England defeated Maradona with the historic Kane, and Ronaldo celebrated with Portugal

Italy was crowned European champion in 2020 at Wembley by defeating England on penalties in the Grand Final and was unbeaten in the two teams’ recent confrontations in the Nations League, but on Thursday evening (03/23) it was Gareth’s turn to smile Southgate in front of Roberto Mancini. a team.

And this is because in the first show of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, 2-1 was imposed on “Diego Maradona” in the context of the third group, to make a very big leap to find himself next summer in the stadiums of Germany, where the final. The stage of organization will take place.

Part 1 finds the Three Lions clearly superior, limiting their opponent to a completely passive role and amounting to two goals. 0-1 made by Declan Rice with a close shot from the left, and in the 44th minute the score became 0-2 with an elaborate penalty kick from Harry Kane, who reached 54 goals and became the top scorer for the English national team (second Wayne Rooney with 53), while in stoppage time Grealish missed an opportunity Great for a third goal.

It was a very different picture in the second half, as Italy went aggressively, pressing and slashing early on in the 56th minute when Pellegrini produced a superb pass and Retegui beat Pickford well in place to celebrate the first international goal on his debut. With the Azora squad.

This goal changed the situation, gave breath to the home team and forced the English to play … Catenaccio to keep the win, but despite the fact that Southgate’s players left from 80′ with ten men (saw two yellow cards in three minutes) he managed to hold on and let Maradona go. In the final with three gold points.

Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Tolloi, Acerbi, Spinazzola, Barella (62′ Cristante), Jorginho (69′ Tonali), Verratti (88′ Scamaka), Berardi (62′ Politano), Rettigui, Pellegrini (69′ Niondo).

England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Phillips, Rice, Bellingham (85′ Gallagher), Saka (85′ James), Keane, Grealish (69′ Foden (81′ Trippier)

Ronaldo celebrate with Portugal, Hollund hat-trick

In “José Alvalade,” Portugal initially had an easy run against Liechtenstein (28-0 goals in the two teams’ previous four encounters in the European qualifying stages) in a Group X qualifying match, however, they made sure to deliver their victory with one sweet extra.

Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva scored the first two goals for Roberto Martinez’s side before Cristiano Ronaldo took over.

CR7 made history with the cross as he reached 197 appearances for Portugal and became the most capped player at national level, scoring twice in the 4-0 final to reach 120 in his international career and proud of the fact that he has celebrated at least one with the Iberians in the past 20 years, from 2004 and since then.

The group H’s northern Europeans’ clash was also very interesting, with Denmark taking on Finland in “Parken” (teams that met at the Euro 2020 premiere, in a match marked by Christian Eriksen collapsing on the pitch) and Rasmus Hoylund stealing the show.

It was the 20-year-old striker from Atalanta who put the Danes ahead in the 21st minute, while after the Finns equalized in the 54th minute, he took up the hero’s baton again, celebrating a hat-trick with goals in the 82nd minute and 90+3 minutes..and awarding A very important victory for the European champion in 1992 on his way to the German stadiums.

Results of the first competition (23/03)

The third group

• Italy – England 1-2 (57′ Retegui / 13′ Rice, 44′ Pen. Ken)
• North Macedonia – Malta 2-1 (66′ Elmas, 72′ Tsurlinov / 86′ Yanek)

Eighth group

• Kazakhstan – Slovenia 1-2 (24′ Samorodov / 47′ Brekalo, 78′ Vipotnik)
• Denmark – Finland 3-1 (21′ 82′ 90 + 3′ Hoylund / 54′ Adman)
• San Marino – Northern Ireland 0-2 (24′ 55′ Charles)

The tenth group

• Bosnia – Iceland 3-0 (14′ 40′ Krunic, 63′ Dedic)
• Portugal – Liechtenstein 4-0 (8′ Cancelo, 47′ Bernardo Silva, 51′ penalty. 63′ Ronaldo)
• Slovakia – Luxembourg 0-0