Spain Can Qualify for Euro 2024 by Beating Norway

 Norway's Erling Haaland attends a training session the day before their Euro 2024 qualifying match against Spain, at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP)
Norway's Erling Haaland attends a training session the day before their Euro 2024 qualifying match against Spain, at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP)
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Spain Can Qualify for Euro 2024 by Beating Norway

 Norway's Erling Haaland attends a training session the day before their Euro 2024 qualifying match against Spain, at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP)
Norway's Erling Haaland attends a training session the day before their Euro 2024 qualifying match against Spain, at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP)

A look at what’s happening in European football on Sunday:

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING

GROUP A

Spain visits Erling Haaland's Norway seeking a win that will clinch qualification for the three-time European champions. A victory in Oslo will put Spain into the finals of Euro 2024 with two games remaining. Norway has to beat Spain to keep alive its chances of finishing in the top two.

Scotland is not in action, but the surprise group leader will qualify if Norway fails to beat Spain. Spain beat Norway 3-0 at home in March, when the visitors were missing Haaland because of injury. Also, Georgia hosts Cyprus.

GROUP D

Group leader Türkiye hosts Latvia and could qualify for next year's tournament in Germany if results go its way Sunday. Türkiye advances if it beats Latvia and Wales fails to defeat Croatia. A draw for Türkiye and a Welsh defeat will also see the Turks qualify.

GROUP E

First-place Albania is not in action but has the most to gain from results in the group. Albania is the only team that can secure its qualification if host Poland and Moldova draw, and if the Czech Republic fails to beat Faroe Islands at home. Albania leads the group with 13 points from six games. Poland has nine points, one more than the Czechs and Moldova.

GROUP I

Israel's scheduled game against Kosovo was postponed, leaving group leader Switzerland versus fifth-place Belarus and second-place Romania facing bottom team Andorra. No team can advance on Sunday.



Inter Milan Reaches Italian Cup Quarterfinals

Inter Milan's Kristjan Asllani (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Italian Cup soccer match between Inter Milan and Udinese at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, 19 December 2024. EPA/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO
Inter Milan's Kristjan Asllani (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Italian Cup soccer match between Inter Milan and Udinese at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, 19 December 2024. EPA/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO
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Inter Milan Reaches Italian Cup Quarterfinals

Inter Milan's Kristjan Asllani (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Italian Cup soccer match between Inter Milan and Udinese at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, 19 December 2024. EPA/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO
Inter Milan's Kristjan Asllani (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Italian Cup soccer match between Inter Milan and Udinese at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, 19 December 2024. EPA/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO

A much-changed Inter Milan side eased to a 2-0 victory over Udinese in the Italian Cup on Thursday.
Marko Arnautović and Kristjan Asllani netted in the first half to help Inter set up a quarterfinal match against Lazio — the team it routed 6-0 in the league on Monday. Inter coach Simone Inzaghi made eight changes to that side, The Associated Press reported.
The match was briefly halted shortly before halftime when a spectator collapsed in the stands. The fan was immediately treated as the stadium fell into silence and the players looked on, clearly concerned.
A defibrillator had to be used before the fan was carried out on a stretcher to the applause of the San Siro crowd. The fan was reportedly stable in the hospital.
When play resumed after a delay of more than five minutes, the Udinese players still seemed distracted as Asllani’s corner from the left evaded everyone and went in off the far post.
That put Inter 2-0 up as it had broken the deadlock in the 30th minute following an Udinese error. A hideous pass from visiting midfielder Jurgen Ekkelenkamp was straight at Mehdi Taremi and he fed in Arnautović, who slotted into the bottom right corner.
Taremi hit the post in the second half, while Inter also had an early penalty revoked on review.
Teenage defender Mike Aidoo came on two minutes from time for Inter for his professional debut.