AFP, PARISCristiano Ronaldo on Sunday scored his 99th international goal as reigning champions Portugal secured their place at UEFA Euro 2020 with a 2-0 victory away to Luxembourg, while France also ended their qualifying campaign with a victory. Portugal became the 17th nation to qualify for next year’s tournament, which kicks off in Rome on June 12. “I’m very happy for my players because the qualifying campaign has been more difficult than we expected. Ronaldo, who scored a hat-trick in Thursday last week’s 6-0 thrashing of Lithuania, moved to the brink of his international century four minutes from time. “I’m very dependent on the players,” World Cup-winning coach Didier Deschamps said after his 100th game in charge of France.

Source: Taipei Times November 18, 2019 15:56 UTC