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UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying continued on Sunday and many teams were able to win, some suffered defeats, while others played a draw.
Many players have performed quite well for their national teams in the ongoing UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers and their stellar performances have never gone unnoticed.
Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Rasmus Hojlund and many others have been outstanding since the start of qualifying, and they once again impressed on Sunday by scoring for their team.
The Portuguese national team won a convincing 6-0 victory over the Luxembourg national team on Sunday night, and Cristiano Ronaldo's brace in the match raised his tally for the club and the country to 13 after only 12 matches played in 2023.
Atalanta football club star Rasmus Hojlund has also been impressive for club and country this year, and he was able to score both goals for his team in the loss to the team. Kazakhstan national team. He is the current top scorer in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying after Cristiano Ronaldo scored another brace for the Portuguese national team in a remarkable 6-0 win over the Luxembourg national team;
Denmark national team star Rasmus Hojlund is currently the top scorer with 5 goals in 2 games played, Cristiano Ronaldo of the Portuguese national team is in second place with 4 goals after 2 match played, while Romelu Lukaku of the Belgian national team, Aron Gunnarsson of the Danish national team. The Iceland national team and the Swiss Renato Steffen national team each have 3 goals.
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Former Real Madrid star Rafael van der Vaart has spoken out in defense of his former Dutch team-mate, Memphis Depay.
The Netherlands got off to a bad start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign as Ronald Koeman's return to charge of La Oranje was marred by a 4-0 loss to France.
A miserable night ended for Koeman's guests in the final in Paris when Depay missed a penalty in stoppage time as Mike Maignan made a comfortable save for the Atletico Madrid forward.
Despite being the most experienced striker in Koeman's squad, with 43 goals in 87 caps, van der Vaart thinks Depay is underrated by Dutch fans after his persistent contributions.
"Of course he misses penalties, but it's sad that nobody else wants to take them," he said in an interview with Dutch broadcaster NOS, as reported via Mundo Deportivo. "I think the same with Messi. He's the best player ever, but he also misses a lot of penalties.
“He took them every time, but no one said:
'let me take'. I don't compare Memphis to Messi, but he is part of our Messi.
“It is true that he had a bad game against France, but he is still our best player. "If it was Dirk Kuyt, he would get a very different response in the Netherlands. When he plays badly, he immediately takes the blow, the first person to blame is Memphis.
Depay and the Netherlands came back from a tumultuous match in Paris to their usual win in the second qualifying round, with a home win over Gibraltar.
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