On Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal defeated non-qualifier Finland 4-2 thanks to two goals from substitute Bruno Fernandes, a Manchester United midfielder. The result marked Portugal’s start to preparations for Euro 2024.

As he prepares to return to duty on Friday for his sixth European Championship, Portugal’s captain Cristiano Ronaldo was absent due to rest. The manager, Roberto Martínez, started with a drastically revamped team that went on to dominate.

Diogo Jota doubled the hosts’ advantage in stoppage time before halftime after Francisco Conceição was fouled inside the penalty area; Rúben Dias put the hosts ahead with a diving header from a corner in the 17th minute.After coming off the bench as one of five halftime substitutes, Fernandes scored Portugal’s third goal in the 55th minute with a magnificent curling drive from the edge of the box that went into the top corner. Teemu Pukki, a substitute for Finland, scored twice in the span of five minutes to get his team back into the game by capitalizing on Portugal’s careless defense. Late in the game, though, Fernandes gained control and scored from close range to seal the victory.

In their last two exhibition matches before their Euro 2024 campaign begins on June 18th against the Czech Republic in Group F, Portugal will take on Croatia this coming Saturday and Ireland the following week. Moreover, they will go off against Georgia and Turkey.

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Adam Idah took his team to the lead, and O’Shea watched as they resolutely weathered a comeback that Adam Lang leveled and ultimately won in the final seconds. The Football Association of Ireland has maintained that the team will gather before the September Nations League opening against England, and the former Manchester United defender is progressively establishing his credentials as Kenny’s replacement.

Conversely, knowing they would need to be more focused in Germany to succeed on the big stage, Hungary will face Israel in their last warm-up game on Saturday.аfter breаking intо the аreа with few reаl оppоrtunities, аndrаs Schаfer missed Cаоimhín Kelleher’s left pоst with а shоt. Milоs Kerkez fоrced the Liverpооl gоаlkeeper tо mаke а fine stоp in the 29th minute. Irish plаyers like Idаh, Sаmmie Szmоdics, аnd Finn аzаz—whо wаs stаrting his first seniоr internаtiоnаl gаme—were wаsting time trying tо аdvаnce the bаll tоо rаpidly by аvоiding the middle оf the field аltоgether.

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On Tuesday, in their last pre-Euro 2024 warmup game before the tournament begins in ten days, Italy and Turkey played to a disappointing scoreless draw with little opportunities. This stalemate with Turkey in Bologna will not inspire confidence in Luciano Spalletti’s Italy, who are defending champions, following their underwhelming performance in qualifying.

Neither team managed to score in the first half, however Italy’s Bryan Cristante headed a corner just before halftime and it went just wide of the post. There was minimal progress following the break. Little helping lift the spirits of the home crowd was the lack of accuracy on both sides, which resulted in few good opportunities.

Taking defender Ozan Kabak off the field in the second half with what appeared to be a significant knee problem will be a major worry for Turkey manager Vincenzo Montella. Turkey will play Poland on Monday, and Italy will play Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday in their last warmup game before traveling to Germany.