On the morning of September 9, Portugal traveled to Slovakia's home field in the 5th match of Group J of the EURO 2024 qualifiers.
Bruno celebrates scoring against Slovakia.
Even though they have to play away, Portugal still wants to get 3 points to soon complete the goal of winning a ticket to the finals.
However, the Iberian team had a lot of trouble against Slovakia's resilient play.
It wasn't until the 43rd minute that Portugal broke the deadlock thanks to Bruno Fernandes' decisive low shot.
In the second half, "Selecao" continued to push up the attacking formation with the goal of scoring more goals.
But facing the opponent's tight defense, Portugal's top strikers were all stuck.
However, 1 goal was enough for Portugal to get 3 full points, continuing to maintain the top position in Group J.
In another notable match, Spain had a devastating 7-1 victory over Georgia.
In the 22nd minute, from Asensio's cross from the right wing, Morata jumped high and headed the ball to open the score for the bullfighting team.
Five minutes later, Fabian Ruiz's cross forced Kvirkvelia to fumble the ball into his own net.
Conceding two goals in just a few minutes, Georgia fell into confusion and continuously made mistakes.
As a result, before the first half ended, the home team had to pick the ball out of the net twice more with goals from Dani Olmo (minute 38) and Morata (minute 40).
In the second half, the home team suddenly rose up to attack and quickly found a goal to shorten the gap thanks to Chakvetadze in the 49th minute.
But Georgia's glimmer of hope was extinguished shortly after by three consecutive goals in the 65th, 68th and 74th minutes.
In the end, Spain had a resounding 7-1 victory over Georgia, thereby rising to second place in Group A of the EURO 2024 qualifiers.
EURO 2024 qualifying results on September 9:
23:00 September 8: Georgia 1-7 Spain
01:45 September 9: Bosnia 2-1 Herzegovina vs Liechtenstein
01:45 September 9: Cyprus 0-3 Scotland
01:45 September 9: Türkiye 1-1 Armenia
01:45 September 9: Slovakia 0-1 Portugal
01:45 September 9: Luxembourg 3-1 Iceland
01:45 September 9: Croatia 5-0 Latvia
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