Horta celebrates his goal: Portugal managed to equalize Spain at the debut of both teams in the Nations League. AFP photo
With the novelty of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo sitting for a long time on the substitutes’ bench, Spain Y Portugal drew in goals in what was their first game in the 2022 edition of League of Nations. Both are part of it Group Bthat drives Czech Republic after winning 2-1 against Swiss.
At the Benito Villamarín stadium in Seville, The Red He opened the scoring with a goal from Alvaro Morata, 25 minutes of play. Meanwhile, from the bench, the Portuguese champion watched Spain’s match control.
Spain scored the goal in a game in which Gavi overflows on the left and puts in a cross that Morata lets pass and is left Sarabiaentered with the ball dominated and played again for Morata and defined in front of the goalkeeper.
However, Portugal tried to respond to Spanish rule with counterattacks that crashed into the orderly Spanish defense André Silva he had his chance near half-time with a half-round shot that he just missed.
Cristiano Ronaldo and his gesture speaks volumes: he was a substitute against Spain. Photo REUTERS
After the break, Portugal changed positions: they became more aggressive and pressed harder. Mainly when the technical director Fernando Santos Cristiano’s entry has already been prepared Goncalo Guedes.
With eight minutes to go, Portugal’s counterattack was lethal: Ricardo Horta, another entered 10 minutes after Ronaldo, crowned a play started on the right and in his own half. Was Joao Cancelo the one who took the spear, crossed the center and touched the center for Guedes and sought the return of the pass as a right winger. From there came the center that ended in a draw.
the other results
The rest of the games played on Thursday had the following scorers: Bulgarian 1 (Despodov) – Macedonian 1 (Ristovsky); Cyprus 0 – Kosovo 2 (Berisha and Zhegrova); Estonian 2 (Kisses and Tamm) – San Marino 0; Georgian 4 (Kvaratskhelia, Kashia, Mikautadze and Qazaishvili) – Gibraltar 0.
Also, Czech Republic 2 (Kuchta and Sow, against) – Switzerland 1 (Okafor); Israel 2 (Abbey and Weissman) – Iceland 2 (Helgason and Sigurdsson); Northern Ireland 0 – Greece 1 (Bakaseta); Serbia 0 – Norway 1 (Haland); Slovenia 0 – Sweden 2 (Orsberg, on a penalty, and Kulusevski)
Source: Clarin
