Ronaldo remained on the bench, sensation in the Germany match. Matches of the day
The matches of the 2nd round in the Nations League have kicked off. Injuries in the national teams are not stopping.
Ronaldo left on the bench, sensation in Germany's match. Matches of the day
Portugal won without Ronaldo
Norway – Portugal 1:2
Joao Felix, 17 (0:1). Haaland, 51 (1:1). Ramos, 54 (1:2)
Portugal defeated Norway away. Everyone was expecting a clash between Ronaldo and Haaland in this match, but Portugal's new head coach Jorge Jesus left Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench. Goncalo Ramos, who started in his place, scored the winning goal.
The Portuguese opened the scoring in the 17th minute: Joao Felix received the ball from Pedro Neto outside the penalty area and unleashed an unstoppable shot from about 16 meters. After that, Haaland failed to capitalize on a brilliant pass from Odegaard, despite being in a very favorable position.
After several mistakes, Erling finally achieved his goal and equalized in the 51st minute following a free kick. Haaland has now scored in seven consecutive matches. The City forward brought his tally to 10 goals in 9 matches for club and country this season.
But the Portuguese still secured the victory — shortly after the score was leveled, the hosts' goalkeeper Orjan Nyland made a costly mistake. He handed the ball to Ramos, and Ronaldo's rival technically chipped the ball over the goalkeeper.
Ramos could have scored a brace that day, but his second goal was disallowed for offside.
At the end of the match, another unpleasant situation occurred for the hosts. While team captain and Arsenal player Martin Odegaard was bringing the ball out of defense, former City player Bernardo Silva deliberately kicked his leg; the victim continued the game limping but could no longer run.