It's flawless. Portugal achieved, this Friday evening, in the seventh round of Group 10 qualifiers for Euro 2024, its seventh consecutive victory, over Slovakia (3-2), in Porto, under heavy rain. This new success, which allows the Selecao to secure its ticket to the European Nations Cup that will be held in Germany in the summer of 2024, owes a lot to Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Ramos, who started together for the first time.
The two players, who were lined up side by side in a 4-4-2 formation, did not necessarily mesh well together, such as this cross from Joao Cancelo that the Paris Saint-Germain striker wanted to head back, before CR7 headed it home. Who was trying to do an acrobatic somersault (45+2). But they were the ones who scored goals for their team. Ramos opened the scoring with a header after a brilliant cross from Bruno Fernandes, who executed a brilliant physical trick to eliminate Ondrej Duda (1-0, min. 18).
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Ronaldo then scored two goals, the first from a penalty kick (2-0, minute 29), after a handball from Denis Favreau in his penalty area, and then by receiving a cross from Bruno Fernandes (3-1, minute 72), who provided his seventh assist. . In this qualifier for this occasion. But when we talk about statistics, CR7 is unbeatable: on the occasion of his 202nd selection, he scored his 124th and 125th goals for Portugal. Clearly, this is a record that seems insurmountable in the medium term. Likewise, Ronaldo should, barring injury, take part in his sixth European Championship next summer, and it is not clear who can perform better in the coming years.
Note that during this match, the Seleção received its first two goals in these qualifiers, from two long shots by David Hanko (2-1, 69'), who took advantage of a ball that deflected from Antonio Silva, then Stanislav Lobotka, with a perfect shot. Clear attempt (3-2, minute 80). Despite these two achievements, the Slovaks never gave the impression that they could return to this meeting. However, they retain second place in Group 10, two points behind Luxembourg which, with a draw (1-1) in Iceland at the same time, maintains a serious hope of qualifying.
