LUXEMBOURG, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Luxembourg thumped Bosnia 4-1 on Thursday but fell short of a top-two finish in Group J after Slovakia beat Iceland 4-2, leaving both teams in the hunt for a place for Euro 2024 in the play-offs.
The home side took the lead after six minutes when Mathias Olesen's header flew into the top right-hand corner of Nikola Vasilj's goal.
A late Renato Gojkovic goal gave the Bosnians some breathing space in added time before Rodrigues scored his second goal two minutes later.
Already-qualified Portugal topped Group J with 25 points after nine matches, while Slovakia is second with 19 points.
Luxembourg and Bosnia still have a chance to go through the playoffs.
Persons:
Mathias Olesen's, Nikola Vasilj's, Gerson Rodrigues, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Leandro Barreiro, Nihad Mujakic, Dirk Carlson's, Renato Gojkovic, Rodrigues, Angelica Medina, Julien Pretot
Organizations:
Luxembourg thumped, Slovakia, Iceland, Thomson
Locations:
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg, Luxembourg thumped Bosnia, Portugal, Slovakia, Bosnia, Mexico City