LIVE – Euro 2024 qualifiers: Haaland overtakes Mbappé, Ronaldo delivers Portugal

– Norway 3-1 Cyprus
– Moldova 3-2 Poland
– Faroe Islands 1-3 Albania
– Estonia 0-3 Belgium
– Austria 2-0 Sweden
– Hungary 2-0 Lithuania
– Bulgaria 1-1 Serbia
– Iceland 0-1 Portugal
– Bosnia 0-2 Luxembourg
– Liechtenstein 0-1 Slovakia

And so we play the 23rd minute of play between Scotland and Georgia (1-0).

While Portugal were held in check in Iceland, Cristiano Ronaldo has just opened the scoring in the 89th minute (0-1), between the legs of Runarsson. A nice gift for his 200th.

It’s after 10:30 p.m., and there’s almost a whole game left to play… Hampden Park hasn’t gone to bed yet…

87th minute of play, 3-0 for Norway against Scotland, and Erling Haaland leaves to the applause of his family. His season is finally over, with a total of 56 goals in 57 games. Hats off.

The game was interrupted due to the wet ground in the 6th minute, just after the Scottish opener. That was almost an hour and a half ago.

– Scotland 1-0 Georgia (interrupted)
– Norway 3-0 Cyprus
– Moldova 1-2 Poland
– Faroe Islands 1-2 Albania
– Estonia 0-2 Belgium
– Austria 0-0 Sweden
– Hungary 1-0 Lithuania
– Bulgaria 1-0 Serbia
– Iceland 0-0 Portugal
– Bosnia 0-1 Luxembourg
– Liechtenstein 0-1 Slovakia

The Norwegian immediately signs a double against Cyprus (3-0, 60th)! So here he is with 56 goals this season, in 57 games. Will he go for the ratio of one achievement per game?

Erling Haaland has just scored the 2-0 goal, on penalty, during Norway-Cyprus! This means that the Manchester City striker becomes, with 55 goals (club and selection combined), the only top scorer of the season ahead of Kylian Mbappé (54).

– Scotland 1-0 Georgia (interrupted)
– Norway 1-0 Cyprus
– Moldova 0-2 Poland
– Faroe Islands 1-1 Albania
– Estonia 0-2 Belgium
– Austria 0-0 Sweden
– Hungary 1-0 Lithuania
– Bulgaria 0-0 Serbia
– Iceland 0-0 Portugal
– Bosnia 0-1 Luxembourg
– Liechtenstein 0-1 Slovakia

Reappointed as captain of the Red Devils after the departure of Thibaut Courtois amid controversy, Romelu Lukaku has just scored twice for Belgium in three minutes, on the ground of Estonia (0-2, 40th).

– Scotland 1-0 Georgia (interrupted)
– Norway 1-0 Cyprus
– Moldova 0-1 Poland
– Faroe Islands 0-1 Albania
– Estonia 0-0 Belgium
– Austria 0-0 Sweden
– Hungary 0-0 Lithuania
– Bulgaria 0-0 Serbia
– Iceland 0-0 Portugal
– Bosnia 0-1 Luxembourg
– Liechtenstein 0-0 Slovakia

While Scotland had just opened the scoring against Willy Sagnol’s Georgia in Glasgow through McGregor (1-0, 6th), the referee sent all the players back to the locker room because the pitch was totally wet. The start of the match did look like a good water polo match…

Staff are currently trying to clear the water from the pitch. Except it’s still raining.

Luxembourg, which had a win, a draw and a defeat in three games in Group J before tonight, has just opened the scoring in Bosnia through Borges Sanches (0-1, 4th).

On the Norwegian side, Erling Haaland is obviously the holder for the reception of Cyprus. The “Cyborg”, already author of 54 goals since last summer (like Kylian Mbappé) will become the top scorer of the season, if he shakes the net at least once tonight.

Norway line-up against Cyprus: Nyland – Ryerson, Ostigard, Strandberg, Meling – Odegaard, Berg, Aursnes – Sorloth, Haaland, Solbakken.

Holder with Portugal in Iceland, Cristiano Ronaldo will celebrate his 200th selection. This is obviously a record mark for CR7, who received his small certificate from the Guinness Book of Records before the game.

The line-up of Portugal in Iceland: Diogo Costa – Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Pepe, Danilo, Dalot – Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva – Cristiano Ronaldo, Leao.

In the absence of Thibaut Courtois, Strasbourg goalkeeper Matz Sels is a good starter in the Belgian goals on Tuesday.

The composition of Belgium in Estonia: Salts – Faes, Vertonghen, Theate – Castagne, Vranckx, Tielemans, Bakayoko, Carrasco – Trésor, Lukaku.

Group A

Scotland-Georgia
Norway-Cyprus

Group E

Moldova-Poland
Faroe Islands-Albania

Group F

Estonia-Belgium
Austria-Sweden

Group G

Hungary-Lithuania
Bulgaria-Serbia

Group J

Iceland-Portugal
Bosnia-Luxembourg
Liechtenstein-Slovakia

Thibaut Courtois is known for his huge ego in Belgium. With former coach Roberto Martinez, he did what he wanted. At the Red Devils, the number 1 captain is Kevin De Bruyne because of his leadership on the pitch, but the one who talks the most in the locker room is Inter striker Romelu Lukaku. This is why the new coach, the German Domenico Tedesco, wanted an alternation Courtois / Lukaku when De Bruyne is absent.

Since 2020, Thibaut Courtois has missed 17 of the Devils’ 40 matches and often in end-of-season rallies. This was the case last year after Real’s victory in the Champions League against Liverpool. The injury excuse does not seem to convince the Belgian football community.

Courtois is getting married this summer

The selection would have done well without this affair after the fiasco of the World Cup in Qatar and the experience of Thibaut Courtois was to make the link with the new generation

In Belgium, we cannot imagine a return to the selection of the best goalkeeper in the world without apologizing to his coach and his partners. At 31, the Belgian goalkeeper is still far from the end of his career for it to end in this way with the selection. The Red Devils goalkeeper is due to get married this summer and gossips will say he wanted to save time in his preparations. (JBo)

While Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco said he was “shocked” by the behavior of Thibaut Courtois, who reportedly left the Devils rally for an armband story, the Real Madrid goalkeeper responded firmly to the technician.

>> Courtois’ full comments here

“This afternoon I was surprised to hear the manager’s press conference in which he gave a partial and subjective account of a private conversation we had after the match against Austria, wrote Courtois on social media I would like to make it clear that this is neither the first nor the last time that I will speak to a coach about dressing room issues, but it is the first time that someone has decided to go public. I am deeply disappointed, but I want to clarify that the coach’s comments do not correspond to reality.”

And to give his version of the facts: “During this conversation (on the armband, editor’s note), I asked him not to derive direct benefit from it, but to explain and make decisions to avoid situations which, in the past have harmed us, while always seeking the general benefit To be or not to be captain of the national team is neither a whim nor a random decision, it should be his decision and that is what I tried to make him understand. Unfortunately, I did not achieve my goal. I insist that in no case did I demand anything and that I spoke to my teammate Romelu Lukaku to clarify all the circumstances related to this situation. At the same time, I would like to clarify that I have not had any discussion on a similar subject with a teammate, as has been claimed.”

Above all, Courtois – supporting photo in his story – claims to have left the rally not on a whim … but because he is injured.

Thanks to a brace from Harry Kane and a hat-trick from Bukayo Saka, England made short work of North Macedonia (7-0) on Monday at Old Trafford for their fourth qualifying game for the Euro-2024. With 12 points and a goal difference already of +14, the “Three Lions” are comfortably at the top of Group C.

However, they have already played four matches, one more than Ukraine, 2nd with 6 points after their narrow victory (1-0, goal from the penalty spot) against Malta, and two more than Italy, exempt due to their participation in the Final Four of the League of Nations, and who has only three points.

Welcome to our live to follow all the results and information of the qualifications for Euro 2024. This is the last meeting for the internationals before the holidays.