Portugal 2 – 2 Spain

Portugal has become twice winner of the League of Nations with an epic victory against the title champions of Spain thanks to the safeguard of Diogo Costa shoot-out of Alvaro Morata, who sealed a 5-3 success in penalties after a 2-2 draw.

Captain Cristiano Ronaldo was in tears of pleasure at the end. He had been forced to look at the decisive moment since the touch after being injured but played his role in an exciting competition, marking the second in Portugal when they came twice from behind against the European champions.

A night when the 17 -year -old prodigy Lamine Yamal was widely chained by the excellent Nuno Mendes, who set up this goal of Ronaldo and scored the other equalizer of his team, it was the men of Roberto Martinez who emerged victorious, adding to their 2019 triumph in this competition.

Ruben Neves applied the final touch to victory, slamming in his penalty after Morata refused to trigger emotional celebrations in the Allianz arena in Munich.

With the World Cup at only 12 months, these two parts will dream of another force test in North America. And the quality of the two squads, also demonstrated in the victories in the semi-finals on Germany and France, suggests that they will also be major contenders for this title.

The kicks came at the end of an exciting final that started with Spain at the top. After Pedri and Nico Williams got closer, the target of the transfer of Arsenal, Martin Zubimenddi, gave them a deserved advance at 21 minutes. His bodies on the field were a characteristic throughout the match and she finally saw him take the Yamal’s Cross parts to finish the movement he had started.

This game had been presented as a confrontation between the young talents Yamal and the former master Ronaldo and the captain of Portugal was involved in the equalizer who quickly arrived at the other end, emerging the right side of a tight offside check to feed Pedro Neto, who in turn was set up in Mendes for a love at first sight in the lower corner.

But Spain had the advantage of the break, with Mikel Oyarzabal – the winner of the match for them during the final of the euros with England last summer – applying a nice finish on a magnificent Pedri ball on the half -time.

There was a double change compared to Portugal at the break while they were trying to change the momentum and they did it. Bruno Fernandes hit the net just for a few moments in the second period, but was refused by an offside flag on Pedro Neto earlier in the move. During the hour, the improvement of Portugal has borne fruit, however. And it had to be him.

Ronaldo, forty years old, was perfectly placed in volleyball in the deviated cross of Mendes and absorbed the adulation for his 138th goal for his country.

The attacker was drinking just before the end of normal time, but he was not the only one to feel the pace that the game – so fast and fiery when he started – has become a tense and tight affair.

Diogo Jota had the best chance in the additional time, heading at close range. But whatever, Portugal was crowned shortly after with their success.

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