2023-09-09 08:10:00
By sitecore\dylan.atie September 9, 2023 09:10
Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay continued his impressive goalscoring career at international level on Friday night, opening the scoring for Scotland in their 3-0 victory over Cyprus.
The Manchester United midfielder recovered well at the far post to give the Tartan Army a victory in Larnaca, scoring his sixth goal in five UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches.
Ryan Porteus scored Scotland’s second goal shortly followingwards with a fine strike, before our number 39 fed Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn to make it 3-0, all in the first half. -time.
From there, Steve Clarke’s men continued to widen the gap in the second half, with McTominay even coming close to scoring a second goal on two occasions.
McTominay celebrates his goal for Scotland in Larnaca.
Scotland are unbeaten since the start of qualifying, having won all five of their qualifying matches, and sit top of Group A. Their next test will be a friendly once morest England at Hampden Park on Tuesday evening (8:45 p.m. FR).
Furthermore, Portugal took a big step towards qualifying for the 2024 European Championship in Germany, winning 1-0 once morest Slovakia, thanks to Bruno Fernandes’ only goal.
The United captain charged through midfield before beating his former Reds teammate Martin Dubravka to give the Selecao a 1-0 victory in Bratislava.
Bruno celebrated his 29th birthday in style. Portugal face Luxembourg on Monday and will look to maintain their 100% success rate in qualifying.
His teammate Diogo Dalot also played the full 90 minutes at right-back for his 13th outing with his country.
Elsewhere, Turkey drew 1-1 with Armenia in Eskisehir, with United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir not used.
Artak Dashyan’s goal looked to have secured victory for Armenia before Bertug Ozgur Yildrim equalized late for the hosts.
The next meeting for Stefan Kuntz’s team will be a friendly match once morest Japan on Tuesday followingnoon (2:20 p.m. FR).
By sitecore\dylan.atie September 9, 2023 09:10
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