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Luxembourg vs Portugal Prediction & Betting tips
Portugal can qualify for the European Championship, on condition that the small Luxembourg is won. Can the football dwarf throw a spanner in the works and serve Serbia a huge service?
Luxembourg:
Luxembourg is one of the smallest European football countries and does not play any significant role in the qualification series. However, the times when the Grand Duchy could choose whether they went home 6-0 or 7-0 are now behind us. The big football countries have to put more and more effort into beating the Luxembourgers. The Dutch National Team (difficult 1-3 victory in November 2016) and very recently Serbia can talk about this. On Thursday the Serbs had to go to great lengths to win in their own country of Luxembourg. At halftime it was 2-0 due to two hits from Mitrovic and it seemed to be a simple evening. In the second half, however, the men of coach Luc Holtz came back through Gerson Rodrigues. Serbia then made the 3-1, but Dave Turpel again made the score: 3-2. That would prove to be the final result.
Luxembourg obviously has no appealing names in the selection, but the national stars are almost no longer amateurs. The base eleven contains players from Dynamo Kiev, Mainz, Karlsruhe, Paderborn, Ufa, Legia Warsaw, IFK Nörrkoping and New York City. The biggest talent in the country is Vincent Thill, who already has 28 international matches behind his name at the age of nineteen.
Portugal:
The assignment for Portugal is simple: winning from Luxembourg and the European Championship ticket has arrived. In that case, the result of the match between Ukraine and Serbia is no longer even important. If Portugal does not pass through Luxembourg, it is to be hoped that Serbia will not win from Ukraine. In the most extreme case there is always the escape clause via the Nations League. In short, the chance that the Portuguese can defend their European Championship title next summer is huge.
Portugal had no mercy for Lithuania on Thursday. In Faro it was no less than 6-0. Naturally, Cristiano Ronaldo was the big man with three hits. The rest of the production was provided by Pizzi, Gonçalo Paciencia and Bernardo Silva. The amre Lithuania did not hit a single shot. Portugal received slightly more opposition from Luxembourg last month, but even then it was easy to win 3-0.
A strong group is coming to Portugal. The team that national coach Fernando Santos can send into the field is overflowing with quality, taking into account that he still has to miss players like João Felix, William Carvalho, Nelson Semedo and William Carvalho. Goncalo Paciência will appear at the forefront (six goals for Eintracht Frankfurt this season). Incidentally, Cristiano Ronaldo can make his 99th and 100th international goal against Luxembourg by shooting his country to the European Championship.
Luxembourg vs Portugal head to head matches
11.10.19 EUR Portugal Luxembourg 3 : 0
17.11.15 FI Luxembourg Portugal 0 : 2
15.10.13 WC Portugal Luxembourg 3 : 0
07.09.12 WC Luxembourg Portugal 1 : 2
10.08.11 FI Portugal Luxembourg 5 : 0