Ronaldo scores two goals in Portugal’s victory, England also beat Ukraine / Diena

The Portuguese defeated Luxembourg 6:0 (4:0) in the match of subgroup J.

Ronaldo put Portugal in the lead after just nine minutes, but Joao Felix doubled the lead six minutes later. In the 18th minute, Bernard Silva made it 3-0, while in the 31st minute, Ronaldo scored his second goal in this match.

In the second half, the Luxembourg goalkeeper was beaten by Ottavia Monteira and Rafael Leau, who missed a penalty kick before scoring.

In another Group J match, Slovakia beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 (2-0) at home. Robert Maks and Lukaš Haraslin scored for the home team.

Meanwhile, European champions Italy beat Malta 2-0 (2-0) in the Group C match. Mateo Retegui and Mateo Pesina stood out for the Italian national team with accurate shots.

On the other hand, in the duel of subgroup H, Finland beat Northern Ireland away with the result 1:0 (1:0), the only goal for Finland being scored by Benjamin Kölman.

England defeated Ukraine 2:0 (2:0) at home in the Subgroup C match.

In the 37th minute of the match, after a pass from Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane put the hosts in the lead, who also scored a goal in the first qualifying match and became the all-time leading scorer in the English national team.

The winners of the first two places of the ten groups will enter the final tournament, while three more participants of the final tournament will be determined in March 2024 in the “play-off” games of the A, B and C leagues of the Nations League.

Saka doubled England’s lead three minutes later.

At the end of the second half, Conor Gallagher had a chance to score England’s third goal, but the Ukraine goalkeeper kept the ball out of the net.

Meanwhile, Iceland defeated Liechtenstein 7-0 (5-0) away from home in Subgroup J. Aron Gunnarsson scored three goals for the winners, while David Kristjans Ólafsson, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson, Mikael Egils Elertsson and Andri Gudjonsen each scored a goal.

Also in the H subgroup match, Slovenia beat San Marino 2:0 (0:0) at home, Benjamin Šeško scoring for the hosts and Roberto Di Mario from San Marino sending the ball into his own goal.

The European Championship will be held in ten German cities from June 14 to July 14, 2024.