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Portugal defeated Sweden 2-0 (1: 0).
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Ronald’s game was revealed in the first minute of the first half compensation time. Portugal had the opportunity to meet the standard situation from a mark of about 22 meters, which he also concluded with a goal, being able to pass the ball past the five-player “wall”.
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Ronald scored the second goal in the 72nd minute. He got a chance to pulling one back after 28 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving João Felix completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side’s keeper.
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“These two gates are important, because that way I managed to reach the bar I have been thinking about for a long time,” Ronald said after a successful conversation with the local television channel RTP. “I’m happy at first because the team won, but the 100th and 101st goals are great too.”
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For Ronald, this was the 165th game for the national team. Ali Daei from Iran alone has 109 more goals in the national team games.
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Significantly, Ronaldo scored only 17 of the first 100 goals in the test matches, but the other “goals” were scored in international tournaments.
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Meanwhile, in another game of this group, France defeated Croatia 4: 2 (2: 1) in Paris. The two teams also met in the finals of the 2018 World Cup.
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Midfielder Eudardo Kamavinga became the second youngest player of all time to go on the pitch in the French national team. He did this at the age of 17 and nine months.
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In the 17th minute of the game, the result was revealed by Dezan Lovren, but Antuāns Grizmans equalized two minutes before the end of the half. The Frenchman got a pass from the partner’s own goal and sent the ball into the empty goal. The first half did not end with it, because after the French shot Dominiks Livakovičs could not catch the ball, as a result of which it hit the goal post, then against his back and came into the goal (2: 1).
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In the tenth minute of the second half, Josip Brecalo returned a draw, but by the end of the game, Olivier Giro and Dajot Upamecano scored for the French team.
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After two rounds of play with six points, Group A is led by Portugal and France, while Croatia and Sweden are in beige.
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Elsewhere, Belgium destroyed Iceland at home with 5: 1 (2: 1).
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Misi Bacchayi scored two goals for the winners, but Kevin de Brujne, Jeremy Dock and Dris Mertens stood out from time to time.
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Meanwhile, Denmark played a draw with England 0-0 (0: 0).
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The second group is led by Belgium with six points, followed by England with four, Denmark with one point and Iceland without points.
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In league C, Armenia defeated the northern neighbors Estonians at home with 2: 0 (1: 0).
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Alexander Karapetyan and Vbeymar Angulo scored for Armenia.
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In the second game of this group, Georgia played a draw 1: 1 (1: 1) with Northern Macedonia.
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Stefans Ristovskis came on for Northern Macedonia, but Tornike Okriašvilli hit the field.
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In the second group C, Northern Macedonia and Georgia have scored four points, Armenia has three points, but Estonians have been left without points.
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Elsewhere, Cyprus lost 0: 1 (0: 1) to Azerbaijan at home. Maksims Medvedevs scored the only goal in this duel in the 29th minute.
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Luxembourg, on the other hand, conceded to Montenegro 0: 1 (0: 0). The winning goal was scored by Fatos Bekirajs in the third minute of the match compensation time.
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Montenegro is in first place with six points, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan with three points, but Cyprus have not scored after two games.
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Finally, in the Group D game, Liechtenstein defeated San Marino 2-0 (2: 0) away.
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Nikolass Hasler and Janiks Frix scored the winners.
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In the second group D, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar lead by three points after one game, but San Marino is empty.
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In the League of Nations, the group winners earn the opportunity to play in a higher group next year. Namely, the team that wins in one of the C groups has a chance to start in one of the B groups, while the winners of the B groups will be strong in the A groups next year.
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Those teams that have won the first two places in their groups, but have not previously qualified for the 2022 World Cup, will be eligible to participate in the World Cup qualification “play-off” round.
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The League of Nations tournament is taking place for the second year. In the first season of the League of Nations, Portugal was crowned the winner.
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