France eliminates Croatia ... and Portugal defeats Sweden in the absence of Ronaldo
France renewed its supremacy over Croatia and excluded it from the European Nations League Championship by beating it 2-1 yesterday, while Portugal was not affected by the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was infected with the Corona virus, by its superiority over Sweden, while the Netherlands and Italy came out with a draw from the Bergamo campaign in an evening that witnessed the fall of England and a victory Belgium.
In the first match, Antoine Griezmann (8) and Kylian Mbappe (79) scored the goals of the world champion, while Nikola Vlicic (64) scored the only goal for her runner-up in the World Cup Russia 2018.
France raised its score to 10 points, even with Portugal, the winner in the other match 3-0 against Sweden, but the world champion ranks second on goal difference from the European champion, while Croatia is the third out of the competition with three points from four matches, while Sweden remained without Balance.
With two rounds remaining, the semi-final qualification card between Portugal and France will diminish, which will meet in the fifth round on November 14th at the first floor, knowing that they tied negatively on Sunday, while the European champion plays with its host Croatia and the "roosters" with its Swedish guest in the sixth and final round. On the 17th of it.
It is noteworthy that the leaders of each of the four groups qualify for the semi-finals next year.
Portugal, the defending champion, was not affected by the absence of Ronaldo, and his substitute Diogo Jota led them to victory with two goals (44 and 72) and another for Bernardo Silva (21) at the "Jose Alvaldi" stadium in Lisbon in front of about five thousand fans.
On Tuesday, the Portuguese Federation announced that Ronaldo had tested positive for Covid-19 and would not play against Sweden.
The Italian Juventus star left his country's camp on Wednesday afternoon near Lisbon, returning to Turin on his private plane to spend the quarantine period, local media reported.
In Group Two, England fell to its Danish guest 0-1, to restore the Belgian national team, winning 2-1 to Iceland, at the top.
Denmark's victory is thanks to the goal of Inter Milan player Christian Eriksen (36 from a penalty kick), and the valiantness of Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who saved his own goal.
The guests benefited from the overload after Harry Maguire was expelled from the ranks of the "Three Lions" for receiving two warnings (5 and 31).
The referee awarded a penalty kick for England after Kyle Walker blocked the opponent Thomas Delaney inside the forbidden area, and "ice man" Eriksen successfully set up (36).
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