezmann (44), Thierry Henry (51) and Olivier Giroud (54), while Charles Bergvin reduced Score for the Netherlands (83).
The Roosters repeated their victory over the Netherlands after defeating them 4-0 in the first leg.
The French continued their fiery and exemplary performances in the qualifiers, with full marks in six matches, raising their score to 18 points at the top of the group, ahead of Greece, which took advantage of the loss of the Dutch team and snatched second place from them with 12 points after beating its host Ireland 2-0.
The Netherlands fell to third place with nine points, but played one less match.
Belgium for the seventh time
Belgium reached the finals for the seventh time in its history when it won its summit with host Austria in its favor 3-2 at the Ernst Happel-Stadion in Vienna in Group Six.
Belgium maintained its record without loss for the eighth match in a row, specifically since its loss to Morocco in the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar late last year.
In the same group, Azerbaijan achieved its first victory when it defeated its host Estonia 2-0 in Tallinn, scored by Toral Bayramov (9) and Ramil Shidayev (45 + 4 from a penalty kick).
It is Azerbaijan’s first victory in the qualifiers after three defeats and one draw, raising its score to four points from five matches in fourth place, while Estonia’s score froze at one point in last place.
Azerbaijan maintained its slim chances in competing for the second ticket.
France 24/AFP
2023-10-14 00:15:02
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