Fernandes double as Portugal ease previous Bosnia

Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes celebrates after scoring his aspect’s third aim in the course of the Euro 2024 group J qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Luz Stadium in Lisbon, on June 17, 2023.
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Bruno Fernandes struck twice and Bernardo Silva additionally scored to earn Portugal a 3-0 house win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday and safe the third straight win of their Euro 2024 qualifying marketing campaign.

Roberto Martinez’s aspect prime Group J with 9 factors and will likely be searching for a fourth successive victory towards Iceland on Tuesday. Bosnia, fourth on three factors, subsequent host Luxembourg.

Portugal dominated possession however solely opened the scoring seconds earlier than halftime when Silva chipped in from Fernandes’s cross to register his eleventh worldwide aim.

Fernandes doubled the lead with an excellent header from Ruben Neves’s cross within the 77th minute earlier than sealing the win in stoppage time with a robust volley to achieve 15 worldwide objectives.

“I was fresh, now less fresh, but I will recover. Later I’ll have my rest, but I always want to play and give my best. I don’t want to think about being tired,” the Manchester United midfielder advised Sport TV after his 69th match of the season.

“It was a great win, these are difficult games and we have to make them easy, as we did.

“I’m happy to have scored, however an important factor was getting the three factors. We wish to be within the European Championship.”

A satisfied coach Martinez also pointed out the fatigue of his players as the season draws to a close.

“Today was a typical June stage sport, with psychological fatigue. The gamers have been at a excessive degree bodily, it was a tough sport towards a group with very clear concepts,” said the Spanish coach.

“We have to be collectively, to be taught, to play as a group. We want video games like this to continue to grow. We should benefit from the victory… Then we’ll take into consideration Iceland.”