Football

France and Portugal become first teams to qualify for European Championship 2024

Portugal and France became two of the first teams to qualify for the European Championship 2024. The star players of the two teams, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe, both scored goals twice in their matches and helped their teams win the match. in the process, both teams qualified for the Euro 2024. The two teams qualified for the event with a perfect record in the qualifiers stage.

Along with France and Portugal, even the top teams of Europe like Germany and Belgium qualified for the tournament which will happen the next year. All three teams, who are often termed European powerhouses, were carried to a win in a must-win situation from the star strikers of the respective teams. The fans of all these teams were happy with the wins.

Mbappe shined in the match against the Netherlands in their last match of the group B. France won all the six matches in their group. The youngster scored both goals in the match, which helped France to claim a 2-1 win over the Dutch. In the seventh minute of the match, Mbappe scored the first goal for France. In the 53rd minute of the game, Mbappe scored his second goal and helped France to dominate the match.

‘Being in the European finals is the fulfilment of another dream’ – Fernandes

Ronaldo scored 2 goals against Slovakia. In Portugal’s win of 3-2, Ronaldo scored the last two goals and gave a 2-0 lead for his team. The star striker now has 125 goals in 202 matches in internationals for Portugal. In the 29th minute of the game, Ronaldo converted a penalty to goal. In the second half, Ronaldo scored again for Portugal to give them the lead.

The star striker scored 7 goals in 6 matches in the European qualifiers. Portugal has yet to lose a game in the qualifiers till now, with three games to go. A goal difference of 27-2 makes it their best performance in Euro qualifiers to date. Talking about the win, Fernandes said, “The objective has been achieved, the first half was extraordinary and in the second we could have scored more goals. Being in the European finals is the fulfilment of another dream.”