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Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in front of the goal, could not go down due to injury. However, Portugal, hoping to win the Nations League title, did not notice such a fault at all. They beat Croatia, a finalist in the last World Cup.
Five goals were scored in Group A of the UEFA Nations League ‘A’ third leg in Porto, Portugal, on Saturday night. Portugal lost 4-1 to Croatia in 4 games. Cancello, Diego Jota, Joao Felix and Andre Silva all scored for Portugal. Croatia’s only goal came from Bruno Petkovic’s foot.
As a result of the match, the Portuguese dominated the entire match. They made a total of 26 shots in the Croatian defense.
Despite attacking from the beginning, Portugal had to wait until the end of the first half to score the first goal. In the 19th minute, the Croatian goalkeeper blocked Cancello’s shot. Rafael Guerreira made a great shot from outside the area in the 22nd minute. After knocking down the goalkeeper, he returned to the bar. Portugal could have scored a goal in the 24th minute. The efforts of more than one of their footballers were thwarted by Croatian goalkeeper Levatovic with incredible skill.
Cancello unleashed a curved shot from outside the area in the 41st minute. This time Levatovich couldn’t. Portugal goes ahead.
Portugal maintained the same trend after the break. At about 57 minutes, the shoe widens the gap with the right foot shot by quickly entering the area with the attack ball fired from the side. Sudden shot from outside the area again in the 60th minute. Joel Felix’s direct shot was three goals behind. Two more goals were scored in the last moment of the match. Petkovic reduced the lead with a goal in added time after 90 minutes. Soon after, Andre Silver’s goal widened the gap again.
In another match in this group, France lost to Sweden by Killian Mbap’s goal.
