Euro 2024 Qualifiers: Haaland Scores, Portugal Stumbles, England Through

As part of the Qualifications for the 2026 World Cup, the favorites did the job and the show like the Norway of Erling Haaland author of a quintuplet.

Thanks to their successes, Harry Kane’s England, Erling Haaland’s Norway and Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal made a big step towards the United States and the 2026 World Cup this Tuesday evening.

A Haaland quintuplet punctuates the Norwegian show

Erling Haaland’s teammates were without pituitary against Moldova. In their lair of Oslo, the Scandinavians won (11-1) thanks to a five-leopped from the Manchester City striker. The Norwegian striker now runs for more than one goal per game in the colors of his national team. 48 pawns in 45 games. Alien.

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He could even have signed a sextuplely if he had drawn the penalty obtained in the 79ebut it was finally Thelo Aasgaard (entered the 64th) who took care of it before finishing the show of his team with a quadruple (90+1). With this success, Norway takes off on Italy in group I (15 points against 9 points) which has a late match.

Portugal is doing in Budapest

The Seleçao snatched a primordial victory against Hungary. Led in the first half score (Varga, 21st), Cristiano Ronaldo’s partners collected through Silva (36th) before taking the lead on penalty (Ronaldo, 58th). But the Hungarians, worn by their audience, managed to equalize at the end of the match thanks to a double from Varga (84th) … Less than two minutes later, Cancelo intercepts a ball in the last 22 Hungarian meters, and Trost Toth (86th) to offer the three points to Portugal (2-3).

In the ranking, Roberto Martinez players take orders (6 points) from group F ahead of Armenia (3 points).

England without trembling against Serbia

The Three Lions have tamed Serbia (0-5) at the Rajko Mitic stadium in Belgrade, when she had not lost since 2012 (9 wins and 4 draws) at home in qualifying. After half an hour of play, Harry Kane allowed the English to unlock the Serbian lock thanks to a head on a corner (33rd).

Thomas Tuchel’s men then unrolled through Madueke following a beautiful collective movement (36th), until the evening concluded with a fifth goal, with Rashford on penalty (90th). England therefore signs a fifth success in a row in these qualifications and is only a victory to ensure the first place in Pool K.

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Austria is a big blow in Bosnia

The Austrians did the right evening operation. In a meeting under tension, David Alaba’s partners took over the Bosnia (1-2) following the achievements of Sabitzer (49th) and Duimer (65th). Despite Wimmer’s red card (90th) and the goal of Edin Dzeko (50th), the Bosnians concede a unfortunate defeat which allows Austria to pick up at the top of the H group (12 points for the 2 teams). Small subtlety, Bosnia played a match more than its evening opponent.

In the other two meetings, Albania has imposed itself (1-0) against Latvia thanks to a penalty from Asllani (25th). Cyprus snatched the draw against Romania (2-2), despite a double from Denis Dragus on the Romanian side.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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