The incident occurred near Sainctelette Square and Ypres Boulevard, next to the headquarters of the Flemish Housing Fund, and shortly afterwards the Government announced that it was raising the alert for terrorist threat to 4, the maximum level.
“Threat level 4 for the Brussels-Capital region. Greater vigilance is required. Avoid unnecessary travel,” the National Crisis Center published on its X account, formerly Twitter.
In that context the match was played between Belgium and Sweden for the qualifying rounds Euro Cup Germany 2024. The duel, for obvious reasons, had to end unexpectedly when they tied 1 to 1.
For that same group, Austria beat Azerbaijan 1-0, in Group F, as a visitor, at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku, and qualified for Euro 2024 which will take place in Germany, after playing for the eighth round of the Qualifiers.
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder, Marcel Sabitzer He scored from a penalty kick three minutes into the second half for the Austrian team, which suffered the forward’s expulsion in the 49th minute of the same period. Guido Burgstaller for a double warning.
This way Austria remained second with 16 points and 1, Belgium (17) -already classified-, leader of the area, whose comparison of the day with Sweden, in Brussels, he was suspended at halftime, for security reasons following an alleged terrorist attack in the Belgian capital, when they tied 1 to 1.
Portugal, undefeated and one of the teams that is already classified, crushed Bosnia Herzegovina 5-0, as a visitor, at the Bilino Polje stadium in Zénica, with two goals from its top star Cristiano Ronaldo, who established himself as the tournament’s top scorer with 9 goals to his name.
Al Nasser’s striker from Saudi Arabia converted at 5 – from a penalty – and 20 minutes into the first half, then the Manchester United midfielder from England scored, Bruno Fernandes (25m PT), the defender Joao Canelo (32m. PT) and the steering wheel Joao Felix (41m PT).
The Portuguese team has 8 consecutive victories in all its matches against Slovakia, Luxembourg, Bosnia, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Until now, in addition to Austria, They are already classified Euro 2024, France, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Turkey and Germany (because it is the host country).
The European tournament will be played in Germany in 10 venues (Berlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich) between June 14 and July 14.
The eighth date develops like this
Sunday
- Group A: Georgia 4 – Cyprus 0 and Norway 0 – Spain 1.
- Group D: Turkey 4 – Latvia 0 and Wales 2 – Croatia 0.
- Group E: Czech Republic 1 – Faroe Islands 0 and Poland 1 – Moldova 1.
- Group I: Switzerland 3 – Belarus 3 and Romania 4 – Andorra 0. Kosovo-Israel remains pending.
Today
- Group B: Gibraltar 0 – Ireland 4 and Greece 0 – Netherlands 1.
- Group F: Azerbaijan 0 – Austria 1 and Belgium 1 – Sweden 1 (match suspended).
- Group J: Iceland 4 – Liechtenstein 0; Bosnia 0 – Portugal 5 and Luxembourg 0 – Slovakia 1.
Tuesday
- Group C: at 3:45 p.m. (Argentina time) England-Italy and Malta-Ukraine.
- Group G: at 3:45 p.m., Serbia-Montenegro and Lithuania-Hungary.
- Group H; at 15:45, Northern Ireland-Slovenia; Finland-Kazakhstan and San Marino-Denmark.
Positions
- Group A: Spain and Scotland 15 points; Norway 10; Georgia 7; Cyprus 0.
- Group B: France 18 points; Netherlands and Greece 12; Ireland 6: Gibraltar 0.
- Group C: England 13 points; Italy and Ukraine 10; North Macedonia 7; Malta 0.
- Group D: Türkiye 16 points; Wales and Croatia 10; Armenia 7; Latvia 3.
- Group E: Albania 13 points; Czech Republic 11; Poland 10; Moldova 9; Faroe Islands 1.
- Group F: Belgium 17 points; Austria 16; Sweden 7; Azerbaijan 4 and Estonia 1.
- Group G: Hungary 13; Serbia 10; Montenegro 8; Lithuania 5 and Bulgaria 2.
- Group H: Slovenia and Denmark 16 points; Finland and Kazakhstan 12; Northern Ireland 6; San Marino 0.
- Group I: Romania 16 points; Switzerland 15; Israel 11; Kosovo 7; Belarus 6; Andorra 2.
- Group J: Portugal 24 points; Slovakia 16; Luxembourg 11; Iceland 10; Bosnia 9; Iceland 7; Liechtenstein 0.
The first two teams in each group qualify for Euro 2024.
Source: Ambito

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