Virgil van Dijk scores late penalty as Netherlands edge past Greece

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal, who had already qualified from Group I, thumped Bosnia & Herzegovina 5-0 in Zenica.
Virgil van Dijk scores late penalty as Netherlands edge past Greece

AND WE WATCH HIM SCOREl Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk scores a penalty. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Austria sealed a place at Euro 2024 on Monday but Sweden missed out on the finals for the first time in 28 years on a night in which their fixture with Belgium was abandoned at halftime after two Swedish nationals were shot dead in Brussels.

Austria’s 1-0 victory over Azerbaijan, earned via a second half penalty from substitute Marcel Sabitzer following Rahil Mammadov’s handball, was enough to book a ticket for next year's tournament in Germany at the expense of the Swedes.

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