In the early morning of March 27, Beijing time, the second round of the group stage of the 2024 Euro 2024 Qualifiers kicked off, and today three groups and eight matches were played. After some battles, Kazakhstan defeated Denmark 3-2 at home, Finland beat Northern Ireland 1-0 away, Slovenia beat San Marino 2-0 at home, Italy beat Malaysia 2-0 away, England beat Ukraine 2-0 at home, Portugal beat Luxembourg 6-0 away, Northern Ireland lost 0-1 at home to Finland, and Iceland beat Liechtenstein 7-0.
After beating their rivals Italy in the first round, England took the initiative to qualify and even compete for first place in the group, and today returned home to Ukraine, the group's other main rival, and England continued to maintain its momentum. In the 6th minute, Kane tripped over Swatke when he turned on the right side of the penalty area, and referee Gozubuyuk did not indicate it. In the 36th minute, before Saka forcibly broke away from the defense on the right side of the penalty area, Kane carried the defender's left-footed volley into the net at the front of the penalty area, and England opened the scoring 1-0. Just three minutes later, England still pressed on the right side, Henderson slanted, Saka box preface turned back to take the ball and turned away from the defense from a long distance left-footed shot, the ball went into the net, England 2-0 lead. In the 50th minute, Maddison broke the ball in front of the box and volleyed vigorously, and the ball went slightly above the crossbar. In the 56th minute, Saka scored a great chance in front of an inverted cross from the right side of the penalty area, but he missed the opportunity. After that, although England had the advantage, they could not change the scoreline, and finally beat Ukraine 2-0 at home to win two consecutive games.
Also winning streaks was Portugal in the sweet group, with a first-round home win over Fishbelly Ball Team Tenstein, which also made many people dissatisfied and black. In today's away game against Luxembourg, Portugal can only "silence" critics with more goals. In the 9th minute, the right side of the B fee penalty area diagonally hung on the left side of the penalty area, Mendes put the ball in front of the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo snatched the spot to sweep the ball into the empty goal, Portugal opened the scoring 1-0. In the 14th minute, Felix nodded his header from the right to give Portugal a 2-0 lead. Three minutes later, Palinha sent a delicate overhead diagonal from the middle, and B Silva also scored with a header from the back to give Portugal a 3-0 lead. In the 30th minute, Felix countered with a broken ball in front, Bfeitzer responded straight, Cristiano Ronaldo cut in to shake the defender and turned into the box to push and score, Portugal 4-0 lead. In the 76th minute, Portugal quickly counter-attacked on the left, Leo reversed the triangle and returned to the middle, Ottavio followed up with a header to give Portugal a 5-0 lead. After missing a penalty, Leo scored a goal in the box as Portugal beat Luxembourg 6-0.
After losing to England in the first round, Italy made a big rotation against the rest of the Madrid today, with seven players starting out. After a near loss in the opening game, Italy gradually grasped the advantage on the field, and in the 14th minute, Italy had a corner kick opportunity on the left side, Tonali took the penalty in front of the goal, Retegui nodded and scored two consecutive goals, Italy opened the scoring 1-0. In the 26th minute, Italy pressed on the right, Politano crossed from the bottom, Griffo grabbed the ball in the middle to rub the ball to the back post, Emerson followed up on the left and swept in front of the goal, Tonali made a tackle, Pesina blocked the ball into the net after the point, Italy led 2-0. Yibian fought Italy again or firmly suppressed Ma Other, but failed to rewrite the score, Ma Others were also unable to score, Italy finally beat Ma Rest lightly away and won the first European Preliminary Tournament of this year.
In terms of the standings, in Group C, England continue to lead with two consecutive wins, while Italy overtook North Macedonia in points after beating the rest of Macedonia, who overtook North Macedonia by one goal to move up to second place in the group, and Malaysia finished bottom of the group with two consecutive defeats. Group H Slovenia is also a 2-game winning streak leader, Denmark, the strongest in this group, was defeated by Kazakhstan with 3 goals in the final stage last night with a 2-goal lead, so Denmark, Northern Ireland, Kazakhstan, Finland are 3 points, Denmark is a group of forced death. In Group J, Portugal scored 10 goals in 2 rounds to lead the way, while Slovakia were unbeaten with 1 win and 1 draw in 2nd place.