Portugal 大勝するs Luxembourg in 記録，記録的な／記録する 9-0 勝利，勝つ without 一時停止するd Ronaldo. Drone 延期するs Armenia-Croatia
Portugal didn't need Cristiano Ronaldo to rack up its biggest-ever 勝利，勝つ in a 競争の激しい game.
A 9-0 大勝する of Luxembourg in European 選手権 qualifying on Monday was 達成するd without Ronaldo, who was 一時停止するd because of an accumulation of yellow cards in earlier Group J games.
In the absence of the five-time world player of the year and 記録，記録的な／記録する scorer in men's internationals, Goncalo Ramos, Goncalo Inacio and Diogo Jota all 得点する／非難する／２０d twice along with goals for Ricardo Horta, Bruno Fernandes and Joao Felix in the Algarve.
"It was a 満足な 面 that, 存在 4-0 or 5-0 up, the team kept playing the same way as if it was 0-0," Portugal coach Roberto Martinez said. "When you get that, it shows you the values of the players and that the 尊敬（する）・点 toward the team is 必須の - that was really good to see."
The 38-year-old Ronaldo 行方不明になるd a 広大な／多数の／重要な chance to 追加する to his 運ぶ／漁獲高 of 123 international goals but there'll be four more 適切な時期s in a group that Portugal is 支配するing with six straight 勝利，勝つs. No other team has that many victories in qualifying.
Martinez´s team stayed five points ahead of Slovakia and moved eight ahead of Luxembourg. The 最高の，を越す two in each group qualify automatically.
Portugal's Bruno Fernandes 反応するs after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's eighth goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying サッカー match between Portugal and Luxembourg at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
Ramos 得点する／非難する／２０d two of the team's first three goals as Ronaldo's 交替／補充, a 役割 he seems to 栄える in.
He did it 顕著に at last year´s World Cup in Qatar when - in a 抱擁する call by then-coach Fernando Santos -- Ronaldo was dropped to the （法廷の）裁判 for the match against Switzerland in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16.
Ramos 得点する／非難する／２０d a hat trick in that game, 発表するing himself to the サッカー world. He has since 完全にするd a move from Benfica to Paris Saint-Germain and might be the long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 交替／補充 for Ronaldo, who now plays in Saudi Arabia, for Portugal´s 国家の team that is surely 長，率いるing to Euro 2024.
Germany's 13-0 thrashing of San Marino in 2006 remains the biggest-ever 勝利，勝つ in European 選手権 qualifying.
In other matches in the group, Slovakia （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Liechtenstein 3-0 and アイスランド 敗北・負かすd Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0.
DRONE DELAY
In Group D, Croatia's 1-0 勝利，勝つ over Armenia in Yerevan was 延期するd for about 70 seconds in the first half when a drone carrying the 旗 of Nagorno-Karabakh, a 脱退／分離 Armenian-居住させるd 地域 of Azerbaijan, flew over the field - to 元気づけるs and 賞賛 from many home fans, によれば （映画の）フィート数 on social マスコミ.
The 出来事/事件 comes まっただ中に 急に上がるing 緊張s between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with 国会議員s in the 地域 - which the Armenians call Artsakh - 投票（する）ing to elect a new 分離主義者 大統領，／社長 on Saturday in a move that was 堅固に 非難するd by the Azerbaijani 当局.
It is 始める，決める to lead to a UEFA disciplinary 事例／患者 on the grounds of it 存在 a political 声明 at a game.
In 2014, a drone with a political 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する was flown into the stadium where Albania and Serbia were playing a European 選手権 qualifier in ベオグラード, 誘発するing 衝突／不一致s の中で players. Serbian fans also attacked Albania team members and threw ゆらめくs の上に the field.
That game was abandoned and Serbia 最初 awarded a default 3-0 victory by UEFA. The 許可／制裁 was 逆転するd by the 法廷，裁判所 of 仲裁 for Sport.
CROATIA GOES TOP
Andrej Kramari´c's 早期に goal 調印（する）d the victory for Croatia that 解除するd the World Cup semifinalists into first place in the group.
The striker tapped in at the far 地位，任命する after a 13th-minute corner from Luka Modric deflected off an Armenia player and went straight to Kramaric, who stuck out a foot and コースを変えるd the ball in. The goal was checked for offside as it appeared Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol got a touc h, too.
After starting Group D with a disappointing 1-1 home draw with むちの跡s, Croatia has won three straight matches and gone above Turkey on goal difference, having played one game より小数の.
むちの跡s won 2-0 in Latvia thanks to goals by Aaron Ramsey and David Brooks and joined Armenia on seven points, three behind Croatia and Turkey. It was a relieving 勝利，勝つ for むちの跡s coach Robert Page, who has 直面するd growing 圧力 after 支援する-to-支援する 敗北・負かすs against Armenia and Turkey in the group.
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Portugal's Ricardo Horta celebrates with Joao Felix, left, after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's sixth goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying サッカー match between Portugal and Luxembourg at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
Portugal's Goncalo Ramos celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's second goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying サッカー match between Portugal and Luxembourg at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
Portugal's Goncalo Inacio, 2nd left, 得点する／非難する／２０s his 味方する's fourth goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying サッカー match between Portugal and Luxembourg at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
Portugal's Goncalo Inacio, 2nd 権利, celebrates with Bruno Fernandes, 権利, and Goncalo Ramos after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's fourth goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying サッカー match between Portugal and Luxembourg at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
Portugal's Diogo Jota celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's fifth goal during the Euro 2024 group J qualifying サッカー match between Portugal and Luxembourg at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
むちの跡s' Aaron Ramsey celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing his 味方する's 開始 goal during the Euro 2024 group D qualifying サッカー match between Latvia and むちの跡s at Skonto Stadium in Riga, Latvia, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
