Winner of the very first Nations League in 2019, after a final won against the Netherlands on a goal from Gonçalo Guedes, Portugal is in unfavorable bloom in the quarter-finals of the competition. The Seleçao still led by Cristiano Ronaldo, already not very brilliant to Euro 2024, logically bowed against Denmark, on the score of 1-0, Thursday evening in Copenhagen.
The Danes, with the very first international of Mika Biereth, had control over the part facing Portuguese, however led by Parisians Joao Neves and Vitinha in the middle. Christian Eriksen first missed the opportunity to open the scoring on a penalty spot, his strike being pushed by Diogo Costa (24th). “CR7” had taken the time to speak to his goalkeeper to give an index on the strike of Eriksen, his former teammate in Manchester United.
Ronaldo silent
Diogo Costa continued to save his own (he made 8 stops in all!) But Rasmus Hojlund, who entered Biereth place, scored the goal of the victory 15 minutes from the end (78th). Ronaldo, he played the whole meeting and did not hit the goal in the second period … In the other quarter-final of this part of the table, Germany overthrew Italy (1-2) in San Siro. Sandro Tonali opened the entry score (9th) and Mannschaft won in the second half thanks to the Monchengladbach Timndienst (49th) and Leon Goretzka (76th) striker.
Note that in the event of qualifying in the Final Four of the League of Nations, Portugal will then play in qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the group of Hungary, Ireland and Armenia. In the event of elimination against the Danes on Sunday, Roberto Martinez's men will be sent to the hen of Greece, Scotland and Belarus, for a much more complicated course than it seems.
