Portugal win 3-1 over Malta

Portugal closes Group B3, with 16 points and now follows the play-off for the European Championship 2025, an event that will take place in Switzerland, between July 2 and 27 next year.

In Leiria, Ana Capeta opened the scoring, in the seventh minute, Maria Farrugia equalized for Malta, in the 16th minute, Stephanie Ribeiro put the Portuguese team back in front, still in the first half, in the 28th minute, before Jéssica Silva scored . to make the final score 3-1, on 86.

With this victory, the fifth in six games, Portugal, who gave up only points in the trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina (0-0), last Friday, ended Group B3 in first place, with 16 points, it is more than the North. Ireland, who won the Bosniaks today (2-0), in third place with seven, while Malta finished in last place, with one point.

The Portuguese team, who moved up to League A of the League of Nations 2025/26, will meet their opponents in the qualifying play-offs for the European Championships 2025, which will be played in Switzerland, in the draw scheduled for Nyon, on Friday, from 13 :00 local time (12:00 in Lisbon).