2024-03-24 13:24:03
Slovak football players lost 0:2 at home to Austria, who scored the winning goal after only six seconds of the game. Belgium failed to live up to their role as favorites and played goalless in Ireland.
The Austrians made an unprecedented entrance into the match at Bratislava’s Tehelné pol. Baumgartner ran to the goal immediately after the play-off, went over three opponents and surprised goalkeeper Dúbravka with a ground shot from 25 meters.
“Baumgartner passed very quickly, shot and was a little lucky that the ball fell and accelerated. Nevertheless, we were still in the game,” commented Dúbravka after the match.
The Slovaks, for whom the Spartan Haraslín and the alternating Slavist Tomič and Tupta from Liberec also started, could not score and suffered their second home defeat under the Italian coach Calzona. In the 83rd minute, Weimann added an extra insurance.
In the duel between Ireland and Belgium, the goal was not scored also because the home team Ferguson did not convert a penalty in the first half. The “Red Devils” maintained their invincibility even in the 11th game under the leadership of coach Tedesco.
The last showdown between England and Brazil in 2017 didn’t offer a goal, but today the “Canaries” still prevailed in the end. In the 80th minute, Vinícius Júnior escaped behind the defense, whose shot was deflected by Pickford only to a lonely Endrick.
The 17-year-old talent, who will join Real Madrid from Palmeiras in the summer, comfortably finished off his future club-mate’s action and scored his first goal for the senior national team. The Albion selection lost for the first time since the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, in which they fell short against France.
Belgium failed to live up to their role as favorites and played goalless in Ireland. The goal was not scored also because the home team Ferguson did not convert a penalty in the first half. The “Red Devils” maintained their invincibility even in the 11th game under the leadership of coach Tedesco.