Not Cristiano Ronaldo. Joao Cancelo, Joao Felix, Ruben Neves, Diogo Dalot, Otavio, and Vitinha were also absent. However, despite not having most of the first-choice players, Portugal had no trouble crushing Sweden. Last night, the Portuguese defeated the Swedes by a big margin of 5-2 in an international friendly match.
Poland sent the ball into Estonia’s net five times in the run-up to the Euro play-offs on the same night. Robert Lewandowski could not write his name in the goal scorer’s book, even though he was on the field for the entire ninety minutes. Also, Euro champions Italy beat Venezuela 2-1 and Wales beat Finland 4-1.
On the first night of the current FIFA window, Portugal came to their country’s Dom Afonso Henriques Stadium. Coach Roberto Martinez rested most of the top players, including Ronaldo, for the match. The main objective is to play to the strength of the squad as much as possible before the Euros. How successful it is is evident in the scoreline of the match.
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Portugal led 3-0 in the first half of the match. Rafael Leao scored the goals in the 24th minute, Matheus Nunes in the 33rd minute, and Bruno Fernandes in the 45th minute. Bruma (57 minutes) and Gonzalo Ramos (61 minutes) scored the other two goals after the break. Victor Gyokeres scored two goals for Sweden in the 58th minute and Gustaf Nilsson in the 90th minute.
It was Portugal’s 11th consecutive win. Portugal is the only team to have qualified for the tournament with a 100 percent win among the teams that went to the Euros in Germany in June. On March 26, Portugal will take on Slovenia in a friendly match. Prior to the game, Ronaldo is expected to report to the squad.
Poland won 5-1 against Estonia in Warsaw. The game’s only goal was scored by Estonia in the 78th minute after they were reduced to ten men in the 27th. But before that, Przemyslaw Frankowski (22 minutes), Piotr Zieliลski (50), Jakub Piotrowski (70), and Sebastian Szymaลski (76) completed the victory. Karl Mets increased the misery of Estonia by pushing the ball into their own net in the 73rd minute. Despite taking eight shots, Poland’s top striker Lewandowski was unable to score but did contribute to one goal.
With this victory, Poland confirmed the Euro play-offs. On Thursday, the team will play Wales in hopes of earning a spot in the Euros.
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