Portugal defeated Slovakia 1-0 thanks to Bruno Fernandes’ winning goal in Euro 2024 qualifying last night. At the Stadion Tehelne Pole in Bratislava. It is the Football Euro 2024 qualifying round, Group J between Slovakia and Portugal.
With 18 minutes to go, the visitors almost took the lead. When a defensive error gave Bruno Fernandes a chance to shoot but failed to get past Martin Dubravka’s defence.
At the end of the game, in the 42nd minute. Slovakia almost took the lead. UFABET But Lucas Haraslin’s shot, pressed with his right, unfortunately crashed into the post.
It became Portugal’s lead 1-0 a minute later. Bernardo Silva passed for Bruno Fernandes to tap into the penalty area and press the ball past Martin Dubravka into the net.
In the second half, the home team tried to get back and missed a golden opportunity in the 56th minute from Evan Schranz. But the ball went out of bounds, unfortunately.
There was a problem in the 62nd minute when Cristiano Ronaldo collided with Martin Dubravka, causing the Slovakia to collapse due to injury. The referee handed out a yellow card to the Portuguese striker amid the dissatisfaction of the fans. With VAR confirming that they did not send him off.
In the 72nd minute, Slovakia really should have equalised. Lucas Haraslin took a free kick into the head of Milan Shgrinyar. But he couldn’t press the ball down and it unfortunately went over the crossbar.
At the end of the game, Portugal won over Slovakia 1-0, making it 5 straight wins for the team.
In other matches in the same group, Bosnia beat Liechtenstein 2-1.
Luxembourg, on the other hand, defeated Iceland, who had 10 remaining players, with a score of 3-1.