Portugal wins 10 matches in Euro qualifiers ‘4 goals’ Lukaku, all-time leading scorer in qualifying

Ricardo Horta

Portugal won all 10 qualifying games at the 2024 European Football Championship (Euro 2024).Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) scored 4 goals in 20 minutes and became the all-time leading scorer in the Euro qualifiers.

Portugal defeated Iceland 2-0 in the 10th round of Group J of the Euro 2024 qualifiers held at Estagio José Aubalagi in Lisbon, Portugal on the 20th (Korean time) and recorded a record of all 10 wins.

Bruno Fernand scored the first goal in the 37th minute of the first half by hitting a ball pushed back from the right side by Bernardo Silva with a strong right-footed shot from near the penalty line and hitting the bottom of the opposite goal.

An additional goal was scored in the 21st minute of the second half.

When Joao Felix and Cristiano Ronaldo's consecutive shots were blocked by the goalkeeper, Ricardo Orta once again scored by pushing the ball into the goal with his left foot.

Portugal, the winner of this tournament in 2016, is taking unstoppable steps toward winning the title for the second time.

Portugal, placed in Group J along with Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, and Slovakia, won all 10 preliminary matches, including a 9-0 win over Luxembourg in the 6th round and a 5-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 8th round, and took first place in the group. The preliminary round ended with (30 points).

Romelo Lukaku

Belgium defeated Azerbaijan 5-0 in a 10-man battle led by Lukaku, who scored 4 goals, in the 10th round of Group F at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Lukaku jumped up from the goal line in response to Jeremy Docu's forward cross and opened the scoring with a header.

In the 24th minute of the first half, right after Azerbaijan's Eddie Paskul was sent off for accumulating yellow cards, Lukaku struck the ball that Timoti Castagne had headed in front of the goal and hit the corner of the opposite goal with his right foot near the left goal area.

In the 30th minute of the first half, he completed a hat trick by hitting the ball to the bottom of the goal with his head from the front of the goal.

Seven minutes later, he hit the net with a strong right-footed shot, scoring four goals alone in about 20 minutes.

Lukaku was responsible for 14 goals in the preliminaries of this tournament.

It is a new record for goals scored in the Euro qualifiers, exceeding the 13 goals scored by David Healy (Northern Ireland) and Robert Lewandowski (Poland).

Belgium, who achieved a resounding victory thanks to an additional goal from Leandro Trossard in the 45th minute of the second half, rose to first place with 6 wins and 2 draws (20 points) in 8 matches in Group F of the group stage. 카지노사이트