UEFA Nations League .. A second victory for Portugal in the presence of Ronaldo and a first for Spain with the goal of Sarabia

Portugal achieved its second victory in the group stage of the European Football Championship by defeating its guest Czech Republic 2-0 on Thursday, while Spain won its first victory at the expense of Switzerland 1-0 in the second group competitions of the first level.


Portugal topped the group with seven points, in front of Spain, the second (5), and the third Czech (4), while Switzerland remained without a score.


Portugal started its advice with a 1-1 draw with its host Spain last Thursday, before it outperformed Switzerland by four goals, including two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo, in Lisbon on Sunday.


At the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Joao Cancelo (33) and Goncalo Guedic (38) scored the two goals of the match in the first half for the champion of the first edition in 2019.


Coach Fernando Santos made four changes to the squad that started Sunday, inserting Bernardo Silva instead of Ottavio in attack, Guedic in the middle instead of Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Guerrero as a left back in place of Nuno Mendes and goalkeeper Diogo Costa instead of Rui Patricio.


Portugal pressed from the start and opened the scoring when Silva passed a beautiful ball between several players on the right side to Cancelo, who came from behind.


And Manchester City midfielder Silva played the role of the passer again when he passed Binya to the Spanish striker Guedesh inside the area, and he followed it to the right of goalkeeper Yeendrik Stanek.


In Geneva, Spain scored their first victory with a goal by Pablo Sarabia in the 13th minute.


The La Roja team, runner-up for the last edition last year, tied 2-2 in Czech Republic in its second match, before coming out with three points for the first time.


Coach Luis Enrique made a radical change to the squad that started the second match, leaving only three players, Sarabia, Gavi and goalkeeper Unai Simon, and this time he played with a stronger squad, pushing Ferran Torres and Alvaro Morta in the front line, while involving veteran Sergio Busquets in the midfield and full backs Jordi. Alba and Cesar Aspilicueta.


Sarabia scored the only goal when the Spaniards lost the ball from a place close to Switzerland and reached Marcos Llorente, who penetrated to the right and crossed it to the Portuguese striker, Sporting, who followed it into the net.


The teams of this group conclude the current window with Spain's meeting with its guest Czech Republic in Malaga on Sunday and Portugal with Switzerland in Geneva on the same day.

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