(Dan Tri) – Ronaldo’s brilliance helped Portugal win against Liechtenstein in Group J of Euro 2024 qualifying. Spain defeated Cyprus 3-1 to lead Group A of Euro 2024.
Euro 2024 qualifying results on the evening of November 16 (Photo: UEFA).
Portugal won tickets to Euro 2024, but they still fielded almost the strongest squad against weak opponent Liechtenstein.
Ronaldo scored in Portugal’s 2-0 victory (Photo: AP).
Portugal’s pressure materialized at the beginning of the second half and Cristiano Ronaldo made the difference.
This is the 865th goal in the career of the 38-year-old striker playing for Al Nassr, and also helps him equalize the achievement with Romelu Lukaku of the Belgian team in the list of top scorers in Euro 2024 qualifying.
10 minutes later, Portugal doubled the gap with defender Joao Cancelo shining with a powerful long-range shot.
CR7 has 685 goals in his career (Photo: AP).
In the end, Portugal defeated Liechtenstein 2-0 and won all 9 matches in Group J, 8 points ahead of second-place Slovakia.
Squad
Liechtenstein: B. Buchel;
Portugal: Sa;
Goals: Ronaldo (46′), Cancelo (57′)
Euro 2024 Group J rankings (Photo: AP).
In Group A, Spain and Scotland have won tickets to Euro 2024, so the match with Cyprus is only meaningful to ensure first place for the Southern European team.
Spain opened the scoring in the 5th minute thanks to Lamine Yamal.
Spain beat Cyprus 3-1 to win top spot in Group A (Photo: AP).
Scoring 3 goals was too easy, so Spain actively slowed down the pace for the rest of the match to keep the players.
In the 75th minute, Cyprus scored an honorable goal thanks to substitute Pileas.
This win helps Spain maintain the top position in Group A of Euro 2024 qualifying, 2 points ahead of second-place team Scotland.
Squad
Cyprus: Mall, Andreou, Karo (Kousoulos 66′), Gogic, Laifis, Ioannou, Kyriakou (Charalampous 46′), Kyprianou (Spoljaric 46′), Kastanos, Correia (Pileas 46′), Pittas (Kakoullis 60′)
Goal: Pileas (75′)
Spain: Raya, Grimaldo, Pau Torres, Le Normand (David Garcia 46′), Navas (Carvajal 66′), Gavi, Zubimendi, Merino (Aleix Garcia 46′), Yamal (Ferran Torres 73′), Joselu, Oyarzabal
Goals: Yamal (5′), Oyarzabal (22′), Joselu (28′)
Euro 2024 qualifying Group A rankings (Photo: LS).
