France's victory over Gibraltar was the biggest margin of victory in EURO qualifying history, surpassing the old record of Germany's 13-0 win over San Marino in 2006. It was also the biggest victory in France's history. Mbappe also rose to third in the list of players with the most goals in the history of the French team with 46 goals, behind Olivier Giroud (56 goals) and Thierry Henry (51 goals). Mbappe has also scored 304 goals in his career for the team and club to date.
Haaland (9) and the Norwegian team lost tickets to EURO 2024
Meanwhile, striker Haaland continues to keep the number 0 in the Norwegian national team, despite scoring 27 goals in 29 matches (ranked 2nd in the team's scoring list so far). The chance to find a ticket to EURO 2024 for Norway and Haaland was extinguished (ranked 3rd in Group A), after Romania beat Israel 2-1 in the early morning of November 19 to directly qualify for the finals in Group I. In the same group, Switzerland also won a ticket after a 1-1 draw with Kosovo. The Israeli team ranked 3rd in Group I and will compete in the play-off round for a ticket thanks to being above Norway in the group stage of the 2022-2023 Nations League. The play-off round for tickets to EURO 2024 in Group B now only determines 1 more spot between Ukraine or Iceland, after Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Finland have already secured tickets.
Missing out on EURO 2024 will significantly reduce Haaland's chances of competing with Mbappe for the 2024 Ballon d'Or. As for the Norwegian team, despite having an excellent generation of players, they have not been able to help the team participate in a major tournament since the 1998 World Cup and the last time they participated in EURO was in 2000.
Sixteen teams have officially qualified for the EURO 2024 finals, including the host team Germany. The Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland are the three latest teams to have qualified after the round of matches on November 19. The teams that have previously qualified include: Albania, Denmark, Slovakia, Hungary, England, Austria, Turkey, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium.
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