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UEFA Nations League: Portugal Secure convincing win without Ronaldo

Defending champions of the inaugural Nations League, Portugal were without frontman and skipper Cristiano Ronaldo who tested positive for coronavirus before their get against Sweden but his absence almost went unnoticed as they beat Sweden 3-0 in Lisbon.

Liverpoolโ€™s Diogo Jota was on the cause as set up Bernardo Silva for the opener then scored two of his own, one either side of half-time in a game that could have seen Portugal score more but for a wasted chance. 

After the game, the clearly impressed Portuguese coach, Fernando Santos said admitted that the team will always be better with Cristiano, but with victory, they showed they can still compete.

Poland 3 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Meanwhile, Inform, prolific striker, Robert Lewandowski scored a brace, bringing his international goal tally to 63 and provided an assist as Poland beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 in Warsaw. 

Karol Linetty got the other goal as Poland top Group A, a point above Italy and two ahead of the Netherlands.

Italy 1 – 1 Netherlands

The Dutch came from behind to draw 1-1 with Italy in Bergamo, with Donny van de Beek netting his first goal for Frank de Boerโ€™s side after Lorenzo Pellegrini put Italy ahead.

UEFA Nations League Results

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 2-0 Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 0-1 Wales ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 1-2 France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England 0-1 Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 1-1 Armenia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 0-0 Kosovo ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 1-2 Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 1-1 Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova 0-4 Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 1-1 Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 1-0 Northern Ireland โšช๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 3-0 Bosnia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 3-0 Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 0-1 Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia 0-0 Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ

๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland 1-0 Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 2-3 Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey 2-2 Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ

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