This Friday, the Portuguese national football team secured its ninth and eighth consecutive participation in the European Championship by defeating Slovakia 3-2 in the seventh round of Group J qualifying in Porto.
Gonçalo Ramos in the 18th minute and Cristiano Ronaldo in the 29th and 72nd minutes scored first from penalties for Portugal, repeating goals from 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. , while David Hanko, 69, and Stanislav Lobotka, 80, scored for the Slovaks.
With three rounds still to be played, in the group going into the first two, Portugal, the 2016 European champions, now has 21 points, compared with 13 for Slovakia, 11 for Luxembourg, nine for Bosnia and Herzegovina, seven for Iceland and zero for Liechtenstein.
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End of the game
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90′Norbert Diomber receives a yellow card.
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90′Duravka shone again, now stopping Diogo Jota’s left foot. Great game from the Slovakian goalkeeper.
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90′Two failures! A great combination between Bruno Fernandes and Joao Felix in the middle, with the Barcelona striker breaking through Dubravka’s defense and the Slovak goalkeeper also defending Diogo Jota’s rebound. With this move Portugal could have ended the game…
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87′Ivan Shrants
LeavesDavid Duris
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Gonçalo Ramos
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86′Bernardo Silva
LeavesRuben Neves
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86′João Palinha
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85′Tomas Suslov is shown a yellow card for a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo.
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83′The match was interrupted due to (Portugal).
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81′Offside, Portugal. Diogo Dalot attempted a through ball that put Cristiano Ronaldo in an offside position.
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80′SLOVAKIA GOAL! Lobotka scores an excellent goal from outside the penalty area, leaving no chance for Diogo Costa, who stretched well… but did not arrive. The score is 3:2, and the Slovaks return to discussing the result ten minutes before the end…
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79′Joao Felix lands an overhead kick. Portugal are looking for 4-1.
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78′Corner, Portugal. Courtesy of Martin Dubravka.
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78′A pass from João Felix and a right-footed shot from Bruno Fernandes from the edge of the area for Dubravka to defend. Corner kick for Portugal.
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77′Tomas Suslov shoots from long range with his left foot, but the ball goes wide of the goal.
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76′Peter Pekarik
LeavesMichal Tomic
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75′Joao Palinha received a yellow card for a foul on Skriniar.
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72′PORTUGAL GOAL! Cristiano Ronaldo makes it 3:1 and brings the national team back with a two-goal lead. Low cross from Bruno Fernandes from the right and the captain appears isolated at the second post to touch it. Euro’2024 is getting closer!
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69′SLOVAKIA GOAL! Hanko scores from outside the penalty area to reduce the score to 2-1. The ball still bounces off Antonio Silva and gives out Diogo Costa. This is the first goal conceded by the national team in this qualifying stage.
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68′Joao Cancelo returns the ball in midfield, but doesn’t make the best decision and shoots. On the right flank of the defender, only Cristiano Ronaldo remained…
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65′Rafael Leao
LeavesJohn Felix
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65′Robert Bozenick
LeavesRobert Polievka
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62′Diogo Costa saved Hanko’s shot with his left foot. But one more warning…
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61′Ondrej Duda has been shown a yellow card.
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59′The match was interrupted due to an injury to João Palinha (Portugal).
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58′Now Tomas Suslov tries his luck on the edge of the Portuguese penalty area, but shoots through.
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57′Bruno Fernandes is shown a yellow card for a foul on Tomas Suslov.
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55 minutesThe opportunity was missed by Tomas Suslov (Slovakia), who fired a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area after a corner.
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55 minutesKorner, Slovakia. Courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo.
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54′Korner, Slovakia. Courtesy of João Palinha.
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54′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Antonio Silva (Portugal).
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52′Ruben Dias (Portugal) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Rafael Lean after a corner kick.
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52′Corner, Portugal. Contributed by Denis Vavro.
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51′Portugal are again creating danger on the right flank. Bernardo Silva combines with Goncalo Ramos, the striker tries to confuse Bruno Fernandes almost in the small area, but Vavro seems to parry the ball for a corner.
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49′Bernardo Silva tries to cross from the right after a pass from Cristiano Roanld, but Skriniar is hit. Portugal takes a corner.
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49′The opportunity was missed by David Hancko (Slovakia) with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area.
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Beginning of part 2
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IntervalJuraj Kuchka
LeavesLaszlo Benes
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IntervalRobert Mack
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45 minutesWhat a goal that would be! Cristiano Ronaldo was inches away from scoring a superb goal when Joao Cancelo crossed from the right. However, Gonçalo Ramos also made a move and interfered with the national team captain; the ball flew slightly past the goal.
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43′Now Gonçalo Ramos is missing out on a golden opportunity. Ronaldo tried to shoot, the ball bounced off Skriniar and fell on the PSG forward, who hit the post with a completely empty goal!
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41′Corner, Portugal. Contributed by Robert Bozenick.
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40 minutesCorner, Portugal. Contributed by Denis Vavro.
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40 minutesCristiano Ronaldo tries his luck again, but his shot is intercepted by Vavro.
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39′What a failure on the part of Cristiano Ronaldo! Rafael Lean passed Bruno Fernandes in the central area on the edge of the penalty area and United midfielder set up Bernardo Silva, who fired past Dubravka. During reloading, when there was no one in the goal, CR7 shot wide of the target!
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37′Dubravka beats Goncalo Ramos with a score of 3:0! Cristiano Ronaldo watched the PSG striker move past Skriniar but was unable to get the better of the Slovakian goalkeeper.
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31′Peter Pekarik receives a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Rafael Lean.
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29′PORTUGAL GOAL! The goalkeeper goes one way, the ball goes the other, and Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 124th goal for the national team. Qualification for Euro 2024 is getting closer and closer. 2-0!
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27 minutesCorner, Portugal. Contributed by Stanislav Lobotka.
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26 minutesAnother opportunity! João Cancelo sits Robert Mack on the right, crosses, and Bruno Fernandes makes a great header save from Dubravka. However, Gonçalo Ramos fouled Peter Pekarik.
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23 minutesBernardo Silva’s first shot went wide of Dubravka’s goal. Lots of pressure from Portugal.
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22 minutesCorner, Portugal. The goal was scored by Milan Skriniar.
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20 minutesOffside, Slovakia. Peter Pekarik tried to make a through ball, but Robert Bozenik was judged to be offside.
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18 minutesPORTUGAL GOAL! An excellent cross from Bruno Fernandes into the center of the penalty area after Ondrej Duda was pinned to the field, and Gonzalo Ramos headed the ball into the goal. The score is 1:0 and with this result the team advances to Euro 2024!
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16 minutesWhat danger! Antonio Silva tried to knock down Hanko’s cross from the left and the ball hit the post! Diogo Costa even touched the ball and managed to slightly deflect it…
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14 minutesRafael Lean then heads to make a safe save from Dubravka.
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14 minutesCorner, Portugal. Courtesy of Martin Dubravka.
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14 minutesTeaming up with Bernardo Silva on the right flank, Bruno Fernandes tries his luck from outside the area with a left-footed shot, but Dubravka saves well and heads in for the corner.
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7′What a mess this area is! A curved cross from Rafael Lean, Bruno Fernandes shoots, goalkeeper Dubravka saves, Ronaldo tries with his heel, but the defensive “wall” deflects the ball, and Bernardo Silva also misses from close range. The Portuguese player’s luck was that he was already offside…
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6′Corner, Portugal. Contributed by Juraj Kutska.
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6′Corner, Portugal. Contributed by Denis Vavro.
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6′This is Portugal’s first attempt. Recovery from Joao Palinha, pass from Rafael Lean and Cristiano Ronaldo shoots with his left foot, but the ball is deflected and goes wide of the goal. This is a corner kick.
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Long pass from Antonio Silva to Cristiano Ronaldo, who looks isolated but can’t get his shot across. Exit from the game is signaled.
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