Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Portugal in a 5-0 demolition of host Bosnia in Group J of subsequent yr’s European Championship 2024 qualifying match. Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix additionally scored with all targets coming within the first half.
Ronaldo has now scored not less than 40 targets in 12 completely different calendar years. The 38-year-old striker hit the 40-goal mark for 2023 throughout Portugal’s 5-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Monday evening.
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Ronaldo opened the scoring by changing a penalty kick within the fifth minute. That was his thirty ninth aim of 2023.
This was Ronaldo’s ninth aim for Portugal in 2023, coming in his seventh worldwide look of the yr. At membership stage, Ronaldo has to date scored 31 targets in 36 video games for Al Nassr since January.
Iceland routed Liechtenstein 4-0 and Slovakia gained 1-0 at Luxembourg in the identical group. Netherlands got here away from Greece with a 1-0 win in Group B to revive its hopes. Virgil Van Dijk’s penalty in second-half stoppage time despatched the Netherlands above their opponents and into second of their group. Both have 12 factors.
Substitute Marcel Sabitzer scored from the penalty spot shortly after getting into the sport to safe a 1-0 win for Austria at Azerbaijan and ship his nation to subsequent yr’s European Championship in a day overshadowed by a lethal taking pictures in Brussels which noticed Belgium’s recreation towards Sweden halted at halftime.
“Due to the incidents in Brussels earlier tonight, play is suspended. Our thoughts are with all those affected,” a submit from the Belgian nationwide group learn on X, previously often known as Twitter.
European soccer governing physique UEFA confirmed the Group F match had been known as off following session with each groups and native police. The rating was 1-1 on the time. Viktor Gyokeres gave Sweden a Fifteenth-minute lead, however Romelu Lukaku had Belgium stage simply after the half-hour.
Belgium had already certified for Euro 2024 whereas Sweden’s probabilities of a top-two place had been ended by Austria’s victory earlier.
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After shedding 3-2 to Belgium in Vienna final week within the battle for Group F supremacy — Austria’s solely defeat in seven qualifying video games to date — Sabitzer and his teammates knew a win in Baku would safe a spot on the match hosted by Germany. With a number of key gamers sidelined due to accidents, Austria struggled to create actual possibilities within the first half. It was awarded a penalty simply minutes into the second half after a hand ball. Sabitzer was medical in changing with a strike into the nook within the forty eighth.
Sabitzer, who performs for Borussia Dortmund, not too long ago returned to competitors after recovering from an adductor harm he picked up final month in a Champions League match towards PSG. Austria completed with 10 males after striker Guido Burgstaller was despatched off in stoppage time for a second yellow card.
Austria turned the seventh group to qualify after Belgium, France, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and Turkey, together with host Germany.
