Portugal won the title of the League of Nations for the second time because they had twice came from behind to beat the neighbors of Spain in penalties after a 2-2 draw in Munich.
Roberto Martinez’s men were on the back very early and lagged behind the opening of Martin Zubimendi of the 22nd minute, only for the magnificent Nuno Mendes to respond quickly with a superb equalizer.
Mikel Oyarzabal has restored the advantage of Spain on the half-time, but Cristiano Ronaldo made his apparently inevitable impact on the final by moving his 139th international objective of leveling up after the hour.
Ronaldo was forced by a late injury, but the largest scorer in international football was able to cry tears of joy after Diogo Costa saved from Alvaro Morata and Ruben Neves calmly pushed the crown that they won for the first time in 2019, becoming the first team to win the trophy twice.
Portugal against Spain
The two sides have rejected the chances presentable at the start, Joao Neves will fly largely at close range for Portugal before Pedri cut the target at the other end of the reduction of Nico Williams.
Williams was repeated closely above the transverse bar while Spain dictated possession, their superiority in this regard has transformed into the objective of opening.
The conventional complex construction game ended with Zubimenddi given the simple task of placing in an empty net after the exquisite ball of Lamine Yamal in the box caused chaos in the defense of Portugal, the objective authorized to stand in spite of the claims that Oyarzall had hampered Ruben Dias from an outboard position.
It took Portugal for four minutes to answer in style while Mendes broke into the Spanish box and produced a vicious wording that left Unai Simon without any chance.
Just as it seemed that Portugal was going to go into the interval in terms of level, they were defeated by a piece of shine by Pedri, which jumped in the midfield before finding Oyarzabal with a perfectly timed and perfectly-welded pass, the goal scorer of the winning final in the Euro 2024 final making no mistake by making no mistake the ball beyond Diogo Costa.
Portugal called on Nelson Semedo and Ruben Neves after half-time while Joao Neves and Francisco Conceicao saw their involvement end early with Roberto Martinez, who saw his team restore parity 16 minutes in the second half.
Mendes was again in the foreground, leaving Yamal hanging out in her wake with an exceptional race to the left, with her low cross loop on Ronaldo’s Way to turn from the chain at close range.
The Spanish replacement Isco pulled a safeguard of Costa with a long -term effort and, after Ronaldo was forced, Bruno Fernandes threatened to save injury time with a free kick that forced Simon to the action.
These judgments ensured that a captivating competition was sent to an additional half hour, which was relatively light on the chances despite the continuous joy of Rafael Leao attacking the left, Diogo Jota heading well at the end of the additional period of what marked the best opportunity for overtime.
However, JOTA was not left to the street, because the bad penalty of Morata was followed by a confident Ruben Neves to trigger a celebration of delusional Portugal and offer a great boost to Martinez in the midst of speculation on his future as a coach.
