Records all 'Euround'!

The Euro 2024 Qualifiers are still in the group stages but they have already thrown up numerous recordsOn Tuesday night Cristiano Ronaldo who already holds the menrsquos world record for international appearances was set to be capped for the 200th time when Portugal visit Iceland in a Group J clash at ReyjavikMatchwinner MbappeA day earlier Kylian Mbappe netted a penalty in a 10 win over Greece in a Group B match in Paris The goal saw Mbappe become the leading French scorer this season with 54 goals for club and country beating the mark set by Just Fontaine in 195758 The goal was also Mbappersquos 40th for France in just 70 matches which puts him just 14 goals away from equalling Olivier Giroudrsquos record for the Blues The PSG forward is now level with Manchester Cityrsquos Erling Haaland who had the opportunity to top that mark when Norway face Cyprus on Tuesday nightOn Monday night Englandrsquos veteran striker Harry Kane 29 extended his run as the nationrsquos alltime leading scorer with a brace when the Three Lions thrashed North Macedonia 70 in a Group C tie at Old Trafford Kane has thus scored in the sixth successive game for England having netted seven times The Tottenham star thus extended his England goalscoring record to 58 Wayne Rooney is second on 53 goals while legendary Bobby Charlton is third with 49 goalsAlso Read UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers Lukaku treble sees Belgium sink Sweden 30Irsquoll never give up RonPortuguese superstar Ronaldo Ronaldo 38 said on Monday that he would ldquonever give uprdquo playing for his country ldquoI will never give up coming here to the Portugal national team because itrsquos always a dream Reaching 200 international matches isnrsquot for just anyone it shows the love I have for my country and my team Irsquom not chasing records theyrsquore chasing me Irsquom happy because itrsquos part of my motivation to continue at the highest level with the teamrdquo said RonaldoIn Paris meanwhile Mbappe was a tad lucky when he netted a secondhalf penalty that was initially saved by Greek goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos The custodian though was adjudged to have come off his line early and so the penalty was retaken and this time Mbappe made no mistake French coach Didier Deschamps felt his team could have scored more ldquoThe only regret I have is to not be able to play safe because we had chances to score the second goal But we played four games and got 12 points thatrsquos perfect to achieve our goal to qualify for the Euros in Germanyrdquo Deschamps told UEFAcomMeanwhile at Old Trafford Englandrsquos Bukayo Saka stole the headlines with a fine hattrick to add to skipper Kanersquos brace Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips netted a goal each to complete the 70 rout of North MacedoniaSouthgate satisfiedEngland manager Gareth Southgate was understandably happy with the result ldquoThe quality of the play was good and the finishing was ruthlessrdquo said SouthgateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever