Cristiano Ronaldo guarantees a turning point in Germany and Portugal goes to the final of the League of Nations

CR7 marks the goal of victory in Munich, ends 25 years of taboo and leads Portugal to the decision against France or Spain

Portugal is the first finalist of the League of Nations. With a decisive goal of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese beat Germany 2-1, at one round, and they secured their place in the decision. Wirtz opened the score at the Allianz Arena in Monaco at the beginning of the second phase, but Francisco Conceição and CR7 confirmed the classification Wednesday (4). In addition, the victory has closed a taboo for 25 years. Portugal’s last victory over Germany had been in the euro of 2000, with three goals by Sergio Conceição, father of the author of the first Portuguese goal.

Therefore, Portugal awaits the winner of France X in Spain in the other semifinal to discover the opponent in the struggle for the Nations Society. The final will be played next Sunday (8) at the Allianz Arena, in the Bayern Munich house. On the other hand, Germany will have to settle for competing in third place against the national team that loses the other semifinal on Thursday (5).

At 40, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to write his name in the history of football and, once again, he was decisive for Portugal. The star is competing for the thousandth goal and now adds 937 for clubs and selection. If you consider the 39 that you made in a friendly from the clubs during your career, the account reaches 976. In addition, CR7 is the top scorer of this edition of the League of Nations with seven goals in eight games.

The game

The game started excited at the Allianz Arena, but the good pace lasted only 20 minutes. The best possibilities of Portugal took place with the participation of Pedro Neto. After 6 minutes, he crossed Cristiano Ronaldo, who ended up left, but without strength. Shortly after, he tried to finish, sending the goal. On the other hand, Germany replied and almost marked twice. The first with Woltemade, 18 minutes and Goretzka, at 20 years old. However, both presentations stopped in good defenses by the goalkeeper Diogo Costa. Subsequently, the game lost the intensity and the teams no longer frightened until the end of the first phase.

However, the second step has reserved more emotions. After a wrong ball from Portugal on the right side, Kimmich gave Wirtz a beautiful cavadinha, head, opening the score in three minutes. The Portuguese complained a lot about the offer, which was confirmed even after the revision of the referee on the Var Monitor. Portugal’s response came with Bruno Fernandes, who took the paint from the pole at the end of the entrance of the area. But the draw came from a player who left the bench. At 17 minutes, Francisco Conceição hit a beautiful shot from the outside and left all the same at the Allianz Arena.

The draw rejoiced the Portuguese and, just five minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of a good move by Nuno Mendes and confirmed the turn. Julian Nagelsmann made changes to Germany to try to look for the draw and Adeyemi, who left the bank, hit the opponent’s place. However, despite the German pressure, the best opportunity was from Portugal, who stopped in two goalkeeper miracles Ter Stegen.

Germany 1 × 2 Portugal

Semifinal of the Nations League

Date and time: Wednesday 04/06/2025, at 16h (Brasilia).

Position: Allianz Arena in Munich (Ale).

Germany: Having Stegen; Anton (Nmecha, 26 ′ 2T), Tah and Koch; Kimmich, Pavlovic (Adeyemi, 26 ′ 2T), Goretzka and Mittelstädt (Gosens at 15 ′ 2T); Wirtz, Sané (Gnabry, at 14 ′ 2T) and Woltemade (Füllkrug at 14 ′ 2T). Technician: Julian Nagelsmann.

Portugal: Diogo Costa; João snow (seedo, at 12 ′ 2T), Rúben Dias, Gonçalo Inácio and Nuno Mendes; Rúben snow (Vitinha, 12 ′ 2T), Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva; Trincão (Francisco Conceição, at 12 ′ 2T), Cristiano Ronaldo (João Palhinha, at 44 ′ 2T) and Pedro Neto (Diogo Jota, at 37 ‘2T). Technician: Roberto Martínez.

Goals: Wirtz at 3 ‘of 2T (1-0); Francisco Conceição, at 17 ‘of 2T (1-1); Cristiano Ronaldo, at 22 ′ 2T (1-2);

Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia).

Assistants: Tomaz Klancnik (Slovenia) and Andraz Kovacic (Slovenia).

VAR: Alen Borosak (Slovenia).

Yellow cards: Tah, Wirtz, Füllkrug (Ale); Roberto Martínez (coach), Rúben Neves, Rúben Dias (Por).

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Source: Terra

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