France, Belgium and Portugal have officially become the first teams to qualify for the EURO 2024 finals in Germany.
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| Portugal have secured an early ticket to EURO 2024 after a series of consecutive victories. (Source: Sportskeeda) |
France team confidently passed the EURO 2024 qualifiers
The French team continued their impressive form in the EURO 2024 qualifiers with a 2-1 away win in the Netherlands in the 6th match of Group B.
Superstar Kylian Mbappe had a great day when he scored twice to help the "Roosters" win the game, while the Netherlands' goal belonged to Hartman.
This victory helped coach Didier Deschamps' team gain a full 18 points after 6 matches in Group B.
The French team is currently 9 points ahead of the Dutch team and has a better head-to-head record, so they have already won the first ticket of this group to Germany to attend the EURO finals next year.
Belgium team goes on with unbeaten record
Belgium earned three important points in the highlight match of Group F with a 3-2 victory over hosts Austria.
Dodi Lukebakio (double) and Romelu Lukaku took turns scoring to help the Belgian team take a 3-0 lead after 58 minutes of play.
The home team Austria fought back strongly in the remaining time but only scored 2 goals thanks to Konrad Laimer and Marcel Sabitzer, thereby accepting defeat right at home.
With this result, the Belgian team has 16 points after 6 matches, 10 points more than the 3rd ranked team Sweden (having only played 5 matches but the absolute number of points they can win is 9).
This means that Belgium has early won the first ticket to represent this group to participate in the biggest football festival in Europe held in Germany next year.
For the Austrian team, the chance to win the remaining direct ticket to Germany is still very high as they are 7 points ahead of Sweden despite playing one more match.
The Austrian team will officially have the remaining ticket if they win the away match at Azerbaijan on October 16.
Ronaldo contributes to Portugal
The Portuguese team also continued to play brilliantly to win 3-2 against Slovakia in the highlight match of Group J.
Cristiano Ronaldo is still in extremely impressive form when he scored a double to greatly contribute to the victory of the Portuguese team, while the remaining goal belonged to Goncalo Ramos.
This victory helped coach Roberto Martinez's team gain a full 21 points, 10 points more than the 3rd ranked team Luxembourg while there are only 3 more matches left in Group J.
This result helps Portugal officially win an early ticket to Germany to attend the EURO 2024 finals.
With a double, Portuguese superstar Ronaldo has reached a new milestone unprecedented in football history.
Specifically, with two goals in this match, CR7 has scored 73 goals for the national team after the age of 30, an achievement that is difficult for any player to achieve.
Ronaldo's tally is higher than the total number of goals scored by other top scorers, such as Olivier Giroud (France, 52 goals), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 71), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, 62), David Villa (Spain, 60), Harry Kane (England, 59), Robin van Persie (Netherlands, 50) and Gigi Riva (Italy, 35).
During his career, Ronaldo has also officially scored 125 goals for the Portuguese national team, firmly holding the number one position in the list of players who have scored the most goals for the national team.
The Al-Nassr FC star also leads the way in terms of appearances for a national team with 202 matches.
In addition to the three teams France, Belgium and Portugal who have already advanced, other teams including Scotland, Spain (Group A), Greece (Group B), England (Group C), Turkey (Group D), Austria (Group F) also have a great chance to win tickets to the EURO 2024 finals this October.
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