Luxembourg was indeed facing the Portuguese ogre in the context of the Euro 2024 qualifiers. Faced with an opponent of a much higher caliber, the Grand Dukes certainly hoped to hold the score as long as possible. Except it didn’t. Far from there…
Here is perhaps already one of the most beautiful goals of the qualifying phase for Euro 2024! (VIDEO)
Indeed, the Portuguese led by Roberto Martinez scored four times during the first act. And Cristiano Ronaldo seems to have found the spirit. He who had already scored twice against Liechtenstein last Thursday planted two roses again on Sunday in the 9th and 31st minute. Or 0-1 and 0-4. The two other achievements are signed João Félix and Bernardo Silva.
We hope for Anthony Moris that his defense will hold up better in the second half…
The summary of the meeting below:
In the second half, Roberto Martinez’s troops scored two more goals via Otavio (77th) and Rafael Leao (88th).
In the other matches of the group, Iceland inflicted a correction on Liechtenstein (0-7) and Slovakia won at home against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-0). Portugal leads Group J with 6 points ahead of Slovakia (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Iceland (3), Luxembourg (1) and Liechtenstein (0).
Italy was able to count on its new striker Mateo Retegui, born in Argentina and who has dual nationality, to open the scoring against Malta (15th). The ‘Squadra Azzura’ then took shelter via Matteo Pessina (27th). On the Maltese side, Teddy Teuma, the captain of Union Saint-Gilloise, entered the game in the 76th minute.
The other Group C encounter saw England win 2-0 against Ukraine with goals from Harry Kane (37th) and Bukayo Saka (40th). In the standings, the English occupy the lead with 6 points ahead of Italy (3), North Macedonia (3), Ukraine (0) and Malta (0).
