Portugal is just one win away from perfect qualification
On Sunday, Portugal could become the ninth European country to win all its qualifying group matches, joining the likes of Germany and France.
If you overcomeIceland At the Estadio José Alvalade, the national team will complete Group J of the World Cup qualifiersEuro 2024 With 10 wins in 10 matches, which is absolutely unprecedented in the history of Portuguese football.
Portugal will join the list that includesGermany And the FranceBut alsoSpain,l'Italy,l'England,l'Italythe Holland And the Czech Republic.
the Germans They've achieved this feat three times already, instead France He did it twice, even if everything indicated that the three colors would matchGermany During the month of November.
However, history has shown that perfect qualification is not synonymous with final stage success, nor are trophiesSpain in World Cup 2010 And Inext toEuro 2020 Being the only teams that went all the way to lift the cup.
In the modern era of football, with groups consisting of five or more teams,…Germany It was the first country to achieve a flawless performance, and then on its way to doing so 1982 World Cuphe later reached the final of the competition, although unsuccessfully, and was once again completely victorious in the qualifying round for the tournamentEuro 2012 And the World Cup 2018.
there FranceFor her part, she arrived European Championship 1992 In Sweden with 100% victories, but returned to its homeland prematurely (fell in the group stage), and during the tournamentEuro 2004 In Portugal, they failed to advance beyond the quarterfinals.
The first team to benefit from the perfect qualifying stage was…Spainwho won world Cup In South Africa in 2010, defeating Hollandwhich also arrived in Africa with an absolutely victorious qualification.
When she became European champion in 2021, she becameItaly He arrived at Wembley Stadium with a 100% win rate in the qualifying round, which Belgiumthen led Roberto Martinezwas also successful, eventually falling in the quarterfinals.
Without success in the final stage Czech Republic He went to an extentEuro 2000likeEngland toEuro 2016.
