Haaland Stars For Norway, Portugal Suffer Loss

13 June, 2022
Haaland Stars For Norway, Portugal Suffer Loss
League A
Switzerland 1-0 Portugal

Portugal missed the chance to claim a third straight UEFA Nations League win after falling to a 1-0 defeat to Switzerland.

The visitors were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been left out of the match day squad as Otavio was recalled to the attack. The Swiss got off to the perfect start as Haris Seferovic opened the scoring after just one minute, which proved to be the only goal of the contest.

Spain 2-0 Czech Republic
Spain moved top of Group 2 with a 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday evening.

Fresh from the first win in the group over Switzerland, Luis Enrique's men took the lead in the 24th minute thanks to Carlos Soler's strike.

League B
Norway 3-2 Sweden
Norway cemented top spot in Group 4 after defeating Sweden 3-2 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on Sunday evening.

New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland opened the scoring on 10 minutes before completing his brace from the penalty on 54 minutes to double the lead.

Emil Forsberg pulled one back for Sweden just after the hour mark, but Alexander Sorloth restored Norway's two-point advantage in the 77th minute.

Sweden got a second goal in second-half stoppage time, but Viktor Gyökeres' strike proved to be nothing more than a consolation.

Slovenia 2-2 Serbia
Slovenia rallied back from two goals down to secure a point against Serbia at the Stadion Stožice.

The visitors raced into a two-goal lead in the first half thanks to goals from Andrija Zivkovic and Aleksander Mitrovic.

Adam Cerin pulled one back for Slovenia three minutes after the break, before Benjamin Sesko restored parity in the 53rd minute.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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