Before the match, Sweden star Dean Kulusevsky said he did not know how to stop his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo did not play in this match, relieving Kulusevsky. The star has already left the national team camp and moved to Turin due to being positive, and will remain in quarantine. However, without Ronaldo, they have lost to Sweden, another team in the group. Portugal's victory came 3-0. Liverpool forward Diego Jota scored twice, the other goal was scored by Manchester City's Bernardo Silver.
Portugal has played great from the beginning. One minute of the match, the shot taken by the right foot by cutting in from the right edge, missed the target for a while. In the fourth minute, City's right-back Joao Cancello returned to the head post from Betis midfielder William Carvalho's cross.
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandez wasted a chance in the tenth minute of the match. Sweden had a great opportunity to advance in ten minutes. The corner from the right side went to the right-back Michael Lastig, who was standing unprotected. His shot missed.
Portugal went ahead in the 21st minute. With the ball in the middle, Diego shoved the ball forward and extended the ball towards City star Bernardo Silva. Find the address in the beautiful placement ball. In the 35th minute, Swedish striker Marcus Berg could not score a goal. The shot goes close to the post.
Then the story is just shoe. Cancello's perfect cross from midfield finds the Liverpool star in the D-box. Although it took a while to handle the ball, Jota did not delay to take the shot. The Portuguese doubled the lead before the first half. Sweden had a chance to reduce the gap in the 55th minute. Winger Victor Clayson, playing for Russian club Krasnodar, cut in from the left edge and took a shot from outside the D-box, which was somehow blocked by Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio.
Jota scored in the 82nd minute with a single effort. He ran about half the field from the left edge, cut in, cut two or three defenders and put the team ahead 3-0 in a beautiful placement on the right foot. That ensured the victory of Portugal.
With this victory, Portugal has risen to the top of the group. In second place is France, who beat Croatia 2-1. Sweden has lost all the matches at the very end of the group.
Meanwhile, Italy and the Netherlands have drawn another match of the League of Nations. In the 17th minute, AS Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini's goal gave Italy the lead, but the Dutch equalized later with a goal from United midfielder Don Von de Beck.