By Samindra Kunti in Leuven
October 30 – Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Wales and Eire have been among the many groups to progress to the ultimate spherical of the Euro 2025 playoffs with the seven final tickets at stake for the match in Switzerland.
With targets from Tessa Wullaert (2), Ella Van Kerkhoven (2) and Kassandra Missipo, the Belgians breezed previous Greece 5-0, enhancing on their disappointing goalless draw within the first leg in Heraklion.
With 85 targets, Wullaert joined Romelu Lukaku because the all-time prime scorer of Belgium’s nationwide groups.
Their mixture triumph was not as spectacular because the performances of Norway, Sweden, Eire, Portugal and the Czech Republic, who had settled their ties within the first leg, operating up mammoth scores over 180 minutes.
Norway crushed Albania 14-0 on mixture, Sweden dispatched Luxembourg 12-0 over two matches, Eire cruised previous Georgia 9-0 over two legs and Portugal defeated Azerbaijan 8-1 after a 4-1 first-leg win. The Czech Republic didn’t add to their tally after an 8-1 first-leg win towards Belarus.
Within the last spherical of qualifiers, the Norwegians shall be heavy favourites towards Northern Eire as will their neighbours Sweden towards Serbia. Portugal tackle the Czech Republic whereas Eire meet Wales, who edged previous Slovakia. Belgium face Ukraine.
The 2-legged playoffs shall be performed on the finish of November and the beginning of December.
Subsequent yr, Switzerland will host the European championship. Earlier this month, the hosts launched ticket gross sales with the most cost effective seat beginning at 25CHF. Organisers additionally introduced that supporters will get pleasure from free public transport on match days.
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