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EURO 2016 Round-up: Moutinho strike puts Portugal through
Posted On Oct 11 2015
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Portugal booked their ticket to Euro 2016 with a 1-0 win over Denmark in Braga on Thursday.
If you tune in to watch Serbia vs. Portugal live stream free, you will see how Portugal responds to their captain’s absence.
Serbia’s coach will make a few changes to his fist team from a match against Albania, as the likes of Ivanovic and Matic will not be able to play due to injuries.
Denmark, who have played their last game, will still qualify if Albania fail to win in Armenia on Sunday.
It was a fitting end to a match that was surprisingly feisty despite the result having little in the way of obvious significance, though Portugal managed to extend their run of qualifying victories away from home to seven despite being without Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese players brought on their high determination and work-rate levels, something which they’ve been recurrently doing ever since Fernando Santos took over as manager, when he replaced Paulo Bento back in September of 2014. Ricardo Pereira and Rui Fonte have been called up to bolster the squad.
Albania’s defeat actually meant Portugal would have qualified even with defeat.
Teammate Cédric Soares shared the enthusiasm and told A Bola the atmosphere in the locker room was happy with their current situation.
With the kind of team Portugal have, I think they will win this one.
It was a sixth successive group victory for Portugal since losing to Albania. Santos is using good leadership, and Portugal seems to have put behind them the disastrous World Cup campaign, which saw them come home in the group stage. Adam Ljajic is their top scorer with 2 goals in 4 matches for Serbia.
The first meeting between these countries in Belgrade last October was awarded as a 3-0 forfeit to Albania, after the initial decision to give Serbia the win was overturned.
Another Euro 2016 qualifying game streaming on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App, is the Northern Ireland and Greece matchup, which is scheduled to kick-off at 2:35 p.m.at Windsor Park.
