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Cristiano Ronaldo lives in perpetual anxiety about the goal but this Friday was something else. Yes, Portugal paddles against the current from the two punctures with which he opened the way to the 2020 European Championship, but there was something else: he played in his crib, José Alvalade, and had not scored there since 2007. An eternity for those who count the goals for hundreds. He tried it by land, sea and air until, after the hour, he stole Chanot's wallet in a dismissal and sentenced Luxembourg with a beautiful Vaseline (3-0). It was his 700 goal in official match.

Portugal had scored very soon, after Bernardo Silva finished without a goalie a tremendous start from Semedo , but he had to sweat. Not to avoid the draw, but to close the game, more for lack of aim than on occasions (9 shots on goal, 17 in total). Joao Felix , headline on this occasion, again left a couple of great details, but also want something else. He was not the only one. The Portuguese attack, like him, has plenty of arguments but he lacked success until Cristiano Ronaldo, back home, put the sentence.

Decisive penalty on Griezmann

The victory leaves one step closer to the Eurocup to Portugal, which on Monday has a key game against Ukraine. Exactly the same as France, which still couldn't seal the passport but left it beaten with a scraped win in Iceland (0-1). After spending more than an hour punishing, it turned out that all he needed to open the can was a single second from Antoine Griezmann . The second it took to process that the contact with Skúlason had been within the area and that the referee was ahead. And then Griezmann, who had already followed and planted his feet to shoot, dropped. He punished a penalty, Giroud scored it and the match, which was being a martyrdom, opened.

Until then the great triumph of Iceland had been that nothing happened. The Nordics have grown on the basis of becoming harsh, but giving them all the credit would be unfair because France also did their part. Not that she was world champion with a museum football, but without Mbappé , without Pogba , with Matuidi on one side, and a double pivot Sissoko - Tolisso was missing someone who moved the tree. Although in the second half he came out with more vigor, it was from the fall of Griezmann and the goal of Giroud when everything was encouraged.

End of the streak of England

The only team that could have sealed his pass this Friday was England and left him on the road. The British came boasting of a 24-game run without losing in qualifying stages for the European Championship (23 wins, one draw), but fell because of two defensive errors and a poor overall performance.

Those of Gareth Southgate came forward as soon as they started with a penalty goal from Harry Kane , but the advantage did not last even five minutes. It was neither the day nor it was deserved, until a goal from Ondrasek in the final stretch gave the victory to the Czech Republic and a few more years of life to a wonderful statistic: England has not won in Prague since 1908 ... When that still It was Bohemia.

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