European Nations League: the roosters take revenge and expel the starter

The French team has decided to qualify for the semi-finals of the European Nations League competition in the 2020/2021 season, after beating Portugal with a score of 1-0 in the matches of the fifth stage of the third group of the competition, therefore the roosters would be the first to qualify for the final rounds of the competition. In its second season.

The two teams entered this match with 10 points for each team, with their draw 0-0 in the first match in France, but Ngolo Kante, second international goal and first referee with the first team, gave France 3 points difference with superiority in direct confrontations in case the two teams were tied on points. There is only one round left until the end of the group stage.

The French team broke their negative chain against the Portuguese team and won it for the first time since September 2015, which is their first official victory over Portugal since they won the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup.

The French team took revenge on the team that deprived it of the 2016 European Cup title, retaining its contract with the Portuguese team, which failed to score against its French counterpart in the last 5 meetings between the two countries on Portuguese territory.

The Portuguese team suffered its first international loss at home since a 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in March 2018, which is the first official defeat at home since a defeat to Albania in the Euro 2016 qualifying rounds (1-0).

And the complex rooster of the Portuguese legend, Cristiano Ronaldo, who failed in the sixth meeting to score against the French team, remained the closest rival he faced during his international career without managing to shake his net.

In the other match of the group stage, the Swedish team achieved their first victory in the group stage of this season’s competition, after beating the Croatian team 2-1 in a clash for third place in the group.

Sweden won their first official international victory against the Croatian national team, after 3 official clashes between the two countries, all of which ended in favor of the Croatian national team.