
France, Portugal and Belgium are the first teams to qualify for European Championship 2024. The three won the competition against the Netherlands (2-1), Slovakia (3-2) and Austria (3-2), mathematical qualifiers. for the final of the tournament, which will be held in Germany next year.
The national teams of France, Portugal and Belgium were the first to qualify for EURO 2024
France won the match of the evening and without much emotion took the upper hand in the Johan Cruyff Arena dispute with the Netherlands.
The Didier Deschamps-trained world runner-up controlled the match in Amsterdam and managed to open the scoring after just 7 minutes through PSG striker Kylian Mbappe.
In the second half, Kylian Mbappe also dispelled the emotions of the French and shot Verbruggen for the second time with an elegant shot into the far corner (min. 53). He equaled Michel Platini as the all-time leading goalscorer for France.
1—Olivier Giroud: 54 ⚽
2—Thierry Henry: 51 ⚽
3—Antoine Griezmann: 44 ⚽
4—Michel Platini: 41 ⚽
4—Kilian Mbappe: 41 ⚽Mbappe equaled Platini and became the fourth best scorer of the French national team uD83CuDDEBuD83CuDDF7 pic.twitter.com/qWz4yoGP6B
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 13, 2023
Despite this, the Netherlands did not give up and even scored through Kwilindshi Hartman (min. 83).
The final score could have been 3-1 in favor of France, but Kylian Mbappe hit the crossbar from the edge of the penalty area.
Also, on Friday evening, the Portuguese national team performed at Dragao in a match against Slovakia.
Gonzalo Ramos opened the scoring with a header (min. 18), and Cristiano Ronaldo doubled the hosts’ lead in the 29th minute with a shot from 11 meters.
The Al-Nasra player was awarded at the start of the match at the Dragao for 200 games for Portugal. Today’s game was number 201.
Cristiano Ronaldo was honored before kick-off for his 200th cap for Portugal in June uD83CuDDF5uD83CuDDF9 pic.twitter.com/gKD923mRl6
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 13, 2023
Although in the 69th minute, thanks to Hanko, the visitors reduced the deficit, Cristiano Ronaldo restored the two-goal advantage three minutes later.
The Slovaks continued their fight, and in the 80th minute, Lobotka scored 3:2 from Duda’s pass.
Euro 2024 qualifying matches, evening results:
Estonia – Azerbaijan 0-2
Austria – Belgium 1-3
Ireland – Greece 0-2
Iceland – Luxembourg 1-1
Liechtenstein – Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-2
Netherlands – France 0-2
Portugal – Slovakia 3-2
Source: Hot News

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