0-2: CR7 and Cancelo, with a great goal, extend Portugal’s streak

Portugalalready qualified for German Euro 2024 and also first in group G, extended the entire victory this Thursday by defeating L 0-2iechtenstein, the bottom. Despite the chances that the team he leads has had Robert Martinez, couldn’t score in the entire first half. It was in the second that the goals came. In the end, a short 0-2, but 9 wins in 9 matches in the qualifying phase.

And the Barcelona player played a prominent role in Vaduz João Cancelo, who achieved the second, a great goal. The first is the work of Cristiano Ronaldo. Among the other Barcelona players present this Thursday in the Portuguese team, João Felixthey had one disallowed for offside, as a goal from was also disallowed at the end of the match Goncalo Ramos.

The fact is, in addition to scoring the second goal, Joao Cancelo played a great game, where he had a great presence in Portugal’s attack. But the Portuguese were goalless in the first half and were left unbeaten by Benjamin Buchel, the Liechtenstein goalkeeper, who put in a fine performance.

60 seconds into the second half, CR7 scored to get the game back on track for the Portuguese team against the last classified team in the group. Diogo Jota assisted him and the current Al Nassr player scored his goal with a left-footed shot.

In the 57th minute the goal came from Joao Cancelo, who received the ball from Antonio Silva, beat Buchel and dribbled past an opponent in a beautiful play. A good goal from the Barcelona side. On the other hand, Joao Félix, despite his attempts, did not score a goal. In the 87th minute, both Barça players were substituted: Cancelo for Joao Mario and Joao Féliz for Joao Neves.

Cancelo wore the captain’s armband when CR7 retired, who, with 10 goals, is the top scorer at this stage, tied with Belgian Romelo Lukaku. In 2023, the Portugal captain scored 46 goals in 50 games, at club and national level, in addition to 12 assists.