Ramos scores for Portugal against Skriniar's Slovakia
Portugal's Paris Saint-Germain players Danilo Pereira, Vitinha and Gonçalo Ramos defeated team-mate Milan Skriniar's Slovakia 3-2 in the European Qualifiers at Porto's Estadio do Dragão on Friday 13 October.
A seventh win in as many games, thanks in no small part to the opening goal from the aforementioned man, means that the Equipa das Quinas have qualified for UEFA Euro 2024, which takes place from Friday 14 June to Sunday 14 July in Germany.
PORTUGAL - SLOVAKIA : 3-2 (2-0)
European Qualifiers - Group J - Matchday 7
Estadio do Dragão (Porto)
Goals : Gonçalo Ramos (18') and Ronaldo (29' p, 72') for Portugal, Hancko (69') and Lobotka (80') for Slovakia.
PORTUGAL : Diogo Costa - Dalot, Ruben Dias, Antonio Silva, João Cancelo - Bruno Fernandes, João Palhinha (Otavio, 86'), Bernardo Silva (Ruben Neves, 86') - Cristiano Ronaldo (c), Rafael Leão (João Félix, 65') - Gonçalo Ramos (Diogo Jota, 86'). Coach : Roberto Martinez.
SLOVAKIA : Dubravka - Pekarik (Tomic, 76'), Vavro, Skriniar (c), Hancko - Kucka (Bénes, 46'), Lobotka, Duda - Schranz (Duris, 86'), Mak (Suslov, 46') - Bozenik (Polievka, 65'). Coach : Francesco Calzona.
Table :
1. Portugal / 21 points, +25 (7 matches played)
2. Slovakia / 13 points, +5 (7 matches played)
3. Luxembourg / 11 points, -9 (7 matches played)
4. Bosnia-Herzegovina / 9 points, -2 (7 matches played)
5. Iceland / 7 points, +1 (7 matches played)
6. Liechtenstein / 0 points, -20 (7 matches played)