Without star striker Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal’s national football team has suffered its first defeat in the Nations League. The 2016 European champions lost their fourth group game on Sunday evening in Switzerland 0-1 (0-1). The Swiss had previously lost three times, the first leg in Portugal even with 0:4.
After just 57 seconds, former Eintracht professional Haris Seferovic (Benfica) scored the winning goal in the first minute. The Portuguese André Silva (RB Leipzig) was then offside in the supposed equalizer (18th). With the stormy attacks of the Portuguese after the break, the equalizer was in the air: the Swiss keeper Jonas Omlin (Montpellier) made several brilliant saves and held on to the extremely lucky home win.
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Spain celebrated their second win in Malaga with a 2-0 (1-0) win over the Czech Republic and took the lead in Group 2 in League A with eight points. Valencia’s Carlos Soler (24′) and Sporting’s Pablo Sarabia (75′) met for the hosts. Second in the group is Portugal (7) ahead of the Czech Republic (4) and Switzerland (3).
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Norway had previously won the second leg against Sweden thanks to another brace from Erling Haaland (BVB). The future Manchester City striker scored the first goal in Oslo in the 10th minute to make it 3-2 (1-0). The 21-year-old scored the second goal in the 54th minute with a hand penalty after the German referee Harm Osmers had decided on a penalty after video evidence.
Emil Forsberg from RB Leipzig scored the goal in the 62nd minute. Alexander Sörloth (77th), on loan from Leipzig to Real Sociedad San Sebastian, made it 3-1 with a header from Haaland. Coventry’s Viktor Gyökeres (90+5) scored to make it 2-3 for the Swedes.
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