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.
Liverpoolโs 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 Boerโs side after Lorenzo Pellegrini put Italy ahead.
UEFA Nations League Results
๐ง๐พ Belarus 2-0 Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria 0-1 Wales ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
๐ญ๐ท Croatia 1-2 France ๐ซ๐ท
๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England 0-1 Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
๐ช๐ช Estonia 1-1 Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ
๐ฌ๐ท Greece 0-0 Kosovo ๐ฝ๐ฐ
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland 1-2 Belgium ๐ง๐ช
๐ฎ๐น Italy 1-1 Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova 0-4 Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ
๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia 1-1 Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช
๐ณ๐ด Norway 1-0 Northern Ireland โช๏ธ
๐ต๐ฑ Poland 3-0 Bosnia ๐ง๐ฆ
๐ต๐น Portugal 3-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
๐ท๐ด Romania 0-1 Austria ๐ฆ๐น
๐ท๐บ Russia 0-0 Hungary ๐ญ๐บ
๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland 1-0 Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia 2-3 Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ
๐น๐ท Turkey 2-2 Serbia ๐ท๐ธ