Led by the new coach Roberto Martínez and with Cristiano Ronaldo at the helm, Portugal will face the Qualifiers towards the Eurocup Germany 2024 and at the moment, it is not having problems with liechtensteinwithin the framework of the first day of Group J that also shares Luxembourg, Slovakia, Iceland and Bosnia & Herzergovina.
As soon as the game started, the Portuguese team began to show their hierarchy at home: the José Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, and it didn’t take long for them to take the lead with a goal from Joao Cancelo.
8 minutes into the start, after a corner kick, Cancelo spliced the ball from outside the rival area, the ball deflected past a defender and ended up getting into Benjamin Büchel’s goal for 1-0.
Portugal vs. Liechtenstein: what’s next
Portugal will face off at home against its Liechtenstein counterpart in a duel valid for the first date of the Euro 2024 Qualifiers. The José Alvalade stadium is the scene of the engagement of the two teams that this year will try to start off on the right foot right, with a view to obtaining a place in the main European competition for nations.
The most recent memory of the Portuguese team is their participation in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where they finished in eighth place, after being eliminated in the quarterfinals at the hands of the surprise Morocco, which culminated in fourth place after succumbing to Croatia.
For its part, the Liechtenstein team is one of the most modest in Europe. It is not for nothing that his position in the latest FIFA ranking indicates that he is in box 198. Along those lines, he has an impressive losing streak of 13 consecutive losing games.
But the bad streaks are there to be broken and he will try to surprise this Thursday against a team led by Cristiano Ronaldo, before receiving Iceland (03/26), the same day that Portugal will visit Luxembourg for the second day of the Qualifiers heading to the Euro.
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