* Visiting Luxembourg, the Portuguese team brought a strong squad similar to the victory over Liechtenstein in the opening day of the Euro 2024 qualifiers .
With their form on the rise and the goal of winning all 3 points against teams rated lower, coach Roberto Martinez's team quickly took control of the game. It was not surprising that the goals kept coming to the away team.
Ronaldo (9' and 31'), Joao Felix (15'), Bernado Silva (18'), Otavio (77') and Rafael Leao (88') scored in turn to help Portugal crush the home team 6-0 to solidify their top spot in Group J. If they continue to play like this, an early ticket to the next round is firmly in the hands of Ronaldo and his teammates.
* In Group C, the Italian team only needed more than half of the first half to decide the match against Malta. Two goals by Mateo Retegui (15') and Matteo Pessina (27') brought the first 3 points for coach Mancini and his team.
In the previous match, with the explosion of Harry Kane (37') and a super goal from Bukayo Saka (40'), the England team easily won 2-0 against Ukraine. This was England's second consecutive win in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, after they beat Italy in the first round away from home.
* In the second match of Group H of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Kazakhstan - the team ranked 115th on the FIFA rankings, lower than Vietnam (96) - created a surprise against Denmark - the leading candidate for the ticket to the next round of the group - with an unbelievable comeback up to now with a score of 3-2.
This disastrous defeat caused Denmark to lose their advantage in Group H, dropping to 4th place with only 3 points after two matches. For their part, after losing to Slovenia in the first match, Kazakhstan surprisingly rose to 2nd place.
* According to Dailymail, the English Football Association (FA) confirmed that Phil Foden must leave the national team early and return to Man City to undergo surgery for acute appendicitis. In the worst case, he will miss the next 10 matches of Man City, including 2 matches against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals (April 12 and April 20), as well as the Premier League "final" against Arsenal (April 27).
* Reuters quoted Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) President Ednaldo Rodrigues as saying that they will make efforts to invite coach Ancelotti to lead the Brazilian national team. The Italian strategist currently has a contract to lead Real Madrid until June 2024, but he is said to be ready to lead the Selecao. Meanwhile, the CBF wants to appoint a head coach for the national team as soon as possible to prepare for the Copa America, scheduled to start in July next year.
* The Times said that the process of buying Man Utd is still "chaotic and unstable" when the Glazer family is likely to fail to find partners who agree to pay the price they want for the "Red Devils". Man Utd's owners initially wanted to sell the English club for about 6 billion pounds but currently the announced price only stops at 5 billion pounds.
In a related development, Man Utd are said to have stopped their interest in Aleksandar Mitrovic due to the striker's lack of control in Fulham's defeat in the FA Cup quarter-finals on March 19. Previously, Man "Red" had been monitoring Mitrovic's performance throughout this season in the context of needing to add a striker because Anthony Martial was constantly injured, and Wout Weghorst was only a backup option.
* Mundo Deportivo newspaper assessed the 2023 summer transfer window as a “golden opportunity” for Messi to return to Barca. However, the Argentine superstar must meet 3 requirements of the Catalan team: Reduce his salary, give up his leadership role and show his desire to return.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano said Messi has just received a contract extension offer from PSG but he has not yet agreed.
* According to Marca, Dani Alves' fellow inmates at Brians 2 prison (Barcelona, Spain) have just come up with a business idea, which is to sell signed jerseys of the former Barca defender. This activity is so exciting that a prisoner has been assigned to go around the prison to collect Barca jerseys with the name Dani Alves, then deliver them to the cell of the Brazilian veteran. Not stopping there, relatives of the inmates are said to also want to own jerseys signed by Alves. The signed jerseys will be shipped out via express delivery companies.
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