Portugal beat Slovakia 3-2 at Estádio do Dragão to qualify for the 2024 European Championship with three games to spare.
It looked like being a comfortable victory after Gonçalo Ramos opened the scoring in the 18th minute and Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty 11 minutes later.
It wasn’t to be on a wet evening in Porto, Dávid Hancko reducing the deficit with a deflected strike in the 69th minute.
Ronaldo converted Bruno Fernandes' cross three minutes later, but Slovakia stayed in the contest as Stanislav Lobotka sent an unstoppable strike into the top corner with ten minutes remaining.
The Seleção regained their composure and closed the game out, João Félix and Diogo Jota denied by Martin Dúbravka who had an impressive evening between the sticks.
The victory made it seven straight for Roberto Martínez, the manager now able to experiment further with a ticket to Germany guaranteed.
To say European Championship 2024 qualification has been a breeze so far for Portugal would be an understatement. The Seleção have won all six of their Group J matches thus far, racking up 24 goals in the process and conceding zero.
Portugal coach Roberto Martínez has announced a 26-man squad for Portugal’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Slovakia and Bosnia-Herzegovina next week.
It’s official! Portugal will host matches at the biggest sporting event in the world. The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be organised jointly by Portugal, Spain and Morocco, in addition to the first three games taking place in South America.
Portugal made is six straight wins in the European Championship qualifiers after a history making 9-0 victory against Luxembourg at Estádio do Algarve.