Victories for France, Portugal and England in the League of Nations «kleinezeitung.at



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France defeated Sweden 1-0, Portugal 4-1 Croatia and England Islang 1-0.

10:45 pm, September 5, 2020

Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé © AFP

France got off to a successful start in the Football Nations League on Saturday. The world champions remained in Group 3 of League A away from Sweden thanks to a goal from Kylian Mbappé (41) with a 1-0 lead.

The PSG star was somewhat happy to beat two defenders and sank the ball from an extremely sharp angle. In minute 94 a penalty flew by Antoine Griezmann over the door.

In the parallel game, Portugal had against Croatia even without the one suffering a toe infection Cristiano Ronaldo easy game. The European champion won the home match against the world runner-up 4-1, Joao Cancelo (41.), Diogo Jota (58.), Joao Felix (70.) and Andre Silva (92.) respectively Bruno Petkovic (90th) signed the shooting list.

Belgium trapped in Denmark without Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne Three points. Jason denayer (9.) and Dries Mertens (77th) arranged the 2-0 success of the third of the World Cup. A few hours earlier, England had also achieved a 1-0 victory in Group 2 of League A in Iceland.

The golden goal scored Raheem Sterling in the 91st minute of a penalty hand. Islands fired two minutes later Birkir bjarnason a penalty over the crossbar. Both teams ended the game after yellow-red for Sverrir Ingi Ingason (89.) and Kyle walker (71.) to ten. This gave the English a small rematch for the round of 16 defeat against Iceland at EURO 2016.



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