Portugal defeat Slovakia 3-2 at Estadio do Dragao to secure Euro spot

Portugal won against Slovakia 3-2 at Estádio do Dragão in Porto in a matchup from the Euro 2024 qualifications and qualified for the Euro 2024.

🚨BREAKING: Portugal have officially qualified for EURO 2024!

Cristiano Ronaldo will become the FIRST player to feature in SIX EURO tournaments. pic.twitter.com/rSdH4DnYRW

— TC (@totalcristiano) October 13, 2023

Goncalo Ramos scored the 1^st goal in the 18^th minute after Bruno Fernandes’ assist. In the 29^th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty to double the lead for his nation, as that’s how the 1^st half finished.

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David Hancko scored from distance in the 69^th minute after Laszlo Benes’s assist to make his team trail only 1 goal. However, with his 2^nd goal in the game, Cristiano Ronaldo made Portugal’s lead 2 goals.

Stanislav Lobotka netted in the 80^th minute for Slovakia but the team failed to score another goal and win any points from the match.

Portugal is in 1^st place in Group J with 7 victories from 7 matches, as Slovakia is in 2^nd place as the deficit from the top is 8 points after tonight’s loss.

Cristiano Ronaldo was honored before kickoff for reaching his 200th Portugal cap in June 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/gKD923mRl6

— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 13, 2023