Portugal won 1-0 in Slovakia this Friday to extend their lead in Group J in qualifying for Euro 2024 with their best start to qualifying for a major competition, adding their fifth win in as many games.
At the National Stadium in Bratislava, midfielder Bruno Fernandez scored the only goal of the match in the 43rd minute, securing another triumph for Spaniard Roberto Martinez’s men on the way to next year’s European Championship in Germany.
With this result, Portugal tops the group with 15 points, ahead of Slovakia and Luxembourg (both with 10), in second and third place respectively. Bosnia and Herzegovina have six points, Iceland has three points and Liechtenstein remains at zero.
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Live game
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90′Korner, Slovakia. Courtesy of Diogo Dalot.
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90′The match was interrupted due to injury to Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
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90′Laszlo Benes takes a free kick, but hits Cristiano Ronaldo in the back, and the national team captain receives medical attention.
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87′Korner, Slovakia. Courtesy of António Silva.
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83′Lukas Haraslin
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Stanislav Lobotka
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78′Offside, Portugal. Ruben Diaz made a through ball that put Cristiano Ronaldo in an offside position.
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76′Another great opportunity for Cristiano Ronaldo as the national team captain was unable to overcome Dubravka, who blocked his shot and dodged the 2-0 lead. The striker was in a good position on the right flank of the attack thanks to a pass from Bruno Fernandes, but the Slovakian goalkeeper made a great save.
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75′Juraj Kuchka
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72′From a free kick from the right, Haraslin crosses into the penalty area, and Skriniar heads it over Diogo Costa’s goal. Dangerous move!
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70′Everything is here! Cristiano Ronaldo tries his luck again, but his right-footed shot from the edge of the area misses the target.
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68′Offside, Slovakia. Denis Vavro tried to make a through ball, but Robert Bozenik was offside.
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67′Now Cristiano Ronaldo, released by Bernardo Silva, appears again on the edge of the penalty area, but the shot is “pressed” and Dubravka easily saves.
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65′Cristiano Ronaldo responds to Bruno Fernandes’s corner with a header, but Dubravka converts it without any problems.
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64′Robert Polievka
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64′Corner, Portugal. Contributed by David Hanzko.
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Vitinha
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63′Rafael Leao
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63′João Cancelo
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63′Ivan Shrants
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62′A yellow card is shown to Cristiano Ronaldo.
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60 minutesCorner, Portugal. Contributed by David Hanzko.
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56′Great opportunity for Slovakia! Isolated on the left flank, Schranz shoots wide of goal after a good clearance from Kuki and the ball goes wide of the goal. Here’s a warning…
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53′Ondrej Duda received a yellow card for a foul on Diogo Dalot.
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52′Slovakia responds with a strong forehand from Pekarik, but Diogo Costa catches the first shot.
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50 minutesJoão Cancelo’s superb pass through the central area is completely effortless, but the defender shoots well to provide solid protection for Dubravka.
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49′Duda tries to strike from almost the center of the field, but it turns out to be very twisted and from above, without any danger.
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46′Offside, Slovakia. David Hanzko tried to make a through ball, but Lukas Haraslin was found to be offside.
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45 minutesBad pass from Dubravka, Bernardo Silva recovers and tries to surprise the goalkeeper from very long range, but the shot goes too low.
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45 minutesPass from Bruno Fernandes to Cristiano Ronaldo, who heads in safely.
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43′PORTUGAL GOAL! Bruno Fernandes teams up with Bernardo Silva on the right flank of the attack, takes the ball and shoots hard with a cross – 1-0. The first one is ready, and this is the creation of the birthday boy!
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42′What danger! Haraslin hits the right post of Diogo Costa’s goal after Pekarik’s cross from the right. This is the best chance in the match at the moment.
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36 minutesVitinha crosses to the second post, but the ball goes wide of the goal.
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35 minutesIvan Schranz received a yellow card for a hard tackle on Rafael Lean.
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31′Corner, Portugal. Courtesy of Peter Pekarik.
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29′The match was interrupted due to an injury to João Palinha (Portugal).
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29′The match was interrupted due to injury to Ondrej Duda (Slovakia).
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23 minutesOffside, Slovakia. Denis Vavro tried to make a through ball, but Lukas Haraslin was found to be offside.
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20 minutesCristiano Ronaldo heads into the center of the penalty area from the left, responding to Dalot’s cross, but Skriniar appears in time and cuts the ball off.
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18 minutesCorner, Portugal. Courtesy of Peter Pekarik.
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17 minutesWhat a failure! Bruno Fernandes stole the ball from Vavro, Ronaldo moved down the left flank and allowed the United midfielder to meet Dubravka, but the shot was not particularly convincing and the goalkeeper converted it without any problems.
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16 minutesAfter Vitinha’s pass, Cristiano Ronaldo tries to take the first shot with a half-turn, but the ball goes wide of the goal.
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14 minutesOffside, Slovakia. Juraj Kutska tried to make a through ball, but David Hanzko was offside.
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13 minutesKorner, Slovakia. Courtesy of Ruben Diaz.
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13 minutesVery dangerous! Schrantz fails to win the duel in the penalty area with Antonio Silva, but he passes to Polievka, who also does not shoot. The ball gets to Haraslin and he throws it at Ruben Dias. Corner kick.
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11 minutesIt was now Polievka who struck first time from a low cross from the right, forcing Diogo Costa to make his first save of the match.
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10 minutesCook shoots without any direction. The move looked promising after Joao Cancelo lost the ball, but the midfielder failed to create any danger.
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6′The match was interrupted due to injury to Peter Pekarik (Slovakia).
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two’The match was interrupted due to injury to Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia).
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Vitinha shoots wide from the penalty area. Palinha found Dalot on the right flank and the defender called on the PSG midfielder, who had a poor goal.
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Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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