Portugal is a guest on Slovakia’s field after winning 4 consecutive victories in the EURO 2024 qualifiers.
Portugal shows overwhelming strength under new coach Roberto Martinez. In Group J qualifying for EURO 2024, Portugal won all 4 matches with 12 points maximum. They haven’t even conceded a goal yet.
Personally, Cristiano Ronaldo is also reviving. Specifically, the former Man Utd star scored 5 goals after only 4 matches. This achievement of the 38-year-old striker in 2023 is much better than in the whole of 2022, with only 3 goals in 12 games.
With rising momentum, Portugal is determined to get all the points when facing the next two opponents this September, Slovakia and Luxembourg.
Slovakia also has a pretty good record with 3 wins and 1 draw, so it is quite confident to welcome Portugal. In the first minutes of the match, Portugal had many difficulties in getting on the ball.
It wasn’t until the 43rd minute that Portugal scored a goal to break the deadlock thanks to Bruno Fernandes.
The Man Utd star dribbled the ball straight down the right wing before shooting at an angle, not giving the Slovakian goalkeeper a chance to block.
After the break, Portugal still maintained the pressure. Notably, they almost had a goal to increase the score to 2-0 if Ronaldo did not miss the ball when facing the goalkeeper.
In the remaining minutes, the two teams made many moves on the ball but no goals were scored.
Although Slovakia tried very hard, launching 10 shots, they could not overcome the strong defense of the away team.