(Dan Tri) – In the Euro 2024 qualifying round on the morning of October 17, Ronaldo shined to help Portugal win Bosnia & Herzegovina 5-0.
Euro 2024 qualifying results on the morning of October 17 (Photo: AP).
Portugal has officially won tickets to Euro 2024, but coach Roberto Maratinez still fielded the strongest squad with Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, and Cancelo in the trip to Bilino Polje Stadium of the home team Bosnia & Herzegovina in
Ronaldo scored twice against Bosnia & Herzegovina (Photo: AP).
The Euro 2016 champion completely controlled the match, controlling the ball 66%, launching 9 shots and scoring 5 goals.
In the 5th minute, Barisic of the home team touched the ball with his hand in the penalty area and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot.
In the 20th minute, Joao Felix poked the ball through for Ronaldo to beat the opponent’s goalkeeper.
5 minutes later, Bruno Fernandes escaped extremely quickly, caught a long pass accurately and fired a decisive shot into the near corner to increase the score to 3-0 for coach Roberto Martinez’s team.
Bruno Fernandes left many marks in the 5-0 victory over Bosnia & Herzegovina (Photo: AP).
In the 32nd minute, Bruno Fernandes escaped down the left wing and passed back for Ronaldo to finish.
4 minutes before the first half ended, Otavio dribbled the ball on the right wing before crossing inside for Joao Felix to skillfully flick the outside cheek to beat goalkeeper Sehic, deepening the gap to 5-0 for Portugal.
In the second half, Portugal actively slowed down and gave the game to the home team in the second half. However, Bosnia & Herzegovina still could not find an honorable goal against the opponent’s solid defense.
Winning Bosnia 5-0 away from home, Portugal continued to extend its winning streak in Group J of Euro 2024 qualifying to 8. Bosnia & Herzegovina ranked 4th, 7 points behind second-place team Slovakia and finished.
Squad
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Sehic (Vasilj 72′), Kolasinac, Hadzikadunic, Barisic (Gojkovic 72′), Dedic, Cimirot, Pjanic, Demirovic (Gazibegovic 46′), Rahmanovic (Hadziahmetovic 46′), Stevanovic (Hamulic 65′), Dzeko
Portugal: Costa, Dalot, Dias, Inacio, Cancelo, Fernandes (Ruben Neves 79′), Danilo, Otavio (Joao Neves 85′), Leao (Neto 65′), Felix (Vitinha 79′), Ronaldo (Jota 65
Goals: Ronaldo (5′-pen, 20′), Bruno Fernandes (25′), Cancelo (32′), Felix (41′)
Euro 2024 qualifying Group J rankings, the top two teams win tickets to Euro 2024 (Photo: LS).
In Group B of the Euro 2024 qualifying round, the defeat to France 4 days ago caused the Netherlands to take second place with Greece.
The Netherlands dominated the match and they were awarded a penalty in the 28th minute when Van Dijk was fouled in the penalty area.
Van Dijk scored a valuable goal to bring 3 points to the Netherlands (Photo: AP).
In the next minutes of the first half, Greece created a balanced position with the Netherlands and the match was dramatic, but not many opportunities were created.
Faced with the terrible pressure created by the Netherlands, the Greek defense played resiliently.
It seemed like the match would end with a score of 0-0, but drama broke out in extra time.
Captain Van Dijk stepped up and deceived the opponent’s goalkeeper, sealing a 1-0 victory in the 90’+3 minute.
Squad
Greece (4-3-3): Odisseas Vlachodimos;
Netherlands (3-4-3): Bart Verbruggen;
Goal: Van Dijk (pen 90’+3)
Euro 2024 qualifying group B rankings, the top two teams win tickets to Euro 2024 (Photo: LS).
