Liverpool's New Signing Shines In CR7's Absence For Portugal
15 October, 2020
Portugal 3-0 Sweden
Portugal cruised to victory in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo after defeating Sweden 3-0 on Wednesday evening.
The European champions were without the services of Ronaldo, who had tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday.
Ronaldo's absence didn't have a major impact as Selecao opened the scoring on 21 minutes through Manchester City Bernardo Silva, with Diogo Jota playing the final pass.
Jota registered an objective to go along with his assist just before the halftime break to increase Portugal's advantage to 2-0.
The Reds star managed to complete his brace in the 72nd minute to create it 3-0 and send the defending champions to of Group 3 in League A.
Croatia 1-2 France
France returned to winning ways in Group 3 with a 2-1 triumph over Croatia on Wednesday night.
Olivier Giroud and Paul Pogba were only named on the bench as Anthony Martial and Steven Nzonzi got starts for the 2018 World Cup winners.
Antoine Griezmann got the hosts off to an ideal start after opening the scoring in the eighth minute.
The hosts had to hold back before 64th minute to revive parity after Nikola Vlasic fired past Hugo Lloris for the equaliser.
However, it had been the world champions who had the ultimate say as Kylian Mbappe found the winning goal in the 79th minute to send his second.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za