Cristiano Ronaldo, again Hero of Portugal, who is a finalist at Nations League

Cristiano Ronaldo, again Hero of Portugal, who is a finalist at Nations League

Portugal He turned the result to Germany And he defeated it by 2 to 1 to get into the final of the Nations League For the second time in its history.

With Francisco’s goals at 17 minutes and Cristiano Ronaldo At 22, both in the second half, Portugal left on the way to a Germany who had started winning with the goal of Joshua Kimmich three minutes away from the complement.

The Portuguese team will play its second final of the competition, after having been in the first edition, 2018/2019, which took place in Portugal and won in the defining duel to the Netherlands by 1 to 0.

Start very even for the two teams in the Allians Arena in Munich, with approximations of both sides but with Germany with the most forceful arrivals, since it could have taken advantage of twice but without having much precision in the final moment.

However, Leon Goretzka had under his feet the clearest of the game, with a shot down, crossed to the second stick, which Diogo Costa sent to the corner kick formidable to keep his fence zero at 20 minutes of the first half.

Germany remained firm with its domain and was much of the first half in the field of Portugal, with great pressure at the outlets, but without having the necessary weight to put an advantage from the result.

At the beginning of the complement, after a great collective play from the right, Joshua Kimmich put a perfect center at the head to Florian Wirtz, who turned 1 to 0 at three minutes after the second half for the German team began.

In the first instance, and after the complaint of the Portuguese, the goal was reviewed in the VAR by the Slovenian referee Slavko Vini, although after a quick look, he sanctioned the advantage for the local team.

But Portugal put changes and the entrance of Francisco Conceição changed his face completely: the midfielder took a shot from nothing from outside the area, a left-footed shot with a lot of thread, and placed it away for goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen and tie the score 1 to 1 to 17 minutes.

Minutes later, at 22, the Astro of Portugal received a pass to the middle of Nuno Mendes and stamped 2 to 1 to turn it around and the 937 in his career as a professional.

Thus, the Portuguese cast settled in the final of the Nations League and now expects rival. Tomorrow, from 16, France and Spain will be measured to resolve who will face them in search of the title.

Source: Ambito

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