Cristiano will have to wait – AS.com

Cristiano will have to wait – AS.com
Cristiano will have to wait – AS.com

No matter how much the years go by and the coaches change, there is something that does not change in Portugal: Cristiano is the leader. After scoring in the first three games of the Nations League, the Portuguese started again against Scotland (0-0) in a team that featured six new faces compared to the one that beat Poland last Saturday. And it doesn’t matter who plays because the attack plan is always the same: if Cristiano is in the area, the first option is to try to get the ball to him. And while the goal arrives, Diogo Costa and the defense do everything possible to keep the goal clean.

The Porto goalkeeper was the first to show off against the Scots with two great saves from McTominay and Christie in the first 20 minutes. Between both occasions, Cristiano tried his luck with his left foot, but his shot was not accurate enough to surprise Gordon. After half an hour, the former Madrid player tried a bicycle kick, but was unable to direct his shot between the three sticks. By that time, Portugal already completely dominated the match and the goal seemed a matter of time, but Scotland knew how to hold out until half-time without conceding a goal.

The news coming from Poland-Croatia was encouraging for Portugal, which if they achieved victory they would qualify for the quarter-finals of the Nations League. Once again Cristiano almost made it 1-0 with a header at the beginning of the second half, but he finished narrowly wide. Portugal was better, but their aim was failing and at the hour mark Roberto Martínez brought on Bernardo, Leão and Neves to try to light up his team in the final meters. With the changes and Cristiano at the top, Portugal bottled Scotland.

Cristiano had the clearest chance in the 84th minute when he managed to shoot after a scramble in the area, but it wasn’t his day and his shot missed the post and Gordon also prevented Bruno Fernandes’ goal in the 87th minute. The entry of João Félix in the final minutes did not alter the score either. Portugal has to continue waiting.

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Changes

Bernardo Silva (60′, Francisco Conceição), Ruben Neves (60′, João Palhinha), Rafael Leao (60′, Diogo Jota), Lewis Morgan (66′, Ben Doak), Ryan Gauld (67′, Ryan Christie), Lyndon Dykes (82′, Ché Adams), João Felix (87′, Vitinha), Nelson Semedo (87′, João Cancelo), Nicky Devlin (88′, Anthony Ralston)

Cards

Referee: Lawrence Visser
Arbitro VAR: Bram van Driessche, Jan Boterberg
Diogo Jota (17′, Yellow), McTominay (26′, Yellow), João Palhinha (49′, Yellow), Ruben Dias (82′, Yellow)

Classification
Group 1 PT PJ PG PE PP
1 10 4 3 1 0
2 7 4 2 1 1
3 4 4 1 1 2
4 1 4 0 1 3
Group 1 PT PJ PG PE PP
1 10 4 3 1 0
2 7 4 2 1 1
3 4 4 1 1 2
4 1 4 0 1 3

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