Euro qualifiers: Ronaldo and Kane set new records for Portugal and England.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United striker celebrated by converting a penalty and adding another goal in the second half to reach 120 international goals.
Meanwhile, Kane became England’s all-time leading scorer with a first-half penalty in a 2-1 win over Italy. Kane now has 54 goals for his country, one more than Wayne Rooney. Three months after the World Cup ended, qualifying for Euro 2024, which will be held in Germany, began.
Late retaliationCall it England’s belated vengeance.
The match against Italy in Naples was a rematch of the Euro 2020 final, which the Azzurri won at Wembley Stadium. Since then, the teams have met twice, with Italy earning a win and a draw in Nations League qualifying last year.
England held on this time after first-half goals by Declan Rice and Kane, who tucked away a spot kick awarded after a VAR review after it was determined that Italy defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo touched the ball with his hand while attempting to prevent Kane from reaching a corner.
Argentina-born forward Mateo Retegui, who has Italian citizenship through his maternal grandmother, equalised on his debut, and England played with 10 men from the 80th minute after left back Luke Shaw was sent off twice in 54 seconds. North Macedonia defeated Malta 2-1 in the other Group C match, which also included Ukraine.
Portugal has an easy time of it.After starting Cristiano Ronaldo against Liechtenstein, Roberto Martinez had a smooth start to his tenure as Portugal coach.
The striker was left out of Portugal’s final World Cup matches but was selected up front alongside Joao Felix u2014 and repaid Martinez’s faith in him, who left his role as Belgium coach after the tournament in Qatar.
Before Ronaldo’s double in Lisbon, Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva scored. Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Iceland 3-0 in Group J, while Slovakia and Luxembourg drew 0-0.
Parken is a sad place.Denmark and Finland met for their first Group H qualifier at Parken Stadium, and the atmosphere was solemn.
The teams last met at Euro 2020, and it was during that game u2014 and at the same venue u2014 that Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen collapsed with cardiac arrest.
Denmark won 3-1 nearly two years later, thanks to a hat trick from striker Rasmus Hojlund in his first start for his country. Northern Ireland defeated San Marino 2-0, while Slovenia defeated Kazakhstan 2-1.
source: ESPN UKRussia is a friendly country.Russia played a football match against a country outside the former Soviet Union for the first time since the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
A 1-1 draw with Iran in front of 78,000 spectators follows months of Russia seeking closer ties with the Asian Football Confederation. UEFA has barred Russia from competing in Euro 2024 qualifying.
Both goals came from penalty kicks. Iran striker Mehdi Taremi cancelled out Anton Miranchuk’s opener, who was part of an all-Russian squad. Russia has previously defeated Kyrgyzstan 2-1, as well as 0-0 draws with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.