Portugal needed a point to mathematically secure a place in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League and they achieved their mission easily, beating Poland 5-1, this past Friday in Porto. Cristiano Ronaldo He signed a double (72′ penalty and 87′) and broke two incredible records.
The victory was completed with goals from Rafael Leao (59′), Bruno Fernandes (80′) and Neto (83′). Dominik Marczuk scored against Poland in the 89th minute.
For CR7 it was a special goal since he took the the oldest (38 years and 284 days) to score for Portugal, eclipsing Pepe by just one day, who previously held the record from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In addition to that brand, Cristiano arrived Won 132 games with his team overtaking Sergio Ramos (131) to become the player with the most wins in history with a national team.
Roberto Martínez’s Seleçao arrived largely scheduled for the match but avoided any combination of results and with 13 points they also ensured that they finished as the leader of group A2.
Croatia (second with 7 points) lost 1-0 to Scotland (fourth with 4 points). After falling this past Friday, Poland (third, 4 points) sees its chances of reaching the quarter-finals disappear.
Despite losing their star player Robert Lewandowski to injury, the Poles continued their attacks for nearly an hour.
They were able to take the lead several times at the Dragao stadium, especially with a shot against the post by Krzysztof Piatek (41′) and with chances for Piotr Zielinski (42′) and Dominik Marczuk (58′) it was saved by goalkeeper Diogo Costa.
Half an hour of feasting
Portugal, invisible in the first half but more active in the second, froze the enthusiasm of the visitors by taking the lead in the 59th minute, with a counter-attack that ended with a hanging ball from Nuno Mendes for Rafael Leao to go in goal.
The sentence came in the 72nd minute in the form of a penalty, converted by Cristiano Ronaldo to end the night by adding a new record. a long history of tricks.
The third was signed in the 80th minute by Bruno Fernandes, with a shot from outside the area, and the work of Neto was the fourth, with a shot in the area after a pass from Cristiano, who added the fifth goal and the last goal in the 87th minute with a Chilean play.
He was too 136th goal for his national team of current player Saudi Al Nassr.
For a long time now, CR7 has been the player with the most goals in the national team, a mark with which he passed the Iranian Ali Daei.
In addition, He has played 217 games for Portugal, He is also the player with the most number of games played for a national team.
Portugal performed perfectly in this recently created tournament, where it has the honor of being the first champion, in the first edition in 2019.
The fourth edition is currently being held and the Portuguese joined other giants who were also classified for the quarter-finals: France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
2024-11-16 08:32:00
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