Kazakhstan came back from two goals down to produce one of the shocking football scores of the weekend in Euro 2024 qualifying. Rasmus Hojlund of Atalanta, who scored a hat-trick in Denmark’s 3-1 win against Finland on Thursday, was the driving force in attack again, scoring twice in the first half to take the visitors into the interval with a comfortable 2-0 lead. Baktiyor Zainutdinov netted a penalty in the 73rd minute following a foul by Denmark’s Jonas Wind to give the hosts hope, but Denmark appeared to cling on. Askhat Tagybergen then equalized with a shot from outside the box in the 86th minute, before striker Abat Aimbetov headed in one minute before time to complete the comeback for the 115th-ranked team in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo set new records for goals and appearances as Portugal defeated Luxembourg 6-0. Ronaldo made a world-record 197th appearance in Thursday’s 4-0 triumph over Liechtenstein, breaking the previous record established by Kuwait forward Bader Al-Mutawa. And the former Manchester United striker scored twice more against Luxembourg on Sunday, bringing his international tally to 122. Ronaldo scored after nine minutes and added his second just after the half-hour mark, with Chelsea’s Joao Felix and Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva making it 3-0 inside 18 minutes.
Otavio made it 5-0 just two minutes after coming on in the second half, and Rafael Leao capped the scoring in the 88th minute after missing a penalty earlier in the game. Italy rebounded from their defeat to England with a 2-0 victory in Malta, with to first-half goals from Mateo Retegui and Matteo Pessina. Aron Gunnarsson, a former Coventry and Cardiff midfielder, scored three goals in 35 minutes as Iceland defeated Liechtenstein 7-0 in the Rheinpark Stadion.
David Olafsson, Hakon Haraldsson, Andri Gudjohnsen, and Mikael Ellertsson also scored as Arnar Vidarsson’s team rebounded from a 3-0 loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday to achieve the largest official win in the country’s history. Slovenia defeated San Marino 2-0 in Group H, owing to a strike from Red Bull Salzburg striker Benjamin Sesko and an own goal from Roberto Di Maio, while Slovakia defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in Group J, thanks to first-half goals from Robert Mak and Lukas Haraslin.
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