The Portuguese national team won away from home and awaits the winner of the duel between Spain and France in the final
On Wednesday, Portugal beat Alemanha 2-1 in the Nations League semifinal at the Allianz Arena. The team led by Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored one of the goals, is seeking to win the tournament for the second time. The 2019 champion, Portugal awaits the winner of the match between Spain and France, who will play starting at 4 pm (Brasília time) this Thursday.
The final is scheduled for 4 pm on Sunday at the Allianz Arena. After the Nations League, the two teams will return to the field only in September, for the first round of the European Qualifiers. On the 4th, at 3:45 pm, Germany visits Slovenia. Portugal will face Armenia on the 6th, at 1 pm, away from home.
The first half was dominated by the German team. In the 19th minute, Woltemade took advantage of a rebound and shot across goal, but was stopped by a great save from Diogo Costa. Two minutes later, Goretzka took a powerful shot from the edge of the area and the Portuguese goalkeeper prevented another goal. Germany opened the scoring three minutes into the second half. Kimmich passed to Wirtz, who headed the ball into the right corner. In the 18th minute, Portugal tied the game.
After a pass from Rúben Dias, Francisco Conceição made a great individual play and shot from distance to equalize the score. Four minutes later, Nuno Mendes crossed low to Cristiano Ronaldo, who took a first-time shot and turned the score around. In the 38th minute, Germany wasted their last chance of the match, when Adeyemi hit the crossbar.
