Spain beat Portugal to advance to the Europa League semi-finals, and Euro 2024 qualifiers were released

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Match Summary

At 2:45 Beijing time on September 28, the 6th round of the UEFA League A class, Portugal played against Spain. In the first half, Unai Simon saved from Ruben Neves, Jota threatening shots and B. Feiyuan shot into the side-netting; In the second half, Ronaldo's close-range shot was deflected by Unai Simon, and Nico Williams assisted Morata before the end of the game to complete the kill. In the end, Spain 1-0 Portugal, with the victory of this match, Spain successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the European League.

At 2:30 Beijing time on September 28, the friendly match Brazil played against Tunisia at Parc des Princes, and the referee of this game was Rudy Bugai. In the first half, Rafinha's header was lifted to the goal, Talby headed the ball to equalize, Rafinha assisted Risharisson to break the goal, Neymar scored to expand the score, Rafinha pumped a success, Bronn kicked down Neymar Dye Red and was sent off. In the second half, Pedro's shot was deflected off the line by Rafinha and in the end, Brazil 5-1 Tunisia.

At 00:00 Beijing time on September 28, an international football friendly match was played in Bratislava, Slovakia, with Canada against Uruguay. Delacruz's free-kick from the opening half went straight to give Uruguay the Lightning the lead, and he then tried to lift a shot high over the goal from a distance. Suarez then scored with a cross from the right to assist Núñez's header. Canada stepped up its offensive attack in the second half but failed to score against Uruguay's defence. In the end, Uruguay beat Canada 2-0.

At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on September 28, the 6th round of the UEFA Nations League A group stage began a contest, with Switzerland at home against the Czech Republic, and the referee on duty in this game was Perto Erfan. In the first half, Vulcanova's shot hit the post and popped up. Shaqiri assisted Froile's goal and two minutes later Nbolo extended the lead. Just before half-time, Zima passed the ball and Sigg scored to pull back a city. In the second half, the Czech Republic won a penalty and Saucek saved the penalty by Sommer. Vargas scored, but was invalidated by offside in the lead. In the final moments of the match, a Czech shot popped up on the post. At the end of the match, Switzerland beat the Czech Republic 2-1, giving its opponent 4 consecutive defeats + relegation to the B class.

At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on September 28, the 6th round of the Europa League B-level group stage began a contest, Sweden played Slovenia at home, and the referee on duty in this game was Zvajer. In the first half, Stojanovic passed the ball and Seshko volleyed directly into the air to break the deadlock. Subsequently, Foxberry broke through and shot to equalize. In the second half, neither team made a difference. At the end of the match, Sweden drew 1-1 with Slovenia and was relegated to the C division of the UEFA League as the last place in the group.

Beijing time at 19:55 on September 27, Japan in the Kirin Challenge Cup home against Ecuador, the first half of the West Fuentes outside the box a kick, the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper, and then Ecuador in the penalty area of the ball error, but Furuhashi Henwu did not seize the opportunity, and then Ibarra shot into the frame, the last moment of the half, Schmidt staged a key save. In the second half, Mitsuru Mitsuru broke through the cross from the left, Takumi Minamino pushed the shot offside, then Ueda Keise's header was slightly deflected, and then Akigo Taniguchi sent a point, and Schmidt saved the Valencia penalty. End of the game, Japan 0-0 Ecuador.

At 19:00 Beijing time on September 27, South Korea and Cameroon played a friendly match. In the first half, South Korea took the initiative at home, Sun Heung-woo and Hwang Hee-chan continued to create threats after the opening, Son Heung-woo's header broke the deadlock, Onana made multiple saves, and Mbeumo's shot refracted the back frame; In the second half, both sides had a chance, Onana once hit the chest to stop the ball but was forced by Son Heung-woo, almost playing with fire, only 10 minutes off the bench Huang Yi assisted the injury, Son Heung-min in the last minute of the free-kick shot was extremely threatening, and finally South Korea 1-0 Cameroon.

At 1:00 Beijing time on September 28, an international football friendly match was played in Vienna, Austria, with Qatar playing against Chile. Sanchez's long-range shot in the first half was brilliantly saved by Basham, and then Qatar was threatened by Haydos at high speed into the box. Then Chile's Suasso snatched Afif in front of him and assisted Sanchez's goal. Qatar, who were behind in the second half, stepped up their attack, Afif hit the ball high from close range in the penalty area, and then he seized on the Chilean team's backfield mistake and scored a low shot to equalize for Qatar. Then Haydos scored a goal to give the team the lead. Chile scored a tough tie from Brillton's assist to Vidal and Sanchez missed a penalty at the end. Eventually Qatar 2-2 Chile.

International news

In the final round of the UEFA League, Portugal was defeated 1-0 at home by Spain and missed the final.

After lozen, Ronaldo was photographed throwing the captain's armband forward, but this is actually a misunderstanding caused by the photo angle, which is quite different from the actual situation.

Through a live video, it can be seen that C Luo first hugged and greeted his opponent after the game, and then walked to the sideline. At this time, a staff member on the sidelines was asking C Luo for an armband, so he took off the armband and threw it at the staff.

However, due to the certain distance between the two and the armband is too light, C Luo was not able to successfully throw the armband into the hands of the staff.

In the final round of the UEFA League, Portugal was defeated 1-0 at home by Spain and missed the final.

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo had a mediocre performance in this game, with only 2 shots on goal in the game and also missed 1 chance to break the goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Spain full time stats

Touch the ball 30 times

17 passes with 82% accuracy

Ground Confrontation 4 times, win 3 times

Compete for the top 3 times, win 1 time

Lost the ball 8 times

Foul 1 time

Violated 2 times

2 shots on goal

Shoot 2 times

Missed 1 great opportunity

In Brazil's friendly against Tunisia, bad racism was once again on the spotlight.

Just after Risalyson scored his second goal for Brazil, a banana was thrown at him from the stands at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

After this scene, the official social media of the Brazilian Football Federation also expressed criticism of the matter. It is worth mentioning that the Brazilian team deliberately wore a shirt without stars in this game to express the idea that "if there were no black players, we would not get those championships".

Argentina's three group stage tickets at the World Cup have reportedly sold out.

Sources from ESPN say Argentina's first three matches at the World Cup in Qatar have sold out and they have become the first team to do so.

In a 2-0 friendly win over Canada, Uruguayan striker Núñez scored the team's second goal.

After scoring the goal, Núñez held up an Araujo shirt as a gesture of his blessing to the defence teammate who had just been injured.

Officially, England midfielder Delph, who previously played for Leeds United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton, announced his retirement.

On September 27, at the age of 35, former Chelsea and Tsumen Tiger midfielder Mikel announced his retirement.

In the early morning of September 28, Beijing time, in the 6th round of the A2 group of the European League, Portugal lost 0-1 at home to Spain, and Morata scored a killer goal at the end of the game. Since then, the Europa League Final Four have all been released, including Croatia, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. In addition, the relegation teams in Group A have also been determined, with the Czech Republic, England, Austria and Wales relegated.

In June 2023, the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League will begin. It is worth mentioning that this European League competition is also the last training of major European teams before the World Cup in Qatar.

On September 28, Beijing time, the group stage of the European League was all over, and the four teams that broke into the final round and the teams that were relegated have been determined, so the 2024 European Championship qualifiers are also officially released. 10 teams from the Netherlands, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Denmark and Portugal entered the first gear, and England, France, Wales and other teams fell into the second gear.

The draw for Euro 2024 qualifiers will take place in Frankfurt on 9 October, with host Germany advancing directly to the main round and suspended Russia not participating in the draw.

Euro 2024 Qualifiers:

First gear: Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland

Second gear: France, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland, Finland

Third gear: Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia

Fourth gear: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia,

Fifth gear: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta

Sixth gear: Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein

Euro 2024 Qualifier Draw Procedure:

1. The host of the Euro 2024 Championship, Germany, automatically qualifies for the main tournament and does not need to participate in the qualifier draw;

2. All Russian teams are currently suspended in accordance with the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee of 8 February 2022, which was further confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022. Therefore, Russia does not participate in the Euro 2024 qualifier draw;

3. 53 national associations will participate in the qualifier draw and will be divided into 10 groups, of which 7 groups have 5 teams and 3 groups have 6 teams;

4. The top two places in each group will advance to the main European Championship, and the remaining three main places will be determined through the play-offs;

5. 53 teams will be divided into seven brackets according to the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League rankings.