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TThe itel Portugal defender won the first Nations League match without the help of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Fernando Santos’ team deservedly beat Croatia 4-1 (1-0). World champion France and major nations Belgium and England were also victorious.
The guest to the rostrum Cristiano Ronaldo, who left due to a foot infection, saw his team win an undisputed victory thanks to the goals of Joao Cancelo (41st), Diogo Jota (58th), Joao Félix (70th ) and Andre Silva (90 °) from Eintracht Frankfurt. +5). Borussia Dortmund’s Raphael Guerreiro contributed an assist.
France won the second game of Group 3 of Division A in Sweden 1-0 (1-0) thanks to a goal from star forward Kylian Mbappé (41st). RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano (21) celebrated his debut with Les Bleus, while his teammate Emil Forsberg (28) made his 50th international game for the Swedish team.
Belgium scored a 2-0 (1-0) away win against Denmark in Group 2. The deciding man for third place at the 2018 World Cup was SSC Napoli’s Dries Mertens, who first put Jason Denayer 1- 0 from a corner kick (9th) and then he scored himself (77th).
By early afternoon, England had won their first game in Iceland dramatically 1-0 (0-0). Raheem Sterling converted a penalty (90th) shortly before the end, two minutes later Icelandic Birkir Bjarnason lost the opportunity to tie on the opposite side of the point. Before that, Kyle Walker (70th) and Sverrir Ingason (89th) had each seen yellow-red.
